NGOs to distribute one million sanitary pads to vulnerable girls
Accra, June 02, GNA – Three Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have launched a new project to distribute one million sanitary pads to vulnerable girls in some parts of the country.
The Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (IWEN), Global Media Foundation and the Indigenous Youth Alliance Ghana are implementing the project titled “Kye Me Pad” (gift me pad).
Mrs. Celestina Andoh, the Co-founder and Executive Secretary IWEN said in a statement issued in Accra to mark this year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day.
The Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day) is a global advocacy platform that brings together voices and actions of NGOs, government agencies, individuals, the private sector and the media to promote good menstrual health and hygiene for women and girls.
It was initiated by WASH United, a German-based NGO in 2014 and the day falls on May 28 every year to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management at a global level.
The theme for this year’s celebration was “Action and Investment in Menstrual Hygiene and Health”.
Mrs. Andoh explained the goal of the ‘Kye Me Pad’ project targeted vulnerable and marginalised girls who could not afford sanitary pads and therefore stayed out of school during menstruation.
The project, she added would increase public education and sensitisation on menstrual hygiene and highlight socio-cultural practices inimical to the development of girls.
Mrs. Andoh underlined the need for civil society actors, government agencies and the media to promote good menstrual health and hygiene, saying poor sanitation at the school environment greatly affected girls and called for support for the project to achieve desirable results.
