3.0 Appendices:3.1 Brainstorm Before Project
3.2 Common Myths of African Girls “Most of South Africa and some other parts are very nice and they do the same
things as us. In most of the other bad parts, its so poor that some or most even don't even get their period from malnourishment. But I guess for the some that do, they use whatever they can find. But they also receive donations.” : Meghan
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(When People in Africa…) “[They use] Leaves? Brush? [when they have their period] I always wondered
too! (When People in Africa…) “I don't think they use anything [when they have their period]...:S” (When People
in Africa…) 'Black African females on a wholistic diet of natural foods do not menstruate...
Menstruation by black African women is a recent occurrence… (Afrika)
3.3 Notes from UNICEF website
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3.4 Notes and Analysis of Ms. Wihelmina’s interview
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3.5 Red Moon Book
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3.6 Research on Effective Website Layouts
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3.73.73.7
Cycle of Menstruation and No Education
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3.8 Procrastination problems, solution
7.9 Website Builder Choices
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7.10 Drawn Manga
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7.11 Comparing Against Design SpecificationsSpecification
NumberMet/
Not MetComments
1 Met The website was specifically concentrate on the negative effects of menstrual sanitation on the education of Tanzanian Girls, and nothing else.
2 Met The website exceeded the specification by using more than 5 visual representations: a video, pictures (slideshow), manga, chart, info-graphic (7.19) written words, and links – exceeding specification.
3 Met The website included information, pictures and comments on Paula’s project’s sessions: even Paula’s reflection on how she thought it was. The pictures had small captions at the bottom which helped further understand what the picture was showing to the viewer.
4 Met The petition was also based on the same issue as the website, and named “Provide Quality Sanitary Facilities in Schools for Tanzanian Girls to Continue with Their Education”; a clear summary of what I want to say.
5 Met I exceeded the original specification by 35 signatures; as of Jan. 26, 2014, I had collected 385 signatures from 36 different countries. I realized that after the first few months, the number of signatures I received quickly dwindled but I still managed to get quite a lot; and most of it is from people overseas, not just from IST meaning that I have spread awareness globally.
6 Met Sent the signatures to the Tanzanian Ministry of Community and Development, Gender and Children and Ministry of Education through several contact emails of theirs found online. However, there has been no reply to the petition to date, so I cannot be sure whether it has been seen or not.
7 Met Published on Internet, and made accessible to a wider audience. Since many people come across sites on Google, a widely used search engine, I used Webmaster to make my website and petitions displayed on Google.
8 Met Website linked to petition 4 times on different pages, petition was linked once to website. When spreading the links through social media, introduced both links so that people would access both – hopefully.
9 Met Evaluated to ensure that I was using reliable sources (refer to 2.0: Selecting Sources). During the research stage in order to get a better grasp of how different cultures/religions viewed menstruation I also referenced unreliable sites such as personal blogs to see different perspectives. However, those sites were not mentioned or used as facts for my final product, just for personal in-depth understanding.
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7.12 Website Home Page
7.13 The Petition
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All children should be allowed to attend school comfortably with the hope for a brighter future, no matter what. Yet, girls
in Tanzania are sometimes forced to drop out and give up on education once they get their period simply because of
the lack of hygiene facilities available at schools.
All girls on earth, at some time or another, experience getting their period. For many of us, it’s a sign of maturity, growing
up, a time to celebrate. For some girls, however, it’s a curse that strongly and negatively impacts their academic success.
Why?
With menstruation comes the increased necessity to have access to hygienic toilets, and privacy. However, the facilities
that most of us take for granted are not provided in some of the local schools in Tanzania. According to UNICEF
statistics, 52% of school’s girls’ latrines don’t have doors, 63% don’t have a place to dispose sanitary pads, 46% of
water facilities are non-functional, and 99% don’t have soap. This means girls are unable to change pads at school –
imagine having to change a used pad in a toilet where anyone could peek in at any moment, and then being unable to
wash your hands afterwards!
Due to these enormous drawbacks resulting with an uncomfortable school environment, girls are forced to make the
decision of skipping school. Madame Salome, the headmistress of a school in Dar es Salaam (the economic capital)
commented, “girls prefer to stay home than to face the embarrassment in front of their peers”.
If 36 out of 190 school days are missed because of periods, that’s about 20% of each school year absent. This makes it
almost impossible for girls to keep up with school work, and girls are eventually forced to drop out of school.
The first public local school I ever visited in Tanzania was located in Masaki, one of the richest areas in Dar es Salaam
because it is densely populated by foreigners. I was shocked to find the conditions for girls described above were just as
present there; right in front of the toilets without doors were the luxurious expat houses , from where the toilets could
be observed.
It doesn’t take “rocket science” or a lot of money to solve these problems. All that needs to be done is to provide a door
with a lock, some water, and soap. The Tanzanian government did make a ‘National Sanitation and Hygiene Policy’ 2
years ago, including menstrual hygiene management for adolescent girls and maintenance of sanitation and water
facilities. However, it is not being enforced (at least, not in all places) and some girls are still living under the same
conditions as they were before this policy.
Without giving the girls the chance to stand up for their rights and continue with their education, MDG 2 (Millennium
Development Goal set between the government and UN) to “ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere BOTH boys and
girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling” will never be fulfilled . The Tanzanian ministries
need to open their eyes to this evident problem, and make sure that they are better enforcing and monitoring their
policy.
Please sign this petition to ensure girl’s rights to education by calling the government’s attention to this unjust problem
that the girls are facing for a natural cycle which the girls have no control over, and therefore, should not be put down for.
Interested to learn more? For more information, please visit here
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7.14 List of Signatures Collected Name Country
Tomoko Yasuda Tanzania, United Republic of
Author Benjaron Tunisia
Samantha Lenderson Uruguay
Tsuyoshi Yasuda Tanzania, United Republic of
Elizabeth Philip Tanzania, United Republic of
Sakina Lalji Tanzania, United Republic of
Tadashi Yasuda Tanzania, United Republic of
Abigail Sewall
Ashiana Meghji Tanzania, United Republic of
Chloe Grant
Krunali Manek Tanzania, United Republic of
Melissa Hay Australia
M.E. Wilcox United States
Saaj Visaria
L.S. Jones United States
Steffi Haldar
Inaara Thawer Tanzania, United Republic of
Rene Hirsch
Mahima Kumar Tanzania, United Republic of
Sadiya Rajan Tanzania, United Republic of
Rediet Negede Lewi Tanzania, United Republic of
Orion Usui
Maria Connors Tanzania, United Republic of
Lola Paunovic Tanzania, United Republic of
Rosie Clewett Nepal
Heather Brosnan United States
Ben Haye France
Ben Williams Australia
haŕriot grenfell Australia
Juni Lundstol Tanzania, United Republic of
Sophia Rafuse Tanzania, United Republic of
Prarthna Mahtani Tanzania, United Republic of
paulo calado Portugal
Mattias Andersen Malaysia
Ritu Halder Poland
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Khiem Hoang
david ateenyi South Africa
Matt brady United States
Lan Anh Foster Viet Nam
Henry Perez United States
Robert Ruziwa South Africa
Nikolai Jensen
Soumitra Mandhata India
Yash Kanabar Tanzania, United Republic of
Samantha McHale United Kingdom
Sarah Creighton
Ria Chowdhury Netherlands
Kim Prenzlin United States
Ester Rilwy Tanzania, United Republic of
Isabel Beardwood United Kingdom
