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Championing Menstrual Hygiene in Zambia | Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma | TEDxLusaka

Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma describes how she went from being 'just' a medical student, to becoming a youth activist and social entrepreneur producing reusable cloth sanitary pads and providing life skills education to boys and girls in schools across Zambia. Natasha Kaoma is a young Zambian woman committed raising awareness about reproductive health and menstrual hygiene. While in medical school at the University of Zambia, she co-founded Copper Rose Zambia to carry through the reproductive health work, and the organization has gone on to fundraise for menstrual hygiene kits for women in rural areas. 4000 hygiene kits have been distributed across Zambia and hundreds of women and men are able to hand sew sanitary napkins. At the age of 25, is already an award-winner, winning the Zambian Women of the Year Healthcare Champion Award 2017, and is the only Zambian to have received the Queens Young Leaders Award (2017). Natasha is UN Local Pathways Fellow for Sustainable Development Goals, and hold other influential positions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx