Presentation of the Washable Feminine Hygiene Kit to Her Excellency the First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta (KENYA) by Executive Director/Founder of Upendo Womens Foundation Njeri Thubei.

Nyokabi donates 300 sanitary kits to girls in Ruiru primary schools. Kiambu Woman representative, Ann Nyokabi inspecting the scout parade when she visited Uthiru Genesis Primary school.

How would you like to help girls stay in school? Listen in for more details tonight on Kingdom News - 6-6:30pm PT as Njeri Thubei, Director of Upendo Women's Foundation shares how you can make a difference.

Njeri was privileged to share Upendo Womens Foundation Mission on International Women's Day! She was the Special Guest at KWDC Stockton ' Stockton 360 News Magazine with wonderful people Gina Davis and Jackie Douglas. The full interview is coming soon.

Help For African Girls

Girls coming of age in parts of Africa miss dozens of days of school a year because of one of the most natural things in the world: their menstrual cycle. It’s for no other reason than the shame that comes with not having access to sanitary napkins. So the 8th graders at Alice Birney School have started a project to help.

In many African countries, some people call a woman’s menstrual cycle, “a period of shame.” Without access to feminine hygiene products, girls resort to sitting on cardboard, tearing apart mattresses, using tree bark, grass mats, cornhusks and chicken feathers and in some of the saddest cases trading sex for pads...