The "Keep a Girl Child in School" initiative aims to empower and educate young women on menstrual hygiene management and reproductive health and provide them with sanitary pads.

Three young women from the Omaheke Region, Jatjizavi Kavendjaa, Otja Kavara, and Kakuna Katuuo, came together and started the "Keep a Girl Child in School" initiative.

The project, which started in January this year, has covered six different schools in Omaheke thus far, and there are plans to visit Outjo and Otavi.

One of the founders, Jatjizavi Kavendjaa, says the establishment of the project was prompted by the great need that female learners in rural areas face in terms of hygiene and proper sanitation.

She encouraged the public to help in tackling the main causes of girls missing classes in whatever way they can, be it with sanitary pads, toilet paper, or financial means for other needs.