Letter: West Valley College group’s feminine hygiene efforts in Cambodia

West Valley College effort on
Cambodia feminine hygiene

Re: “Access to feminine hygiene poses major issue globally” (Letter to the editor, March 19):

At a time when global issues focus mainly on war, economics and political tensions, Franceli Zaragoza’s gets a big shout out for pointing to the life-limiting effects on women from lack of feminine hygiene care in the developing world.

While there are government and non-government agencies offering coming-of-age education and pads, I want to acknowledge a local group for its volunteering to introduce a UNESCO-supported program of instruction on feminine hygiene to the women and girls of a remote village in Cambodia.

Twenty students from West Valley College’s Society for Global Citizenship went to Cambodia in February as a service learning project to the Doris Dillon School in Cambodia. They solicited donations for getting a big supply of pads and instructional material in the local Khemai language. They want to do more but could use more donations. We should all be proud of these students.

Ken Colson
San Jose

 

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