Hygiene kits and informative sessions being provided to Pupils in Government Practicing school II Molyko, Buea. Katchoua Foundation continues to provide free monthly sanitary pads to poor girls/women fight period poverty under the theme: Understand Her Menstrual Needs. The education given to these girls helps them not to be afraid of periods anymore. Some girls...Read More
Effective engagement by the Katchoua Foundation in partnership with RTG in the fight to End Inequalities, End AIDS. The first stage of HIV care is testing and screening for HIV. Going into the community to carry out free screening gives the opportunity for many to get tested. With COVID-19, a lot of people are scared...Read More
End Inequalities, End AIDS Despite the wealth of awareness carried out in Cameroon on HIV/AIDS, some groups of people in Cameroon are more likely to get HIV than others because of many factors, including sex partners and risk behaviors. Katchoua Foundation and Partners; RTG in South West Region continue to give basic information about HIV,...Read More
Routine Donation of Free Sanitary Pads/ Cotton Pants in Buea Katchoua Foundation, Understand Her Menstrual Needs — KFMHD Periods can be challenging and difficult when not properly managed. Katchoua Foundation offers free sanitary pads and underwear monthly to improve menstrual health/ hygiene in our communities. Good hygienic materials are essential for menstruation. Cotton pants are the...Read More
The orphans also menstruate. No to Menstrual Stigma. KFMHD will keep creating an impact in the lives of the less privileged and the needy. Fighting school dropout because of pain and lack of personal hygiene as well as sanitary pads. The onset of menstruation may lead to child marriage, sexual violence, and stigma. Investing...Read More
July 17th, 2021 was the 7th edition of Katchoua Foundation Menstrual Hygiene Day (KFMHD) to “Understand Her Menstrual Needs.” Orphan girls in orphanages have attracted relatively little attention as a group in need of special measures to educate them against bad hygienic practices during Menstruation. However, increasing success in lowering the level of poor hygienic...Read More
Menstrual Hygiene Kits Donation at the Safe the Children Alliance orphanage Bota-Bombu Limbe-Cameroon. Understand Her Menstrual Needs: KFMHD 6th edition took place on the 26th June 2021, a perfect day to assist our future mothers of tomorrow. Orphan girls don’t have access to appropriate menstrual hygiene products and are forced to use unsafe alternatives like...Read More
Theme: Give Blood and Keep the World Beating Every 14 June of each year, the world commemorates Blood Donor Day. It aims at raising awareness of the need to save lives through free blood donation. A lot of people lost their lives, not because something can’t be done, but because there was nobody to give...Read More
Creating an impact on 28th May is all about addressing Menstrual Health and Hygiene. Giving Menstrual Education to over 210 school children and free donation of sanitary pads to 65 less privileged girls of menstrual age. Addressing poor menstrual hygiene due to lack of education on the issue, persistent taboos, and stigma surrounding periods, due...Read More
Investing in Menstrual Hygiene and Health at The Apostolic Church – UB South Buea, Cameroon. Educating more than 100 women and girls on period matters was worth it and the donation of free sanitary pads to 32 internally displaced persons (IDPs), less privileged, and underprivileged women and girls. Targeting churches to talk about Menstrual Health...Read More