KNUST’s ‘The Obaasima Project’ Provides Hands-On Training to About 300 Pupils in Poasi-New Takoradi

Menstruation and menstrual hygiene remain a challenge to many girls in Ghana.

Statistics show a pressing need for investment and efforts to improve menstrual hygiene in Ghana, including access to menstrual products, education and awareness and improved sanitation facilities.

It is in this light that The Obaasima Project, an initiative led by eight students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), recently provided hands-on training to selected students in Poasi-New Takoradi.

They were also educated on good menstrual hygiene.

It facilitated the registration of 100 pupils (58% female) onto the National Health Insurance Scheme and also formed a 10-member Obaasima Club in the schools to serve as peer educators on menstrual hygiene and other health-related issues.

The Obaasima Project is essentially a menstrual health and/or hygiene drive to reduce menstrual poverty among girls in deprived areas

This is an important component of promoting gender equality, ensuring access to education and health and achieving several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations