Montreal foundation making reusable menstrual pads for women in Senegal

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In 2009 when Shara Rosen and some Senegalese friends in Montreal launched the Fondation Sénégal Santé Mobile, which sends medications to community health centres and equipment to birthing centres in some of the country’s most disadvantaged areas. On Thursday afternoon, Rosen and members of the foundation will be in Phillips Square in downtown Montreal to show off their latest project — reusable menstrual pads for teenage girls and women. The event is being held on Menstrual Hygiene Day, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of menstrual hygiene management among girls i