Project Udita: Girls in MP save money for menstruation hygiene

Bhopal: Girls across Madhya Pradesh villages are saving a penny every day to buy themselves a sanitary napkin for hygienic care during menstruation days. This was stated by an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker Neena Khare from Gwalior while sharing the experience of one year of Madhya Pradesh government's project "Udita" to make the girls available with low cost sanitary napkins.
Khare was sharing experience to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, celebrated by Directorate ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services and WaterAid India. She said, "For girls who are not having enough money to buy napkins, we have asked them to keep a piggy bank at anganwadi centre where they have been putting Rs 1 to 5 each day, they get as pocket money. Hygienic menstruation habit has taught them saving too." A user of Udita product, Shreyasi Meena said, "Once I saved more than required money to buy a sanitary napkin, and with the surplus I bought a book for myself."