raul restelli Italy
Mairead Connor Ireland
Daisy Huntington United Kingdom
Ruth Clewett
viet than Viet Nam
Tristan Hodgson Tanzania, United Republic of
Osamu Kunii Switzerland
kojo parry Tanzania, United Republic of
Shriya Mrug Tanzania, United Republic of
樋爪 直美 Japan
Dai Iwata Tanzania, United Republic of
Ozioma Ugorji Tanzania, United Republic of
Chukwueloka Nnaife Germany
Briani Griffin Viet Nam
Miti Davda Tanzania, United Republic of
Borna Jurisic Tanzania, United Republic of
Mike Connors Tanzania, United Republic of
Cristina Hanson Tanzania, United Republic of
Karina Nilsson Denmark
Marie Berns United States
Sheel Doshi
Zara Pira Tanzania, United Republic of
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Bilal Shaikh Saudi Arabia
Brittany Muellner United States
barbara morris United States
Sitara Engelbrecht-Larkin
Claire Boulter
Susan Rybak Angola
emma baxendale Tanzania, United Republic of
Mariana Clark Tanzania, United Republic of
Tammy Roelse Tanzania, United Republic of
jason myrs Canada
Lana Khaznachi Jordan
Veronika Garga Latvia
stacy giandalia Tanzania, United Republic of
David Pallás Tanzania, United Republic of
Max Pennanen-Kok Tanzania, United Republic of
Cecilia Zisengwe Tanzania, United Republic of
Paula Moser Tanzania, United Republic of
Shivani Patel United Kingdom
Courtney Park Tanzania, United Republic of
Annette Weimar Germany
Sumnima Subba Tanzania, United Republic of
Ayush Jha
Emily Brunton
Faizah Bharmal Tanzania, United Republic of
Caroline Demoulin Belgium
Ruhina Bharmal Canada
Rebecca Gillman Tanzania, United Republic of
Adam Batty Tanzania, United Republic of
Begoña Hernandez Tanzania, United Republic of
kaatje nagels Tanzania, United Republic of
Adey Moges Ethiopia
Cassandra Seppings Tanzania, United Republic of
Ali Jivraj
Sander Borghols Tanzania, United Republic of
Ingrid Cory Tanzania, United Republic of
Sagar Chandaria
Lascelles Marais Tanzania, United Republic of
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Arjun Modhwadia Tanzania, United Republic of
Julia Calvo-Junkin Tanzania, United Republic of
John Richard Young United States
Akiyama Tomiichi Japan
Carol Metzger Korea, Republic of
Kumayl Jacksi Tanzania, United Republic of
Alexander Freigang
Priyat Mair
Rupal Joshi Viet Nam
Lily Thornton Tanzania, United Republic of
Naoko Kunii Switzerland
Risa Kunii Switzerland
Yurie Mizukami Japan
Samuela Orth-Moore Kenya
Nayana Ariyarathna Tanzania, United Republic of
kesi mukasa Tanzania, United Republic of
Theo Moser Tanzania, United Republic of
David Veronesi
Neel Morjaria
Bhaskar Haldar Tanzania, United Republic of
nabila ghaddar Tanzania, United Republic of
Fatimah Panju Tanzania, United Republic of
Selina Mehta Tanzania, United Republic of
Lauren Carmichael
Jemma Hodgson Tanzania, United Republic of
Nazri Lee Tanzania, United Republic of
salma abdussalam Tanzania, United Republic of
oskar hedin Tanzania, United Republic of
Vince Narvaez Tanzania, United Republic of
yukkkay chan
saina lalji Tanzania, United Republic of
Elsa Amri
Asinati Mawalla Tanzania, United Republic of
Nuru Bakhresa Tanzania, United Republic of
babra temu Tanzania, United Republic of
Leila O'Sullivan Tanzania, United Republic of
Anvesh Naidoo Tanzania, United Republic of
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saba attfield
Hubertus Rehermann Tanzania, United Republic of
Darik de Jong Tanzania, United Republic of
Keiichi Tanno Japan
Ilana Locker Israel
Etsuko Takeda Viet Nam
Yoshina Yagi Japan
Chikako Taketomi Singapore
Konomi Machida Japan
