{"id":13054,"date":"2024-10-21T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=13054"},"modified":"2024-10-22T07:52:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T07:52:17","slug":"caa-holds-3rd-aviation-run-to-set-up-sanitary-pad-factory-in-namayingo-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/caa-holds-3rd-aviation-run-to-set-up-sanitary-pad-factory-in-namayingo-district\/","title":{"rendered":"UCAA Holds 3rd Aviation Run To Set Up Sanitary Pad Factory In Namayingo District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hundreds of Ugandans have gathered in Entebbe and participate in the 3rd Annual Entebbe Aviation Run  organized by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) to raise awareness and also contribute to the welfare of the girl child in the rural districts that lack sanitary materials forcing some to even drop out of school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Officials said that the proceeds  collected during the aviation run will be used to establish a community-owned reusable sanitary pad manufacturing facility in Budondo ,Namayingo District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"13056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/caa-holds-3rd-aviation-run-to-set-up-sanitary-pad-factory-in-namayingo-district\/ca6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ca6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ca6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows reports  that  some girls in Buyala Village, Budondo sub-county in Namayingo were using unhygienic polythene bags filled with soil as an alternative to sanitary towels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Ugandans have gathered in Entebbe and participate in the 3rd Annual Entebbe Aviation Run organized by the Uganda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GaUQ3-NXEAAUAkf.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13280,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ucaa-launches-safety-week-activities-to-run-from-november-11-15-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":13054,"position":0},"title":"UCAA Launches Safety Week Activities To Run From November 11-15, 2024","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, in conjunction with stakeholders operating at Entebbe International Airport, has launched Safety Week activities running fromNovember 11-15, 2024. 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