Hands of Gold Foun­dation, an Accra based Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has present­ed quantities of sanitary pads and educational materials to students in Labone and Accra Girls Senior High Schools. The donation of the items forms part of the foundation's Get a Pad, Get educated, Get a life (3G) proj­ect launched last year. As part of the 3G project, the foundation aims to provide about 30,000 school girls in underpriv­ileged communities across the country with monthly supply of sanitary pads to cater for their monthly flows. In addition, the beneficiaries are to be provided with menstrual hygiene education and its associated management practices, and regular free health screening in addition to free books and stationery. Presenting the items to the girls, a board member of HOG, Mr Lar­ry George Botchwey, said despite the extensive education, action and advocacy done in this space, about 53 per cent of adolescent girls in some underserved and marginalised communities still found it difficult to afford sanitary pads.