By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 28th
May:- On world menstrual hygiene day, in an endeavor to break the
taboo around menstruation and to provide a hygienic life to the underprivileged
girls and women, Anahita Khanna, a young city girl who is pursuing her
Bachelor’s in Mass Media from Jai Hind College, Mumbai, has initiated a
campaign related to menstrual hygiene awareness. This has been done under the
Anahita Khanna Foundation (AKF), founded by Anahita. AKF is a Chandigarh based
charitable trust, and will work in varied areas of social welfare. The foundation
in association with the Rotary Menstrual Hygiene Management initiative under
the WINS project, has kick-started a project to distribute free sanitary
napkins to girls of classes 6 to 10th and women on a monthly basis, in Bapudham
and Saketri areas.
AKF will also spearhead Menstrual
Hygiene Management (MHM) sessions to sensitize girls and women about ‘Menstrual
Hygiene’.
Anahita said that she is trying to do
her little bit by carrying forward the values that he have learnt from her
family and taking up causes that are dear to her. She want to work in such a
way that will bring underprivileged sections into the mainstream. The idea is
to run social campaigns that she feel will have a constructive social impact. These
will be a priority for her.
She also said that in several parts
of India talking about the topic of 'Menstruation' is still taboo and carries a
baggage of stigma and shame, and that this needed to change. Anahita said that
we at AKF, will try to break this taboo linked with menstrual health by
spreading more awareness among women and giving them a proper education about
'Menstrual Hygiene Management.
She also expressed her gratitude to
the President of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh, AP Singh for giving AKF the
opportunity to spearhead the campaign like the distribution of sanitary towels
and propagating sanitary hygiene to girls from the underprivileged strata of
society.
AP Singh encouraged the city girl to
take up projects which encompass the Rotary ideals of advancing goodwill, peace
and “service before self”.
It is noteworthy that AKF has
undertaken many more Rotary projects like providing a mid-day meal and crèche
facilities in villages like Saketri, etc. Encompassing a broad spectrum of
causes under the present AKF umbrella, Anahita wants to create awareness about
the lives of soldiers and is looking towards assisting the Next of Kin of
deceased soldiers in terms of education and empowerment. She has already
finalized a project for the differently abled children of serving and retired
soldiers.
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