

MOBILIZE COMMUNITIES FOR EDUCATION
and cultural exchanges between parents and their young girls and women on their health care

TO INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND MOBILIZE
the congolese girl and woman on the different diseases capable of endagering her life

TO ASSIST AND ACCOMPANY
the ignorant patients in the health field and orient them to the experts in the different cases mentioned above.

TO CREATE A CULTURE OF COMPASSION
in the communities for all the people affected by all these anomalies, because they are experiencing a traumatic experience that they do not know how to express to others due to thei ignorance.
Who we are
SANG TABOU
Breaking the cycle
A non-governmental, non-profit organization called “SANG TABOU” was created to fight for the knowledge of the Congolese girl who is growing up in total ignorance of different diseases capable of breaking her femininity.
Our mission
To carry out actions to promote an integral development of the Congolese girl and woman as well as to learn to communicate faithfully without shame or fear to the people who are supposed to be able to help or assist her morally, psychologically, financially and physically.

National Awareness
To sensitize the young girl and the Congolese woman on the cases of the blatant ignorance with regard to the diseases related to the anomaly of the “Rules” and all its reproductive...

Training on the move
To train and inform the Congolese girl and woman through seminars, sensitizations, conferences on the knowledge of various diseases and devious anomalies which make...

Establishment of Partnerships
Set up a framework for exchanges and advocacy between the NGO and technical and financial partners, the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Gender, Family and Children,...

Ensuring support
To plead in favor of the young girl and the Congolese woman not having sufficient knowledge of the development of her body, how to maintain it, how to accept,...

Promote and develop
To carry out actions to promote an integral development of the Congolese girl and woman as well as to learn to communicate faithfully without shame or fear to the people...
Fields of Intervention
Education
Strengthening the capacity of parents on life education for girls.
Training
Citizen training, healthcare for young Congolese girls and women.
Information
Provide information to the Congolese girl and woman on all the diseases she may face during her physical development.

Sephora
I've always had terrible cycles: very far apart (up to several months without a period). I didn't understand why, and I'd lost all hope of ever behaving like a normal

Aridja
My first period was when I was 12. They were very painful. I thought it was normal for me to feel this pain. But thanks to the NGO SANG TABOU,

Sandra Matenda
Once upon a time, a girl named Sandra had her first menstrual period, but with excruciating pain and heavy bleeding for more than three days. She had to change sanitary

Thrystan
I suffered from stomach aches and painful periods for many years. I was operated without success. But thanks to the NGO Sang Tabou I was sensitized and followed the treatment

Boende
I have always had heavy and painful periods since my menarche and I thought it was normal but thanks to the NGO Sang tabou I was made aware of the
The Non Governmental Organization “Sang Tabou” advocates on behalf of the Congolese girl’s knowledge of different diseases capable of breaking her femininity.

Recent Publications

Menstrual hygiene, menstrual abnormalities in young girls and their psychosocial impact
With the aim of lifting the taboo surrounding menstruation, we're working hard to raise awareness among young girls of menstrual abnormalities and the importance of

Celebration of International Day of the Girl 12 October 2024
This year's International Day of the Girl was marked at the NGO Sang TABOU by the presentation of its second round table edition. It's become

World Girls’ Day
To mark World Girls' Day, the NGO Sang Tabou is organising an event that will bring together women and young girls around a round table

The alarming humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC calls for urgent action to help the displaced population.
The NGO Sang Tabou has undertaken surveys on the menstrual hygiene management of displaced women and girls in the Don Bosco camp in Goma, responding