John Mackenzie school partners with GFDHMT

FRANCISTOWN: John Mackenzie Primary School has partnered with the Greater Francistown District Health Management Team (GFDHMT) in running a sanitary pad drive initiative, which is expected to benefit the underprivileged at a local health facility and the broader community.

The initiative seeks to reduce the dropout rate of girl learners caused by missing out on school because they are not able to afford to buy sanitary pads.

John Mackenzie Primary School inhouse counsellor Tumisang Sedimo, told Mmegi that their school and GFDHMT were running a sanitary pad drive in the build up to the Day of the African Child, which is commemorated on June 16.  She said that the school has been running an in-house sanitary pad drive since June 3, 2019.  Sedimo added that children of all ages and parents have been donating sanitary pads to the school in a special designated box at the school’s reception area. 

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