A little glamour greatly helps the cause
Moroka, Johannesburg, is where 1,245 children attend Noordgesig Secondary School. It was brought to our attention through our outreach program back in 2022. Sadly, they face many of the same social challenges that most of our schools endure—period poverty being among the most serious.
That’s why we jumped at the chance to highlight the period poverty they were facing. We used this opportunity to cultivate further awareness of our cause and to help even more young women across Soweto ease the burden of dealing with their monthly cycle.
Carla Niemand, a semi-finalist in Mrs South Africa 2022, helped tremendously by bringing her warm nature, glamour appeal, and passion for helping young people.
Her involvement included joining us for a sanitary pad donation drive at the school, encouraging the girls to grow into confident, independent women and highlighting the importance of dignity in menstruation.
What made the whole campaign even more effective was the SABC Fullview Period Poverty campaign, broadcast from Noordgesig Secondary School in June 2022 with Siyakunakekela. It focused on the importance of dignity in menstruation, the impact of community and family on young girls, and the role of government and the private sector in addressing period poverty.
This was a very proud moment for us; we’ve already yielded many benefits—more awareness, more donations, and greater recognition of the essential work we do at Siyakunakekela.
We would love you to get on board with our work. Our mission has always been to eradicate period poverty. Its blight on society is unacceptable, and we need to not only provide the sanitary products young women need to grow and prosper but also change the opinions of many who still see this natural act as something dirty and degrading.
Please help us to help them.
