The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Madam Fatima Jabbe Bio, has begun her annual distribution of sanitary pads to girls and shoes to boys in a variety of schools. The distribution started on 24 January 2025 in the Eastern region of the country.
Commencing in Kono, the distribution has taken place in three districts including Kenema, Kailahun and totals twenty-four thousand pads and shoes combined, to boys and girls.
The initiative is planned to continue across the country and serves as additional support to another of the First Lady's projects, Hands Off Our Girls, which seeks to protect girls' dignity and enable them to obtain an education without fear of sexual and gender-based crimes such as rape and harassment, whilst also grooming them to be conscientious women through improving their reproductive awareness and hygiene.
The events in each district have hosted entertainers from both within and outside the districts, providing musical entertainment to the assembled students and dignitaries.
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