{"id":48972,"date":"2021-04-22T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/revolutionary-hygiene-products-to-girls-20210421-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:30:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:30:53","slug":"revolutionary-hygiene-products-to-girls-20210421-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/revolutionary-hygiene-products-to-girls-20210421-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary hygiene products to girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_1628ecf5\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9797\/2143d8cc211e4286a726a5217f480dc3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9797\/722da31093cb41679558b810cf77bfff.jpg\" title=\"It is a little-known fact that on average a woman will use some 65 000 sanitary pads in her lifetime and Mema\u2019s innovation can quarter that number.          Photo: SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">It is a little-known fact that on average a woman will use some 65 000 sanitary pads in her lifetime and Mema\u2019s innovation can quarter that number.          Photo: SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despatch Preparatory School recently issued their senior class girls with female hygiene products which were revolutionary in thinking and design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These reusable female hygiene products, that not only assist many young women to deal with the costs of feminine products, but also helps in the fight to save the planet from pollution, was designed by Despatch fashion designer, Lwazi Mema of Roody\u2019s Designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a little-known fact that on average a woman will use some 65 000 sanitary pads in her lifetime and Mema\u2019s innovation can quarter that number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf one thinks of the permanent damage caused by plastic pollution to our planet, it is shocking. These sanitary pads made from special materials can be washed and used up to four times as much as a normal sanitary pad,\u201d said Mema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Madelene Sachse, principal of Despatch Preparatory, \u201cSustainability has become a buzz word these days, but we have to look at ideas that will benefit our planet and assist the environment in the long term. It\u2019s time we took responsibility for our own deeds.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The learners were given a child friendly talk on puberty, iterating the strengths and \u201csuperpowers\u201d, a woman has as it has been found that more and more younger learners are going into puberty at an earlier age than was previously expected. 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