{"id":23258,"date":"2024-09-24T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23258"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:26:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:26:28","slug":"over-1000-young-girls-benefit-from-first-ladys-menstrual-hygiene-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-1000-young-girls-benefit-from-first-ladys-menstrual-hygiene-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 Young Girls Benefit from First Lady\u2019s Menstrual Hygiene Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The First Lady of Guyana, Mrs. Arya Ali, has positively impacted over 1,000 young girls in the Hinterland communities of Region One through her Mental Hygiene Initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, she visited the Moruca sub-district to engage with students on vital issues surrounding menstrual hygiene and period poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to improve women&#8217;s health by addressing the barriers faced by girls and women in rural areas, particularly those with limited access to menstruation products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this program, more than 1,100 girls received sanitary pads, significantly alleviating some of the challenges they face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with NCN News, Sir Glynn De Lacruz, the Headmaster of Santa Rosa Secondary School, praised the initiative, emphasizing its importance in educating young girls about health and hygiene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that such knowledge is not only crucial for personal health but can also enhance their academic performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A grade 10 student, Ashley Welcome, expressed gratitude for the initiative, highlighting that sanitary pads can often be expensive in their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Menstrual Hygiene Initiative, launched in 2021, has provided over 32,000 school-age girls across Guyana with access to free sanitary pads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of a broader effort to eliminate period poverty, which poses significant social and economic challenges in vulnerable areas of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this program, the First Lady aims to ensure that menstruation does not hinder educational pursuits or contribute to health issues among young girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Lady of Guyana, Mrs. Arya Ali, has positively impacted over 1,000 young girls in the Hinterland communities of Region One through her Mental Hygiene Initiative. Recently, she visited&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23266,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23258\/revisions\/23266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}