Reusable sanitary pads helps keep our environment clean, my mum sew mine for me.
WaterAid Ghana over the years has strived to improve the lives of community dwellers in the Upper East Region through access to improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Schools especially are uniquely targeted in their implementing communities to remove all barriers concerning WASH that could have hindered the girl child from going to school. WaterAid in their programming have built changing rooms for girls to use when they are menstruating and in addition to making them comfortable, they have constructed mechanized boreholes in these schools so that girls can better manage themselves when they are in that time of the month.
Women in the Akania community have been trained to make reusable pads for school children and the community. These reusable pads are helping the girls to stay in school and also improving the livelihoods of their mothers to take care of their needs. Madam Salina, a member of the women's group in Akania community who is also a beneficiary of the reusable pad training expressed her gratitude to WaterAid for the new knowledge that she has been gifted and how it is helping young girls in the community.
Salina speaks on Reusable pads
'My name is Salina I produce reusable menstrual pads. Before the reusable pads, things were quite difficult for us but now thanks to the reusable pads things are getting better. It has saved us money because disposable pads are costly and difficult to dispose of safely'' According to Salina, the reusable pad is benefiting them so much that, the women's group is teaming up with the men in the community to pass down the knowledge to the younger generation so they can continue with the production to help the community.