Advancing and Harnessing Opportunities for Youth (AHOY) Africa and The Orange Girl Foundation have donated sanitary materials to students at the Bremang-Jukwa Catholic School in the Central Region of Ghana as part of their effort to end period poverty and promote good menstrual hygiene among girls.
The project took place on May 26, 2023, at the community center and saw the presence of some parents, the chief of the community, the PTA chairman, teachers, and the Ghana Education Service girl’s coordinator. The team donated menstrual cups and cloth pads to the girls in the community who are missing school due to period poverty. According to the group, access to menstrual hygiene products has become a big challenge in the community, affecting girls’ education; therefore, there is a need to tackle the issue amicably.
Speaking with Nanayaa Amoako Baffoe, the team leader, she said that “girls in the community resort to various means, including sleeping with visitors who come into the communities for funerals and other purposes for as little as 20 cedis to enable them to afford basic things such as sanitary pads. Some of the parents take the girls to nearby hospitals for family planning methods to protect them from their mini-hookup services. This is disheartening and quite disturbing because their education and health are at risk’’.
March 8, 2023
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