The OAM Project. A global women's initiative for menstrual health, education, and dignity.
One dollar. One girl. Every region.
Give once. Come back next cycle if it moves you. Never automatic, never a catch.
World Menstrual Hygiene Day is May 28.
Help us be ready before it arrives.
In 2021, Kate Noel connected with Anne Ethel Komlaga on LinkedIn. The conversation became a friendship. The friendship became trust. The trust became action.
When Kate invited Anne to speak at her Rotary Club, that one talk changed the trajectory of both their lives. It launched the partnership that became The OAM Project, and it initiated the Rotary International Global Grant journey that followed.
That grant, the Sustainable Livelihood Empowerment Initiative, is a $30,000 long-term, community-led program for women and girls in Ghana, focused on skills training and enterprise development. The first cycle of graduates will complete their program on May 28, 2026, the same day The OAM Project marks World Menstrual Hygiene Day with its Ghana Celebration. Both initiatives, born from the same connection, uniting on the same day.
Alongside the grant work, Anne and Kate built OAM around a single question: what could happen if many people gave a little, once a month? Over the past four years, that question has helped reach 500+ students through Anne's annual May program in Ghana, providing menstrual health education and menstrual hygiene products to girls who need both.
Anne leads on the ground in Ghana through Quantum Ideas Ghana. Kate builds the bridge from Michigan. Together, they are growing OAM into something bigger, one dollar at a time.
10% of goal
Our goal is $1,500. Payment fees take a small cut, so we're raising a cushion to make sure at least $1,000 reaches Anne's work in Ghana. Every dollar is accounted for.
Tracker updates manually, not in real time.
girls in sub-Saharan Africa misses school during her period.
Source: UNESCO
girls in the United States have missed school due to a lack of period products.
Source: Always, 2018
Same problem. Different zip code.
The OAM Project started in Ghana because that's where Anne leads. The need is global, and the model is built to grow. Ghana first. The US next. From there, wherever girls are.
OAM is changing that. One dollar at a time.
Real days from the Ghana program. Real girls. Real laughter. This is the reason we show up.
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The OAM Project is not yet a registered 501(c)(3), so donations are not currently tax-deductible. Funds are managed directly by the founders and go straight to Anne Ethel Komlaga's menstrual health and education work in Ghana. If our registration status changes, we'll update this here.
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I just found out about The OAM Project. Two women, one in Michigan and one in Ghana, built this together. They send menstrual hygiene products and dignity education to girls who would otherwise miss school. One dollar, once a month. That's the whole ask. theoamproject.org
$3 covers one girl for one menstrual cycle in Ghana. $10 covers a full dignity kit. May 28 is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. The OAM Project is going again this year. theoamproject.org
1 in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period. 1 in 5 girls in the United States have missed school because they couldn't afford period products. Same problem. Different zip code. Helping out: theoamproject.org
Putting this here in case anyone is looking for a women-led cause to support this month. The OAM Project. One dollar. Once a month. Pads and education for girls in Ghana. theoamproject.org
A small thing today. The OAM Project asks for $1, once a month, to support menstrual health education and pad donation in Ghana, led by women from two continents. May 28 is their big day. theoamproject.org