200 St James girls to benefit from menstrual health initiative Saturday

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Approximately 200 girls from Montego Bay and surrounding communities in St James are set to benefit from a menstrual health and wellness initiative on Saturday, November 7.

The event, dubbed “The Wellness Cycle”, will be hosted by Dear Ambitious Girl and the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, in partnership with lead sponsors WalkGoodLA and the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square.

According to a release on Thursday, the initiative aims to promote menstrual health education, confidence and overall well-being among young girls, while highlighting the importance of community support as western Jamaica continues to recover from the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.