Mariko Tanaka
Taki Kamata Japan
Yuri Shirato Japan
Yin Teng Ho Viet Nam
Takayuki Taketomi
Mayumi Hisai
Kanako Tsuchihashi Japan
nanae fujiwara
Midori Fukuzawa Singapore
Louise Pike
Miyamoto Mana Japan
HIROTO MACHIDA Japan
宇佐見 英美子 Japan
Akiko Nomura
Philippa Maynard Singapore
Iris de Jong
Takenouchi Yoshie Japan
Ali Tamim
Shiraki Yuka India
Satoko Tanemura Japan
YUKO MORI Japan
Rumi Iwakawa United Kingdom
Yoko Aldous United Kingdom
NORIKO YAMAMOTO Japan
Toshiki Matsui Japan
Mac Urata
KOICHIRO KOMIKAWA Japan
Meena Trakru Singapore
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Rika Yamakawa Australia
川村 肇 Japan
Usami Masahiro Japan
Ochiai Chihiro Japan
Manako Ihaya United States
Brook Yitbarek Tanzania, United Republic of
Kayo Ozawa Japan
YUji IBUKa Japan
CHIEMI SHINDO Japan
Ken Murakami Japan
fukuda yumi Japan
Sachiko TANEDA Japan
本田 路晴 Japan
Morio KUWAGAYA Japan
Shimpachi Ogata Japan
Shiraki Sora India
Yuko Yasuda Tanzania, United Republic of
Patrick Lawther-Heard Tanzania, United Republic of
Cayla Brooker Tanzania, United Republic of
Sahar Al Hilal Tanzania, United Republic of
福元 綾子 Mexico
minako hokari Japan
Akiko Ebihara Japan
Chuck Ueno Japan
Kathryn Lenoue Tanzania, United Republic of
Abby R Tanzania, United Republic of
Neelam Nathoo Tanzania, United Republic of
Pam Fries United States
James Elder Tanzania, United Republic of
UrwaFatema Veerji Tanzania, United Republic of
Lauryn Manda Tanzania, United Republic of
Anne Sofie Melson Tanzania, United Republic of
Pooja Verma Lalseta Tanzania, United Republic of
Cody Taggart Tanzania, United Republic of
Peter Powell Tanzania, United Republic of
Florence Tesha United States
Mark Henderson Tanzania, United Republic of
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Lilian Nyombi Tanzania, United Republic of
Gayathri Kumar Tanzania, United Republic of
Kelley Miller
Tahera Sumar Tanzania, United Republic of
Vivienne Verschuren Tanzania, United Republic of
Nayla Tajmohamed Tanzania, United Republic of
Innocent Mkuyuli
Bahja Abdussalam Tanzania, United Republic of
Hendry Gennes Germany
Priyat Mair Tanzania, United Republic of
akiko akita Japan
Pablo Thorne Tanzania, United Republic of
Kiyoshi Nosu Japan
CHANDNI LALJI
junichi yosjimura Japan
Fatema Abdulrasul Tanzania, United Republic of
Masayo Taneda Japan
Carrie Wood Tanzania, United Republic of
Shahera Rahemtulla United Kingdom
Anshicca Somaiya Tanzania, United Republic of
MOHAMED SUMAR
Ridha Dewji Tanzania, United Republic of
Hannah Frederiks
Tiemo Telemans Tanzania, United Republic of
Celine Ernest
Aahil Velani Tanzania, United Republic of
David & Kay Powell United Kingdom
Melinda Wilson Singapore
Ian Attfield
Leander Mathisen Tanzania, United Republic of
Saima Merali United Kingdom
Anshul Krishnan Tanzania, United Republic of
Junko Ogawa Japan
Audrey Lindsay Tanzania, United Republic of
Dhyey Shah United States
Tania Ndirangu United States
Sreya Ghose Tanzania, United Republic of
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Mena Ladwa
Hema Ladwa
Meera Shah Tanzania, United Republic of
Jamie Fuller Tanzania, United Republic of
Leonie Baumgarten-Egemole
Richa Mrug Tanzania, United Republic of
Natalie Foster Switzerland
Sayyeda Rajani Tanzania, United Republic of
Diya Pattni Tanzania, United Republic of
Elizabeth Meehan Tanzania, United Republic of
Mubanga Peeperkorn Tanzania, United Republic of
Emma Vaupotič Holmqvist
Elizabeth Manda Indonesia
Bernie Lenoue
Isabel Ainslie
Jimmy Sana
Tamsyn Watkins Tanzania, United Republic of
Gillian Ayim
SHARON JOSEPH United States
