Brothers lead drive to stop pads poverty in schools

Durban — Two brothers have taken it upon themselves to address issues of sanitary pad poverty among young girls by starting a pads drive campaign.

Izah, 13, and Akhani, 12, were motivated to start the drive following a conversation they had with their mother, Latoya Mukansi.

The pair had informed Mukansi that they were mortified to find out that many girls were unable to attend school on some days every month due to the lack of access to sanitary pads.

The brothers were motivated into action and sought donations from their mother to start a pads drive.

Since then, they have made a handover to two schools, with the first being on International Women’s Day, March 8.

Izah said he used his…

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