Uganda, April 28 -- At least up to 150 girls in Eastern Uganda will be able to stay in school during their menstrual cycles thanks to the Women's Day Run that happened on March 8 in Kampala this year.

Proceeds worth Shs5m were - in line with this year's cause - last Thursday handed over to MercyLine Uganda, an NGO that makes and distributes reusable pads to girls in Buikwe, Iganga and neighbouring areas - as well as trains them to make their own.

Betty Kataike, one of the directors of MercyLine, thanked "the Activated Women for the big support that you've given to the girls in the Eastern part of Uganda.

"For sure for now," she said during the handover at Bush Pig restaurant in Kampala on Thursday, "out of this money, you've been able ...