Under the Caring4Girls initiative, Tekkie Town continues its efforts against period poverty in partnership with the Imbumba Foundation.
In October, Tekkie Town in Kuruman and the Imbumba Foundation visited the Rekgaratlhile Secondary School in the town to empower 388 school girls with menstrual hygiene support.
Tekkie Town launched its menstrual support campaign for Women’s Day in 2020 during which staff collected money to purchase sanitary products for school girls within their store footprint, while the Corporate Social Investment (CSI) division matched the funds rand for rand.
Over the past three years, Tekkie Town has supported over a thousand school girls across three provinces.
The Imbumba Foundation’s Caring4Girls programme was launched in 2012 and focuses on keeping girls in school by providing sanitary products, puberty education, and overall menstrual hygiene support.
“With the support we receive from Tekkie Town over the past three years, the reality of a school girl missing school due to a lack of access to adequate menstrual support is diminished,” said Richard Mabaso, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the foundation.
Research has revealed that girls from indigent backgrounds miss between 30 and 50 days of school each year due to menstrual-related challenges, with many simply dropping out.
