These are some of the reasons why we donate sanitary kits as a matter of course during conflict and disaster as a way of helping women maintain their dignity, and why in Africa we teach young girls how to make their own sanitary pads.
As part of the project, girls are given sanitary kits consisting of sanitary pads, underwear and soap for use during their periods.
As feminine pads are not easily available, girls are given sanitary kits consisting of specially-made sanitary pads, underpants and soap to use during their periods.
Each is working on the same garments: specially-designed sanitary kits for school girls to encourage them to stay in school when they are menstruating.
For 16-year-old Kawsar Osman the sanitary kits have allowed her to focus on her studies and given her confidence that menstruation will not affect her life.
What we make here are sanitary kits which are for use by school girls and girls in refugee camps who cannot afford the things you buy in shops.
Drop-out rates from Somalia's schools soar when young girls get their periods, and the sanitary kits manufactured by Kafiya and her colleagues are handed out so no girl is too afraid of stained clothes to come to class.
Emergency supplies of water purifying tablets, sanitary "dignity" kits, and family hygiene bundles have also begun to arrive.
Families need clean water, ready to eat meals, high energy food, blankets, mattresses, diapers, sanitary napkins, hygiene kits, cleaning equipment.
Over 3,000 water purification tablets are among the lifesaving supplies UNICEF teams have delivered to Nawrouz camp, along with high energy biscuits and clothes for children, medical soap, diarrhea and midwifery kits, sanitary napkins, and garbage collection bags.
