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Local tween helps Kenyan girls stay in school

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Kate Lapides

Girls’ menstrual cycles have been making headlines in recent weeks. Just this month NPR reported that public schools in the U.S. are working to make periods less of a taboo subject. And worldwide, giving young girls access to feminine hygiene products is helping further their education.

Here in the valley, seventh grader Ella Lindenberg took it upon herself to be the change she wants to see in the world. Lindenberg spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Alycin Bektesh about her own fundraising efforts to help girls in Kenya.

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Ella Lindenberg became a teen philanthropist this fall by taking it upon herself to raise funds for For the Good Period.

This past fall, https://vimeo.com/193290708">she helped raise more than $1,000through a bake sale for a local nonprofit called  “For The Good Period”, which provides feminine hygiene to girls in Kenya so they can attend school while on their period.

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