Class XII student gives sanitary napkins to needy

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Updated At : 12:58 PM Oct 23, 2020 IST

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Panchkula, October 22

Priyanka Khanna, a Class XII student of Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh, has started an initiative and created a digital payment gateway to raise funds to procure sanitary napkins for underprivileged girls living in and around the slums of the city.

She collaborated with a start-up organisation, “Befikr”, and an NGO, “Hamari Kaksha – A Class Apart”, who supported her cause in supplying sanitary napkins to the needy.

A whooping Rs35,000 was collected single-handedly by her in less than a week.

She said: “I aim to eradicate the taboos associated with puberty and menstruation prevalent in their minds and address their concerns regarding health and hygiene.”

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