As part of our “Menstrual hygiene for the Rural Girl Project”, Visionary Buluk organized menstrual hygiene educational program and donated sanitary towels to rural girls in three communities in the Builsa North and South districts of the upper East Region.

This program is a campaign to give menstrual hygiene education to rural girls and to demystify some traditional beliefs about menstruation. The sanitary towel donation is part of a bigger planned project (we are still looking for funding extend this planned project) that aims to donate reusable sanitary towels to rural underprivileged school girls which will last for a minimum of three(3) years.

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

The project seeks to address problems faced by rural girls such as;

• The expense of commercial sanitary pads;

• Absenteeism where girls stay at home rather than attending school when menstruating;

• Unhygienic ways to dry menstrual materials;

• Lack of privacy for changing menstrual materials;

• Leakage from poor-quality protection materials;

• The lack of resources for washing such as soap;

• Limited education about the facts of menstruation;

• Limited access to counseling and guidance;

• Embarrassment and low self-esteem;

• And the unsupportive attitudes and or ignorance of some men.