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Power for the People

Baroness Caroline Cox makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Power for the People. The charity provides sanitary packs for girls in Kenya and Uganda.

Baroness Caroline Cox makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Power for the People. The charity provides sanitary packs for girls in Kenya and Uganda, educating them on menstrual health, and building washing facilities in schools.

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- Freephone 0800 404 8144
- Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. (That’s the whole address. Please do not write anything else on the front of the envelope). Mark the back of the envelope ‘Power for the People’.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘Power for the People’.
- You can donate online at bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4

Registered Charity Number: 1162330. If you’d like to find out more about the charity’s work visit *https://www.pfp.global/
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Power for the People

Power for the People partners with local communities in East Africa to address poverty’s root causes: breaking the cycle of dependence and empowering individuals and communities to achieve sustainable development and self-sufficiency.

Introducing Mercy

Introducing Mercy
Mercy was 12 years old when Power for the People began a partnership with her school on Remba Island, in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Like many schoolgirls in Kenya and across the world, Mercy often missed school because of her period.

Giving dignity and the gift of education

Giving dignity and the gift of education
Through the Arise programme, Mercy and her classmates were given “Dignity Packs” containing six re-usable sanitary pads, soap and underwear. The charity also constructed safe, private changing spaces and delivered menstrual hygiene education.

More than dignity kits

More than dignity kits
Mercy excelled in school and secured a secondary school scholarship on Kenya’s mainland. She tells us: “I want to train as a nurse, so that I can return to Remba and help other girls like me. I want to give them hope and show what is possible.”

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