Sharon Omenda
Irene Linnanen Tanzania, United Republic of
Masako Kitamura
Denym Stengel Tanzania, United Republic of
Imaan Tamimi United Kingdom
bushra iqbal Pakistan
Isabelle Schipper Tanzania, United Republic of
Michael Smith Tanzania, United Republic of
aoki kyoko Japan
Maho Ishikawa Japan
Barbara Kalu
Simran Patel Tanzania, United Republic of
Sonia Tumiotto Tanzania, United Republic of
Eileen Barbachano United States
Carla Bowe
Noureen Ebrahim Canada
Satoru Yuyama Japan
Makoto Yaguchi Japan
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Cathy Win
Misato Homma
Johann Scheepers Tanzania, United Republic of
Alexander Kiessling Tanzania, United Republic of
Fumie Saito Japan
Beth Mahoney Cambodia
Mayumi Katsube Japan
Joséphine Coupleux
Miho Ota
Anais Montel
sienna tounger Tanzania, United Republic of
Takeo Osada Japan
Lisa Hayles United Kingdom
Manju Colaso Tanzania, United Republic of
Yoshie Ikeda
MASAKO TOMISAKI Japan
Ryoko Nishida
Takaaki Nohara Japan
Jaime Martinez Tanzania, United Republic of
Gillian Ani
miyakawa kouta Japan
Sumie Ishii Japan
sarah moberly
Mandy Fuller Tanzania, United Republic of
tania Hamilton Tanzania, United Republic of
Natsuki Kondo Japan
Etaash Katiyar India
Reiko Akiyama Japan
Andrew Hamilton United States
Izumi Sue Ohtani Japan
john belela Tanzania, United Republic of
Zubeida Tumbo-Masabo Tanzania, United Republic of
Amina Shomari United Kingdom
Asia Masaba United States
Nicholas Connors Tanzania, United Republic of
muskan abdulhussein Tanzania, United Republic of
Nicola Schalkowski Germany
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mayumi moriwaki Japan
Alice nkhoma
Noriko Ohata Japan
Kimberly Drew United States
Lynne Wasyluk Canada
Rola Bayloun Canada
Anjani Taylor Tanzania, United Republic of
MUNIRA SAMJI Canada
Diane Wong Canada
Morag Forster Canada
Mitsuko Kameyama Japan
YORIKO KOBAYAHI Japan
Sachiko Tsutsui Singapore
Anita Kanitz Germany
Tasha Lucas Viet Nam
Ana Maria Ferraz de Campos
Elizabeth Mai Viet Nam
Selena Orona United States
rose marie lormel Myanmar
Judy Podziewski United States
CHELYA FONG Malaysia
FONG CHELYA Malaysia
Karen Hamfeldt Canada
Alyssa Rogier Myanmar
Karen HAY Australia
Dawn Bergot Canada
Tania Garry
Janeen Stevenson Madagascar
Linda Carrigan United States
Rachelle McCormack Canada
Sean Stevenson
Hailey Manowe United States
Morioka YAMAZAKI Japan
Shinya AKIZAWA Japan
Mika Nishihara Japan
Suguru Mizunoya
Naoko Imoto Japan
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Patricia Grande Cordero Spain
Yuji Taketomo Kenya
Christine Mackey Australia
Fayna Buhle-Lormel Myanmar
Aye-Aye Mon Ethiopia
Mavis May-May-Nyi Myanmar
Bongkosh Vardhanabhuti United States
Tin Htut Myanmar
Aisha Kirkwood Myanmar
Chiharu Kondo United States
ann macdonald Canada
Aomi Iwama Tanzania, United Republic of
Michiko Nohara-LeClair United States
JUNKO TOKUI Japan
Mitsue Uemura Kenya
Miharu Kamachi
Vandan Mamlani Tanzania, United Republic of
7.15 National Sanitation and Hygiene Policy by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
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7.16 Picture of Girl’s Toilets At Msasani Primary School with Expat House
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Girls Toilet
Expat Houses
Inside the Toilets
7.17 Reflection of Things Learnt from Paula’s Sessions
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7.18 Pictures Taken of Paula’s Sessions
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7.19 Infographic I Created
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