May 28, is celebrated globally as Menstrual Hygiene Day, to raise awareness of the challenges women and girls face to manage their periods and call for sustainable actions. She Inspired Africa with support from Home and Lands Consult and partnered with the Women of Dignity Alliance to organized a menstrual health and hygiene workshop for adolescent girls in the Socco HH Basic school at Mamprobi. The workshop aimed to provide vital information about their periods and how they manage it effectively.
Founder of She Inspires Africa, Ophelia Osei in her address encouraged the young girls to open up on issues relating to their periods and reproductive health. ‘’I want all menstruators to embrace this natural process and own it without shame nor stigma’’. It is in this strength we derive from the supposed weakness that can aid us in fighting our common enemy ‘period poverty,’ She noted.
Queen mother of Mamprobi Ngleshie Alata traditional council, Naa Obeye Dromo 1 applauded the initiative and encouraged the girls to pay critical attention to information on their health. Naa Dromo highlighted that the adolescent unit at the Mamprobi Polyclinic is a great place to visit for vital information on all their reproductive health needs. She urged them to frequent the unit because it is a safe and friendly place with tailored services to meet their health needs.
Jacobbinah Adu-Gymafi, Estate and Resource Officer with Land and Homes Consult encouraged the girls to focus on their a.
