The OAM Project. A global women's initiative for menstrual health, education, and dignity.
Every girl deserves to step into womanhood with dignity.
The OAM Project supports menstrual health education, dignity, and access for girls and women, beginning with Anne's annual May program in Ghana and expanding with care.
For a few days each month, we ask for one dollar. A small ask. A wide circle of care. A real way to help girls stay confident, supported, and present.
May 28: World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
This year, we are raising support for Anne's annual May program in Ghana, providing menstrual hygiene education and sanitary pads for girls.
Give $1 NowBe Part Of The Impact.
One dollar, once a month. That is the whole ask. Give more if it feels right. The point is that anyone can join, and together it adds up to something real.
The OAM Project is a partnership between Katherine Noel of Marketing Mafia (Michigan, USA) and Anne Ethel Komlaga, Executive Director of Quantum Ideas Ghana (Accra, Ghana). Donations are sent personally to Katherine Noel and forwarded directly to Anne's program in Ghana. The OAM Project is not yet a registered 501(c)(3). Donations are not tax-deductible at this time.
A Quiet Movement. A Small Ask. A Wide Circle Of Care.
OAM stands for Once A Month. The idea is simple: for a short window each month, we invite our community to give at least one dollar toward menstrual health education, supplies, and support.
The rest of the month, we teach, share stories, document impact, and grow the circle.
Every contribution supports direct programs and resources, beginning with Anne Ethel Komlaga's annual May program in Ghana.
It Started With A Message.
In 2021, I connected with Anne Ethel Komlaga on LinkedIn. What began as a conversation became friendship. Friendship became trust. Trust became action.
Anne had already been doing powerful work in Ghana through Quantum Ideas Ghana, championing education, health, youth leadership, and girls' empowerment. I saw the need, felt the pull, and asked a simple question: what could happen if many people gave a little, once a month?
That question became The OAM Project.
Today, we support menstrual hygiene education, sanitary pad donations, and dignity-centered programming for girls, beginning with Anne's work in Ghana and growing toward a global model of care.
We believe no girl should ever have to leave the room.
No girl should have to leave school, community, conversation, or confidence because of her period.
OAM speaks about menstrual health with dignity, care, and openness. In Ghana, Anne's work approaches girlhood and womanhood through education, celebration, and support. That spirit guides everything we are building.
Dignity is not a luxury. It is the foundation of every future we help protect.
The futures they are already naming.
The girls do not need campaign language. Their own words already carry the future they are reaching for.
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
A period should never decide her possibilities.
Menstrual health is not only about products. It is education, privacy, safety, confidence, and the ability to keep showing up fully.
Girls in sub-Saharan Africa have been estimated to miss school during their period.
Source · UNESCOWomen and girls globally lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management.
Source · World BankStudents reached through OAM-supported menstrual hygiene education and pad donations in Ghana.
Source · OAM Project, 2021 to 2026Something to celebrate. Never something to hide.
OAM helps shift the conversation around periods from shame to support. Girls deserve language, resources, and community that help them feel proud, prepared, and fully present.
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
Rooted in Ghana. Built for girls everywhere.
The need touches girls and women across the world. OAM begins with Anne's work in Ghana and grows with every person ready to help make menstrual health education, dignity, and access easier to reach.
Moments that matter.
Real days from the Ghana program. Real laughter, real classrooms, real girls. These are not abstractions. They are the reason we show up.
