I am at SEDUCA (Servicio Departamental de Educación de Bolivia), Beni Departmental Service of Education building, where students and families from Mary Ribera Gutierrez Secondary and Primary School have come to learn at my workshop.
This workshop was a truly motivating experience as there was a father and two sons that joined the workshop. At first, the boys were reluctant to participate and it wasn't until I showed them a video called "The Beauty of Red" (with spanish subtitles) that they realized how global and how real this issue is. I think that most men don't usually take the feminine issue of the lack of menstrual resources seriously because it doesn't personally affect them. Once men are shown the extent of the matter, they understand the need to help. For the rest of the workshop, the boys were active participants - the father even decided to learn how to sew and make a washable for his daughter.
This workshop was a truly motivating experience as there was a father and two sons that joined the workshop. At first, the boys were reluctant to participate and it wasn't until I showed them a video called "The Beauty of Red" (with spanish subtitles) that they realized how global and how real this issue is. I think that most men don't usually take the feminine issue of the lack of menstrual resources seriously because it doesn't personally affect them. Once men are shown the extent of the matter, they understand the need to help. For the rest of the workshop, the boys were active participants - the father even decided to learn how to sew and make a washable for his daughter.
I am scheduled to have another workshop at the SEDUCA building later today. A few of the ladies from this workshop plan to join me for the next workshop to make even more pads!
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| This father learned how to sew and completed a washable sanitary pad for his only daughter. |
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