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Name of Client/Partner
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Australian High Commission, Bangladesh
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Period of Contract
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01 September 2018 to 31 August 2019
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Assignment/Project:
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Educating Secondary School Girls on Menstrual Hygiene Management and Providing Necessary Facilities/Accessories”
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Contract Amount
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BDT 4,197,500
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Location of service/Country
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Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh
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Scope, Activities and Summary Results
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Scope:
- Provide basic education and awareness to school girls and adolescents about safe and secured menstrual hygiene management and promotion of safe practice
- Inclusion of families and other entities and building their capacity by improving awareness
- Install/renovate toilets as of user friendly during menstrual period with available all necessary menstrual hygiene materials and accessories (toilets, water points, basket etc.) in schools
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Activities:
- Selection and Printing of HYSAWA IEC/BCC Materials for MHM promotional activities.
- Conducted series of Motivational sessions in Schools and communities on MHM
- Connected Sanitary napkin vendors to Schools for supply of napkins to Schools for retail sale.
- Enhanced educational knowledge and awareness of selected secondary schools (05 nos.) girls’ students/boys, mothers/ female guardians on safe menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and improved regular practices (girls 1,119, adolescents 6 and also mothers 1,119);
- Communities particularly men, women, adolescents, youths, girls, shop keepers (total covered 2,772) enhanced their knowledge and awareness on MHM issues by breaking their traditional beliefs on its practice);
- Distributed sanitary napkins, soaps, antiseptic lotion, cotton, with first aid box) by school girls’ students (1,113);
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Summary results:
- The project supports had been able to reach to 5,010 direct and indirect (communities) beneficiaries for improvement and modern/scientific practices on MHM issues which were neglected issues in remote peoples’ communities and secondary educational institutions.
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