How improvised sanitary pads help to keep girls in class across pastoral districts of Northern Tanzania

In remote pastoral communities of northern Tanzania, girls lacked puberty education and were forced to drop out of school due to menstruation, often seeking early marriage. Through vocational training by Compassion International Tanzania (CIT) in Monduli District, girls like Nosim Joseph and Aikael Amos now produce durable, reusable sanitary pads. This initiative helps keep more girls in school and prevents early marriage, solving a major problem in the region.