Kumasi Mayor donates boxes of Sanitary Pads to SHSs in Metropolis 

Mr. Richard Ofori Agyemang, aka King Zubah, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Kumasi has donated about 5,000 boxes of sanitary pads to students in selected Senior High Schools in the metropolis.

Some of the beneficiary schools include; Kumasi Girls Senior High School, Islamic Senior High School, Watania JHS, Asem JHS and Adabia Islamic.

The gesture is meant to complement government’s efforts to provide free sanitary pads to girls in Senior High Schools nationwide.

At the presentation ceremony at Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo, a suburb of Kumasi, the Mayor re-affirmed the NDC government’s commitment to ensure that girls reach their full potential while in school, in order to become responsible adults in future.

According to him, the sanitary pads would enhance their cleanliness. He expressed the government’s commitment to always encourage them to learn hard and to realise their dreams in life.

Madam Juan Quarshie Junior, the Metropolitan Girl Child Coordinator of Ghana Education Service (GES), explained that the exercise formed part of activities to mark global menstrual hygiene day, which falls on May 28 every year.

This year’s celebration is under the theme: “Period Friendly World.”

She emphasised that it is natural to menstruate when a girl is of age and that there was no need to discriminate against anyone who menstruates.

She stressed that every girl deserves menstrual dignity and that it is the responsibility of society and parents to partner the government to ensure that the menstrual hygiene of the girl child, especially those in school, is prioritised to always keep them in school, especially during their menstrual periods.

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