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By Yussif Ibrahim, RNG
Kumasi, May 30, GNA – Wash for Change
Network, a non-governmental organization (NGO) promoting water, sanitation and
hygiene, donated garbage cans, bowls for washing hands and 500 pieces of
notebooks at the Kumasi Agric Nzema Experimental Basic School.
The 700 students were also introduced to general education
hygiene and sanitation practices, while girls from among them also received tips
on the proper management of menstrual hygiene and how to get rid of worn hygiene products
tampons, more hygienically.
They were also taught to use soap and
water to wash your hands especially after attending the call of nature
and before meals.
Ms. Martha Okai Ababio, Project Coordinator
the NGO, spoke with the children during the school visit, which trained
Part of Phase II of the Kumasi School Remediation Initiative, nicknamed "SMILE ON"
currently implemented by the NGO.
She said that it was also to commemorate the
World Rules Day.
Ms. Ababio stated that access to sanitary napkins by
girls should not be an obstacle to their education and repeated calls to
government to come out with political interventions to solve the
high cost of sanitary napkins, in order to improve the price for girls,
especially those from poor households.
"Menstruation was not by choice but a
natural cycle of femininity and that it was important for the government to
affordable sanitary napkins to improve hygiene in girls, especially those of
rural communities and low-income households, "she added.
She said research had shown that limited
access to sanitary facilities in schools during the rules prevented some
girls to go to school, which affects their academic performance.
This, she noted, was a great source of concern
which must attract the attention of all stakeholders, in particular advocates of
gender equality and girls' education.
GNA
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