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Expansion into Sierra Leone & Liberia

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The problems facing rural education are not exclusive to Ghana. Many other neighboring countries in West Africa have similar struggles. Several years ago, Empower Playgrounds expanded into Mali and Burkina Faso. This past year (2025), we continued our expansion by entering both Liberia and Sierra Leone. Our amazing team traveled and worked to bring menstrual […]

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Feminine Hygiene Kits

Reusable menstruation kits keep girls healthy and in school. Education and training provided with these kits fights stigmas. In 2014, Sustainable Development Focus, an NGO, found that 95% of rural Ghanaian school girls miss school for an entire week each month because they have no way to manage their menstruation. Nearly a quarter of their