MADE IN RWANDA SANITARY PADS

The use of banana waste to create affordable sanitary pads for communities is a new development in Rwanda. The Sustainable Health Enterprise (SHE), through collaboration with Workforce Development Authority (WDA) has started producing sanitary pads using banana fibers in Ngoma district, Eastern Rwanda. WDA dedicated IPRC-East as ideal premises to kick start the programme. Owing to the fact that most school girls and women have consistently faced challenges to access health products including sanitary pads, SHE seeks to transfer the technology of producing these pads using locally available materials. Camera: Mutijima Abu Bernard Script & Editing: Richard Kwizera