Kathmandu, Mar 22: The handover ceremony of the sanitary napkin-making machine to the Centre for Health and Environment Conservation (CHEC) Nepal was held in Birgunj Municipality, Parsa District on Friday. 

The installed machine was provided through the Project for the Installation of Sanitary Napkin Making Machine in Parsa District with the assistance of $ 34,964 under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Government of Japan. 

Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Japan in Nepal Tamura Takahiro expressed his hope that the school girls and female people will have easy access to sanitary products and that it will contribute to the improvement of personal hygiene knowledge and further development of the community.

Many of the people living in poverty face various problems related to hygiene, including difficulties in accessing sanitary products and a lack of knowledge about hygiene.

The sanitary napkins produced by the newly installed machines will be distributed at low or no cost in public schools and health posts, and together with awareness activities by

CHEC Nepal will lead to a healthier life for the people in this area.