The Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, initiated a sensitization drive on menstrual hygiene for adolescent girls and their mothers in its peripheral villages of Kalahandi district.
As part of the NITI Aayog’s Aspirational District programme, the Vedanta Lanjigarh is carrying out the drive since December 2020 and so far, has reached out to over 2,000 adolescent girls and their mothers in more than 100 villages.
The knowledge sharing sessions, under the guidance of the Dr Sraddha Suman Patnaik of Vedanta Hospital, Lanjigarh, are designed with special focus on menstrual hygiene, eradication of related myths and misconceptions and bring change in the habits and practices of the adolescent girls pertaining to menstrual and reproductive health.
As a result of this drive, the adolescent girls have already started using the sanitary pads in these villages. Earlier, they were using clothes during these days, which used to result in several hygiene related health problems.