Creative menstrual hygiene with Maisha Ongoza and the PASHI project

Mixed media artist, educator, and community leader Maisha Ongoza had made it a habit to travel to various countries in Africa once or twice a year prior to the pandemic. On her visits, she frequently visited schools and brought supplies. One of the things she noticed was that girls would often attend classes with soiled uniforms. When she asked about it, she found that although school officials tried to help, the cost of even one loose sanitary napkin was prohibitively expensive. This was what set the path for the Pan-African Sisterhood Health Initiative, or PASHI, an intergenerational powerhouse and coalition that allows seasoned seamstresses to share their skills and their wisdom with middle and high school students. They meet on Wednesdays at Ujima Friends Peace Center, a community center for Black Quakers in North Philadelphia.

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