Let’s talk about female ‘period’ poverty. “Period poverty is a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints*”. Period poverty in Ghana is a serious issue – a study done in the Zabzugu and North Dayi districts found that 95% of girls in the region missed school due to menstruation.
Here at Dressability we are making a difference to these girls lives by providing many of them with reusable sanitary wear. Our wonderful volunteers and our incredible seamstress (pictured) have been hard at work producing sanitary wear during our three-month project, ending in September 2021. The sanitary wear will then be shipped to Ghana by our collaborative charity, Action Through Enterprise (ATE), with many girls receiving a bag with five sanitary towels which will make a huge difference to their lives by dramatically improving their hygiene options, giving many women their dignity and the means to manage a basic need.
Our hope is to alleviate the stigma surrounding menstruation and, by providing reusable sanitary wear, we hope to allow girls to attend school while menstruating.
How YOU can help
If you fancy a project yourself and you can sew, please consider joining us making sanitary wear! Please contact Dressability on 01793 512878 or mail@dressability.org.uk for patterns etc.
If you have any new unused cotton or towelling, we will gratefully receive any donations.
You could always donate to our local giving page.
*Royal College of Nurses, 2021
The Borgen Project, 2020
