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This prompted Patricia to lead a small team and together conducted a quantitative research study. The study was conducted in three villages namely Buswekera, Mpaija and Kasingo all located in Hoima city. Among other issues such as lack of adequate funds, the findings showed that 70% of 228 girls aged 12-15 years were struggling with menstrual health and hygiene management. The girls reported that abrupt starting of their periods meant that they needed to leave school and rush back home. One senior woman teacher highlighted that the shame after a girl was seen with a soiled uniform, made her terribly uncomfortable at school. For some girls, they never returned for the rest of the week or even worse never seen at school after that scenario.

On sitting down to analyse the findings, the team saw the urgent need for intervention through the Twekonyere project. The project aimed at raising awareness about proper menstrual health management and debunking different menstrual myths in these communities. Through conducting 7 school outreaches, we trained 54 young girls, 11 teachers and 21 boys on Menstrual Health and Hygiene management. We also shared accurate information about roles of different key players in advancing property menstrual health and hygiene. In spite of the great strides we made, during the monitoring and evaluation of the project the team acknowledged that there was still a gap in sustainable development of individuals and their communities. Addressing poor menstrual health and hygiene was only part of the solution. Following the need for sustainable change, five members of the team resolved that Twekonyere project would advance and grow into an indigenous organisation. After undergoing the required steps of registration, Twekonyere Foundation Uganda received its operational license as an NGO in 2022.