Completed Maternal & Child Health
Pads of Hope — Akropong School for the Blind
Free sanitary pads and accessible menstrual health education for teenage girls living with visual impairment.
Location: Akropong School for the Blind, Eastern Region
Partner: Midwife Jenny Sweet Foundation
Period dignity, in purple
Menstrual health is one of the least-discussed barriers to school attendance for girls living with visual impairment — and one of the easiest to remove. At the Akropong School for the Blind, Ghana’s first and oldest training centre for visually impaired children (established by Presbyterian missionaries in 1945), we met that barrier directly.
In partnership with the Midwife Jenny Sweet Foundation, Pads of Hope provided free sanitary pads, accessible menstrual health education, and reproductive health information to the teenage girls of the school. Education was designed to be understood without sight — because dignity should never depend on how information is usually delivered.
What we delivered
- 400+ sanitary pad packs distributed to the girls of the school
- Accessible, sight-independent menstrual health education
- Reproductive health information teenagers could trust and use
“Dignity, delivered — one pack at a time.”
Two foundations, one mission — reaching the girls who need it most.
At a glance
- 400+ sanitary pad packs distributed
- Accessible menstrual health education delivered
- Reproductive health information shared with teenage girls