Women’s Wing Of NDC Donate Sanitary Pads To Girls And Women With Special Needs In Upper West Region

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) South Africa Women’s Wing in collaboration with NDC Women with Disabilities on NDC women’s Wing Working Committee, donated sanitary pads to girls and women with special needs in the Upper West Region through the Regional Women’s Wing; led by  Madam Prisca D. Kuupol. 

This event took place on the 23rd of March, 2024 at the Methodist School for the blind, Wa and in attendance were students from Wa School for the deaf, St. Don Bosco special school, Wa Central Women’s wing, Women from the disability desk and the Upper West Women Wing Working Committee of the NDC.

Madam Joyce Gyamfi; the National Coordinator for women with disabilities women wing working committee and Hon Gifty Wetsi; Middle belt coordinator for women with disabilities women wing working committee were present to make the donation. 

Madam Gifty aka ‘Slimposh’ in her remarks, urged the students to take their studies serious and also assured them of how dear H. E John Dramani Mahama and the NDC hold them. 

She also reiterated some good policies the NDC is bringing on board to the benefit of people with special needs. 

Madam Prisca in her speech, also urged the students to learn hard and touched on the 24HR Economy policy of the NDC. 

She also lamented on the gargantuan taxes imposed on sanitary pads by the NPP government under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and assured them of the NDC’s promise to scrap these taxes when in power.

 She thanked the donors; Wilbertina Buxton and her deputy in South Africa for this noble gesture and used the opportunity to appeal to well meaning Ghanaians, foreign bodies and CSO’s to come to the aid of these vulnerable girls and women. 

The students were happy and prayed for all those who made this possible.