Dear Partners,
Menstruation and menstrual management are issues that are hardly discussed among adults and adolescents in Ghana due to varied socio-cultural beliefs, perceptions and practices regarding this natural phenomenon. Over the years, Society for Empowerment and Social Justice has been working on different programs to improve young people access to youth friendly services including menstrual health and education in the Upper East Region.
Last year, 28th May 2018, the organization in collaboration with Days for Girls International celebrated menstrual hygiene day at Gbeogo school for the deaf in the Talensi District of the upper east region. Over 300 young women between the ages of 12-19 benefited from menstrual health education, distribution of re-usable sanitary pads, and self defense training.
This year, we wish to celebrate menstrual hygiene day in the Bawku west district (Zabilla). This program is targeting a cluster of junior high school girls between the ages of 12-19 and over 400 girls to benefit. There will be distribution of reusable sanitary pads, feminine hygiene education and sexual and domestic violence prevention awareness talks.
The society for Empowerment and Society Justice seeks your collaboration to make this happen, we write to ask for your support to buy sanitary pads and other logistics.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Linda Nyaamah Anaabah
Director, SEAS
Head teacher of Teshie JHS 
Teshie JHS cultural group 
The school health education officer addressing participants 
Advising girls to visit the community clinic when they are not sure of what to do 
578 girls were given reusable sanitary pads 
Awards were given to students who answers questions 
Celebrating period not shame 
A health officer on feminine hygiene 
578 girls benefited from this program 
Thank you Philip Lord and Paula Rodney from AFSC 
We had a one-hour radio discussion about menstrual health 
Listeners were told to support their menstruating girls to continue schooling
Society for Empowerment and Social Justice 