Narok School benefits from a Dormitory Courtesy of Procter and Gamble
Pupils
of Oloigero Primary School in Narok County have a reason to smile after Procter
and Gamble funded the construction of a girl’s dormitory in the school. The facility, which will accommodate 80 girls, will help support and improve the
access to quality education in the area.
“Access
to quality education is affected by a myriad of challenges in this country.
Inadequate infrastructure is one of them. The situation is even more dire
for our girls thus the reason we are here today to commission this dormitory. We
believe that this facility will be a critical resource to help keep our girls
in school and together with other partners we will work to ensure that we
change the narrative about girls missing school due to menstruation,” said
Anthony Ng’ang’a, Associate Brand Director -Commercial Leader - East
Africa at Procter & Gamble (P&G).
The
school has over the past 2 years received support from Procter and Gamble
through their Always Keeping Girls in School program (AKGIS) that distributes
sanitary pads with the aim of making sure that girls do not miss school days
due to menstruation.
The
program also empowers girls through essential puberty education, motivation and
access to educational resources so that they don’t have to miss school and they
can be confident about themselves and their futures. Since its inception in
2006, the AKGIS program has distributed over 8.7 million sanitary pads
countrywide and benefited over 120,000 girls.
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