Our Impact
Chapters and Teams
Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Changing Their Lives, Changing Our Own
I’ve been involved with Days for Girls for just over a year — and it’s completely changed my life. Last year, a friend and I wanted to start a monthly service club to help different organizations around us. I had heard about Days for Girls through my parents, who had taken DfG Kits to Kenya…
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Friends in High (School) Places
While it’s normal to hear girls in American high schools complaining to each other about menstrual cramps or trying to sneak tampons into the bathroom without catching anyone’s eye, many of us can’t imagine the desperate challenges millions of women and girls around the world face every month. Two and a half years ago, during…
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Helping a Girl, Finding a Community
I stumbled upon Days for Girls in December through a flyer in one of the buildings at Tulane University, where I am pursuing my master’s degree in public health. I was delighted to see this notice for a volunteering event, because I had been looking to get involved with a nonprofit organization that works on…
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Gearing Up for Good
“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…” That’s the song that’s going through our heads at the end of this year as we prepare for the program launch in February! Three team members from Days for Girls International are headed to Tripoli and Saida, Lebanon in February to conduct the training of trainers…
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Keeping Girls in School
Days for Girls has received generous support from Rotary Clubs of Madison, WI, and Tema-Meridian, Ghana. In partnership with the University of Wisconsin, Madison and led by our Center staff, DfG will distribute 3,000 DfG Kits to school girls in Ghana. Ghana, like many other areas of the world, has a great need for menstrual…
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DfG Announces New Wash Cloth Policy– Please Read!
Days for Girls has announced new policy for Washcloths: ONLY purchased washcloths in kits (no more hand-made — NOT crochet and NOT knit). GIRLS are asking us for the thinner, less expensive washcloths. Our research confirms they dry faster, are softer, and cost less to ship. *PLEASE READ TO THE END* Responding To Feedback One…