[Image]The saying age is just but a number resonates with a five-year-old boy King Ami Amani famously referred to as King Ami from Channah School.At a young age, King Ami came up with a project to protect young girls and women's menstrual hygiene awareness.Unlike many people especially men would steer clear from women’s reproductive health matters, King Ami took it upon himself to champion women’s well-being.Ami is known to be humble, a giver and an inspiration to his fellow students.He is a professional model who started modelling in 2021 and has since nurtured it as his talent.Ami said his passion and inspiration to model were drawn from his cousin Winnie, who is the current reigning Miss Independent Kenya.Ami explained that growing up and seeing his mother put food on the table, motivated him to work extra hard.King Ami said he enjoys immense support from his mother, Phoebe Wanjiru.In April, King Ami qualified to travel to South Africa for a modelling competition and came back with two awards.He was crowned the first runner-up Toto Mr Africa and Africa Rising Star King.Ami said these titles gave him the hope of using his talent to help other people as he was his dream.Under the Toto Mr Africa title, Ami was told to come up with a project that will help his society back home.He said that his mother suggested he takes up mental health and menstrual health hygiene to help young girls in school.“My mother is the one who has been by my side all this time supporting me to realize my dreams. She is the one who helped me choose the sanitary towels project,” he said."With the help of my mother, I can understand why this is important to take up."Ami said that fellow students and teachers have been supportive as they encouraged him to pursue his talent.[Image]Ami Amani distributing sanitary towels to young girls on June 15.Image: HANDOUTUnder his project, Ami also donates underwear, bar soaps and tissue papers to students to help observe hygiene.Ami gets his funding from well-wishers and organizations who donates the items under his project and helps in distributing them to schools."Sometimes it becomes a challenge to get funding for the project but my mother and teachers help mobilize friends who make donations that I add to what I have and help others," he said.Ami said the project does not interfere with his school timetable because he uses his free time to do the projects.Over the weekends, he goes to charity events and if he does not have any events, Ami attends Taekwondo classes to boost his skills and later in the evening attends modelling classes.Ami takes part in creating menstrual hygiene awareness for young girls in schools.This is even as Kenya joins the world in observing the Day of the African Child (DAC) as a commemoration of the June 16, 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa.This was when students who marched in protest against apartheid-inspired education, were murdered.To celebrate the children of Africa's calls for serious introspection and commitment towards addressing the numerous challenges they face in Africa, the DAC 2020 themes will reflect on ‘Access to a Child-Friendly Justice System in Africa’. BY THE STAR
posted by Breaking Kenya news at 16:45 on 16 Jun 2023
"Boy, 5, champions menstrual health hygiene awareness"
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