Despite her father's abandonment, teen writer Joyce Wanjiru learned about strength and empowerment through the women who stepped up to give her a better life.
Studies report that girls in Kenya miss 3.5 million learning days per month because of a lack of available menstruation products. Here, Daraja Academy student Joyce Wanjiru writes about a friend who inspired her to help all girls in Kenya, one sanitary towel at time.
Kenyan teen Joyce Wanjiru knows how lucky she is compared to her peers. “People say life is not fair but my friend Mercy had to live this phrase every day,” writes Wanjiru.
