Panties

Written by Tayria Ward on July 8, 2010

I am in a liminal space here in Iowa after the trip to Kenya and before I get back to North Carolina. My psyche is absorbing the experiences and readjusting. One thing I cannot stop thinking about is that in working with the young girls in Kibera who are traumatized at every level, from starvation, poverty and unfathomable abuse, when they spoke with me one thing they wanted me to know is that they want panties. Underwear. Young women growing into adulthood who do not have the simple undergarments that we take for granted. I have been musing on how I am going to get a large supply of panties to about 2oo young women in a slum in Kibera. It haunts me. I’m going to figure it out. Soon, right away. Any ideas or contributions are welcome.

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