As part of the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrations, the Agortime Cluster of World Vision Ghana has launched a Community Pad Bank in Yadzo, under the Kadjebi Area Programme—aimed at tackling period poverty and boosting menstrual dignity among vulnerable girls.
At the launch event, held under the global theme “Together for a Period Friendly World,” stakeholders from the Ghana Health Service, Ghana Education Service, and the Kadjebi District Assembly united to support the initiative. Their collective goal: to end stigma around menstruation and ensure that no girl misses out on education or health due to lack of access to sanitary pads.
Mr. Eric Opoku Agyarko, Agortime Cluster Manager, said the Pad Bank will offer free sanitary pads to underserved girls, helping to break the link between poverty, poor menstrual hygiene, and school absenteeism.
World Vision Ghana’s Southern Regional Operations Manager, Mr. Irvine Aboagye, highlighted the wider impact of period poverty. “Many girls rely on boys for pads, which exposes them to exploitation and contributes to rising teenage pregnancies. This Pad Bank is a lifeline—not just charity,” he emphasized.
The Pad Bank will be sustained through monthly voluntary donations, with a call for individuals and organizations to contribute at least one pack of sanitary pads to keep the initiative going.
At the event, local midwife Cynthia from the Yadzo CHPS Compound led a hands-on training session on menstrual hygiene, showing girls how to safely use and dispose of sanitary pads.
Dr. Sam Suraj Issaka, District Chief Executive of Kadjebi, praised the programme as a transformative step for girls’ education, health, and empowerment.
Marked every year on May 28, World Menstrual Hygiene Day raises global awareness about menstrual health and hygiene. The Yadzo initiative reflects a growing movement across Ghana to turn awareness into action—one pad at a time.
