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i'm 27 years today and over 27 years of my life i have lived in a shack and i never had any windows, never had any water, never had any basic needs. one of two taps that we had and they're not working, as usual. tamara grew up in eastern cape in south africa. when she started puberty, her single mother had to choose between buying food or sanitary products. when i started my period, it was a very difficult time for me because i grew up watching my mum using rags, like old rags or clothes as a pad, so by the time i got into my period i had to learn how to fold an old cloth, take an old cloth, you wash it, you... you cut it up really nicely as a pad and you wrap it around you. tamara magwashu used to miss school for more than a week when she was on her period. she is now created a business where she donates period products to the poorest schools in south