Over 425 School Girls Receive Hygiene Kits

Over 425 school girls in about 20 communities, aged between 13 and 20, have each received a hygiene kit at a total cost of 5, 362.00 Ghana Cedis from Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), a Canadian based registered charity and child-centered international development organization.

 

The aim of the hygiene kit project is to increase personal hygiene among teenage girls in Senior Primary and Junior High Schools and to increase awareness of proper hygiene behaviors among the teenage girls within CCFC’s operational areas. It also seeks to transform knowledge into behavior by actively following up with the beneficiaries.

CCFC made the donations through five of its partner organizations located in the Tamale Metropolis, Savelugu-Nanton, Tolon-Kumbungu, East Gonja and Nanumba North districts.  Each girl received cakes of soap, a tooth brush, tooth paste, a nail clipper, a shaving stick, pockets of razor blades, sanitary pads and Dettol (disinfectant).

Interacting with the girls in the Tamale Metropolis, the Country Director of CCFC, Mrs. Sanatu Nantogma advised them to keep their bodies and surroundings clean, shave their pubic hair and trim their nails regularly, take their bath and wash their mouths everyday as well as keep themselves clean during menstruation. The Country Director also educated them on good community sanitation practices, prevention of teenage pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. She admonished them not to litter the environment after use of the hygiene products but dispose of them in an environmentally friendly manner.

 

After receiving her hygiene kit, 19 year old form three student of Kalpohine Anglican JHS, Abdulai Fawzia disclosed that she was more than pleased to have received the kit. She thanked CCFC for the education on personal hygiene that was given to her.  Fawzia said that before this she had limited knowledge of personal hygiene and therefore engaged in unsafe personal hygiene practices such as sharing nail clippers with friends.  She revealed that due to her poor personal hygiene practice, her confidence in school was always low and this affected her academic performance.  

 

CCFC hopes that the project will help the girls improve their personal hygiene and hence their confidence in their communities, improve their participation in community activities, motivate them to continue to improve their personal hygiene and encourage them to teach their peers and siblings about personal hygiene.