Hi everyone, Ella and Maisie here!

In April, we will be travelling to Ghana as part of our medical elective. We will be spending the final 6 weeks before graduating as doctors shadowing doctors in hospital and in outreach clinics.

Period poverty is a prevalent issue in Ghana meaning 95% of school girls miss 20% of school due to their menstrual period. While there, we want to use our free time to do philanthropy work. Our aim is to produce an education programme to deliver in schools alongside distributing reusable sanitary products to enable girls to go to school while on their period.

To raise the money to purchase the sanitary products and produce the programme, in February, we will be walking 20 continuous hours for the 20% of school that girls in Ghana miss due to their menstrual period. We will be starting at midnight and walking through until 8pm.

Any donations* will be hugely appreciated for us to achieve our goal in giving sustainable period products to the girls in Ghana.

*We have self funded our elective, any donations will be used purely to purchase and transport period products and produce our education programme.