Graceful flow: Navigating Menstrual Hygiene With Confidence(The Crimson)

Photo Credit: Ethically sourced photo while engaging with Grade 7-9 learners It's been a minute since I wrote here, though I am back after an extended break. Last year, I carried out a climate and mental health focused project with 32 learners in Kirinyaga County; Kenya. I discovered that taking care of our environment and our mental health sometimes does not require much resources, it just needs taking action, even if there could be uncertainties when taking initiative for the first time.  Through the Akili Zetu, Mazingira Yetu Project, we turned our afternoons into enjoyable moments through exercises such as eco-gratitude walks around the school, I mean intentionally noticing what was in the biodiversity and appreciating it (I can vividly recall the learners picking the bougain villea flowers and attaching them to their hair, others holding them in their hands, ooh young environmental champions). We even planted local vegetables in sacks (while enlightening them on how the simpl...