Celebrating World Menstrual Hygiene Day- 2015

sMenstruation is a natural process that all women have to go through it, but this natural phenomenon which is perceived as an impure, bound by silence, shame and social taboo in our society. A woman menstruate for a total 40 years in her lifetimes but majority of women who lives in developing country like Nepal do not have access to clean water, sanitation and Hygiene and other services and opportunities as well as there is lack of awareness on Menstrual Hygiene in Nepalese community as like NalangVDC where people even don’t consider about menstruation matter.

Thus, Paschim Paaila has taken the initiation through mass awareness program on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) focusing on Menstrual Hygiene Management on 29^th May, 2015 to mark the “World Menstrual Hygiene Day- 2015” at Nalang VDC of Dhading district.

The program was started with the short speech of Ram Prasad Silwal, Incharge, Nalang Health Post. There were more than about 200 Participants and most of them were female of menstruating age group. Participants didn’t interact about menstruation at starting. When we shared menstruation as natural phenomenon and importance of menstrual hygiene, they started to share their problems regarding menstruation especially during the earthquake time. The one of the important achievements was female of menstruating age were motivated to maintain hygiene during menstruation through the mass awareness program.

In addition to this, soap for hand washing, chlorine solution, Piyush were distributed to each household and sanitary pads were distributed to teenager girls. At last, the program was concluded by Paschim Paaila Team followed by group photo.