Initiative to deliver sanitary pads

A young entrepreneur Peter Hatupopi has donated 2 400 sanitary pads to 16 Windhoek schools. The first round of donations will kick-off in Windhoek and then will be rolled out to rural areas countrywide. Hatupopi said he was inspired to donate sanitary pads because of the worrying amount of girls who dropped out of school due to their menstrual cycle because they cannot afford to buy pads. “I visited five different schools in the north in January and I was really shocked that many girls used newspapers and padding from mattresses during their menstrual cycle. I decided to assist by donating pads,” said Hatupopi. He said the donation is intended for girls from poor backgrounds. “Our main target is rural northern schools especially the schools from the Ohangwena Region. We will donate the sanitary pads there,” shared Hatupopi. He has collected 8 000 sanitary pads in total, which he plans to donate to schoolgoing girls countrywide. “We already have 8 000 pads which I reserved on my own and stakeholders have also donated towards my initiative,” said Hatupopi. He has called on more men to also involve themselves in projects that uplift the girl child. “People say it is really difficult for men to donate things like sanitary pads and I agree with them but I believe men also need to do something. All we need is an understanding for the need to help out our girls and we should help them,” said Hatupopi. Queen Moseke, a learner at a local school, said many girls in schools are being bullied and made fun of because of their menstrual cycle and end up dropping out of school because they cannot deal with the bullying. “The sanitary pads donated will help a lot of girls get back into school because many of them are being bullied in school because of their menstrual cycle. Some girls are even shy of going to school and they drop out of school,” said Moseke. SHONA NGAVA

Initiative to deliver sanitary pads

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Namibian Sun 2025-06-19

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