MH Day 2022: Ena Kare Foundation Donates Items To Akyin SHS

Students receiving donated items from Nana Adwoa Enyinfuaa III

Amid the celebration of the 2022 World Menstrual Hygiene Day, the Queen mother of Ekumfi Swedru who also doubles as the Director of Ena Kare Foundation, Nana Adwoa Enyinfuaa III has yesterday, May 27, 2022 donated sanitary pads to students of Akyin Senior High School at Ekumfi Akra in the Ekumfi District of the Central region.

Health officials engaged the students on how to maintain personal hygiene and menstrual care, the merits of leaving a chaste life. They also highlight the importance of menstrual care which aims to raise awareness about the social issues and challenges faced by women during menstruation. 

As the day also highlights how many women don't have access to sanitary products and care, and as part of the social corporate responsibility of the unprofiting organization led by Nana Adwoa Enyinfuaa III donated sanitary pads to female students as girls empowerment is the ultimate aim of Ena Kare Foundation.

They encourage the young ones to prevent themselves from early sex and urged them to focus on their education.

The theme for the World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022 is: “To create a world where no woman or girl is held back because they menstruate, by 2030.”

“This means a world where every girl or woman is empowered to manage her menstruation safely, hygienically, with confidence and without shame,” the official website said.

The beneficiaries thanked and expressed their heartfelt appreciation to Nana Adwoa Enyinfuaa III, the Queen mother of Ekumfi Swedru and the organizers for the gesture.

Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day that falls on May 28 every year. The day is marked to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene and management at a global level.

Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day) is observed on May 28 each year, coinciding with the International Day of Action for Women's Health 2022, across the world. The day highlights the importance of menstrual care and raises awareness about the social issues faced by women during menstruation and those who don't have access to sanitary products.

The Menstrual Hygiene Day was first created in 2013 by the German non-profit WASH United. It was globally celebrated in 2014 and has grown since then.

For the last three years, the World Menstrual Hygiene Day movement has called for action and investment in menstrual health and hygiene using the hashtag #ItsTimeForAction.

Significance

The Menstrual Hygiene Day aims to bring together the voices and actions of non-profit, government agencies, individuals and the media to promote good menstrual health and hygiene for everyone around the world.

The day aims to break the silence, raise awareness and change the negative social norms around menstrual health and hygiene.

The day provides an opportunity to engage decision-makers and increase the political priority to catalyze action for menstrual health and hygiene at global, national, and local levels.

This year’s theme

“To create a world where no women or girl is held back because they menstruate, by 2030” is the theme of the World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022.

“This means a world where every girl or woman is empowered to manage her menstruation safely, hygienically, with confidence and without shame,” the official website said.

The vision is to create a world where:

Everyone has access to and can afford menstrual products of their choice.

Period stigma and social discrimination is history.

Everyone has basic information about menstruation, including men and boys.

Everyone can access period-friendly water, sanitation and hygiene facilities anywhere in the world.

The 2022 campaign will use the #WeAreCommitted hashtag. It will be used by organizations across the world to publicly announce what they are committed to contribute to the overreaching goal and set an example for others to follow.

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Source: AfricaNewsArenaGh.com