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Menstruation: Private groups boost efforts to keep girls in school

Sasa Rescue Centre officials when they distributed menstrual cups to students at Kashani Secondary School in Kiembeni, Mombasa on January 20. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT

By  Lynet Igadwah

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

When Jane Wamaitha received her first menstrual period, dying was the first thought that came to mind.

Aged 11 years at the time, she stuffed pieces of cloth and cotton inside her body to stop the bleeding.

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