Multipurpose sanitary facility for Bueman SHS inaugurated
Plan International Ghana has handed over a multipurpose sanitary facility for the girls’ dormitory at Bueman Senior High School (BUSEC) in Jasikan in the Oti Region last Friday.
The sanitary facility is to provide the female students the opportunity to escape from the discomfort they go through during their menstrual period.
Apart from the eight cubicle water closet, it has two changing rooms for the girls during their menstrual time and incinerators to burn their waste materials.
A mechanised borehole with an overhead water tank has been provided to ensure an all-round water sustainability for the school.
The project, funded by Plan International Ghana, was through the Integrated Package for Sustainability Community Development (IPADEV) at the value of Gh¢191,970.00.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Head of Programmes and Influencing, Eric Ayaba, noted that the facility should also be seen as a symbol of dignity, empowerment and an unwavering commitment to gender equality.
“This new facility will encourage the female students to remain more attentive to school programmes, offer them confidence and reduce absenteeism in school,” he said.
This, Mr Ayaba said, was part of their focus on advancing students’ rights and equality and expressed the hope that care would be taken of the facility to benefit more generations to come.
Need for sanitary facility
The Headmaster of BUSEC, Frank Boamah said the need for the sanitary facility was expressed by the management of the school to Plan International Ghana when they hosted the Menstrual Health and Hygiene Day last year on the campus.
The facility
He said they were exposed to the unhygienic ways the girls went about their sanitation issues, especially during their menstrual time.
Mr Boamah said he was overwhelmed with joy when the female students constituting 56 per cent of the entire student body were provided with the facility.
The Headmaster expressed gratitude for the project that would go a long way to transform the lives of the female students.
Transforming lives
The Head of Administration and Finance of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Joseph Gyebi-Anim, commended Plan International Ghana for their support all over the years to transform the lives of the children, especially girls.
That, he said, had extended beyond the provision of physical structures to that of empowering the students, especially girls, through the removal of obstacles that confronted them.
