30/05/2025
🩸Period Poverty in Jakande Estate: Time to Break the Silence and Take Action
In Jakande Estate, Lagos, many teenage girls are facing a crisis that is too often swept under the rug: period poverty.
Imagine being 13 and missing school every month simply because you can't afford menstrual pads. Imagine feeling ashamed, isolated, or even unsafe during your period. This is the daily reality for too many girls in our communities—and it has consequences beyond missed classes.
Period poverty doesn’t just affect education. It impacts self-esteem, mental health, and bodily autonomy. In areas like Jakande Estate, where poverty, misinformation, and gender-based violence intersect, the stakes are even higher. Some girls are forced into exploitative situations just to get basic sanitary supplies. Others are shamed into silence, never taught that their bodies are worthy of dignity and protection.
But tomorrow, we’re saying ENOUGH.
🌟 Join us for our monthly series “Chosen and Whole ” – a fun, life-changing outreach for teenage girls in Jakande Estate!
We’re bringing education, empowerment, and dignity to the girls who need it most. Our outreach includes:
✔️ Free Dignity Kit filled with essentials for her monthly care
✔️ Interactive body-confidence and self-protection workshops
✔️ Talks on saying NO to r**e, abuse, and manipulation
✔️ Dance, games, and prizes—because learning should be fun!
✔️ Mentorship, Christian discipleship and support circles for ongoing care
✔️ Biblical teaching on identity, purity, courage, and calling
This is more than an event. It’s a movement. We are raising a generation of girls who can stand tall, speak up, and say YES to education, YES to confidence, and YES to their dreams.
We need you. If you are a parent, educator, advocate, or donor—get involved. Let’s end period poverty and protect our girls.
💌 To partner with us, send a DM
Together, we can turn pain into power. 💪🏽
Organised by Esperanza Projects
