Primary Goal
To collate 1,000 packs of sanitary pads (42 boxes) for the next outreach.
Pad a Girl with Pat
Graceful Care's menstrual hygiene campaign, providing sanitary pads and menstrual health education to girls in underserved communities.
The Campaign
A period should never cost a girl her education
Pad a Girl with Pat is Graceful Care's menstrual hygiene campaign, providing sanitary pads and menstrual health education to girls in underserved communities.
- Provide sanitary pads to girls
- Promote menstrual hygiene education
- Reduce period-related barriers to school attendance
- Encourage confidence and open conversations about menstruation
- Give girls the support they deserve
The Challenge
Why this campaign exists
“Women from low socio-economic households are not able to afford menstrual products and resort to using unsafe and unhygienic products like tissue papers, mud and newspapers to absorb menstrual blood.”
(Smikie, 2020)
Campaign Progress
Where we are right now
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Girls Reached
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Pads Distributed
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Communities Reached
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Volunteers
These numbers are updated as the project grows.
Our Aims
What we are working towards
Immediate Target
To pad 300 girls, at three packs per girl, in the communities we serve.
Pad a Girl Today
GHS 60 pads one girl for a full term. GHS 500 pads eight.
#PadAGirlWithPat