This year, the Starlight Foundation has been moving beyond classrooms — visiting schools in deprived communities, markets, streets, and high‑risk areas to engage young people in honest conversations about menstrual health.
With the support of Wings of Support, our health facilitators offered practical guidance on how to use, wash, dry and safely store both reusable and disposable sanitary pads. Starlight provided each girl with pads that meet her needs, whether reusable or disposable, so that
choice and dignity are not privileges but rights.
What began with worry ended with understanding. What began with silence ended with confidence. And the smiles that followed were the kind that say, "You see me, and you value me."
This is the purpose of Let Her Know. It is also the spirit of World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Period poverty does not end in classrooms. It ends wherever girls are. Thanks to Wings of Support, we reached girls the world often overlooks and reminded them that their dignity is
Three schools. Health practitioners from the Ghana Health Service. Representatives from the Ghana Education Service. Girl Child Coordinators. SHEP officers. District officials.
All in one room, for one reason. That is what Let Her Know looks like in practice.
This is what Starlight's advocacy work looks like in practice. Research, public education, and stakeholder engagement, all aimed at shifting the narrative around street-connected children from neglect to inclusion, from punishment to protection.
Starlight Foundation and Nalike Africa have been officially endorsed by YOUNGO, the Children and Youth Constituency of the 🇺🇳United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to host LCOY Ghana 2026 — a national, virtual, youth-led conference on climate
At Starlight Foundation, we have always believed that the best time to shape a child's future is right now, whilst they are still in school and still within reach.
Three schools, one day, one mission. Students received practical training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and choking response techniques, and had the opportunity to ask questions and also practice everything they were taught.
Beyond the practical sessions, we also donated learning materials and shared our Young Mind Empowerment Booklets with every student. These booklets are designed to be a guide long after we have left, so the learning does not stop when we walk out the door.
All of this was made possible by the generous financial support of the Wings of Support organisation. Your continued belief in our work means everything to us, and to every young life we are privileged to touch because of it.