"When Kotex and SMS Health PH first launched this initiative in 2022, we started collaborating with 50 private schools in Metro Manila and reached thousands of young women. For this year, we plan to expand to 200 institutions including DepEd schools and reach more than 300,000 women in NCR, Region 3 and Region 4A. We also plan to conduct a menstrual education program with the Period Planet Game – a video game from Kotex that enables students to have freedom to explore periods and the stigma that surrounds them, at their own time and at their own pace," said Jacel Gumasing, SMS Health PH project manager.