AGA and Partners supply 17,000 pads to girls in Obuasi Basic Schools

Residents of Obuasi joined the global community to celebrate World Menstrual Day, when AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi mines and Partners donated sanitary pads to Girls in the Basic schools in the community over the weekend.

Mrs. Mavis Nana Yaa Kyei, Social Development and Gender Superintendent of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Obuasi Mine, noted that creating a healthier, safer and more equitable world where women and girls are not stigmatised, excluded or discriminated against merely because they menstruate, is a non-negotiable obligation for which everyone must take responsibility.

She stated that AGA, in collaboration with UMA, Pamicor and Jachris, all contractors on the mine and others provided over 17,000 sanitary pads to over 5,000 basic school girls in Obuasi.

She commended the government for officially launching the Free Sanitary Pad Initiative to distribute sanitary pads to school girls nationwide.

To the boys, Mrs. Nana Yaa Kyei said “let us not stigmatise girls during menstruation, let’s support them and accept that menstruation is only a physiological process girls go through.”

The Ashanti Regional Girl Child Coordinator, Madam Hanna Amponsah, in a message read on her behalf noted that, “for far too long menstruation has been surrounded by silence, stigma and shame, but today we choose to change the narrative. We choose to speak boldly, to educate openly and to support each other with love, respect and compassion.”

Madam Mabel Antwi, Human Resource Officer of Pamicor called for love and affection for young ladies during their menstrual period.

“I know most ladies feel pain, discomfort and sometimes go through emotional changes. Menstruation is not a taboo or shame.

“It is natural and I urge young ladies not to feel shy to speak up or talk to anyone they can confide in, in terms of any challenges they may face during their menstrual period,” she added.

Nana Achiaa Twumwaa Tia, Obaapanin of Nkanprom told the students to make good use of the pads received, as well as concentrate on their studies.

From Frederick Danso Abeam Obuasi

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