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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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An Enterprising Enterprise
Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” At the Days for Girls Ghana Office, this mantra helps us grow and sustain our programming and impact across West Africa, through our team members and Enterprises. The Days for Girls Tamale Enterprise, working in Ghana’s Northern…
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Dancing for Days: Refugees Thrilled by DfG Kits
Experts tell us it’s important to get out up out of our office chairs once and move — a stretch, a shake, get the blood flowing! At Days for Girls, we take this advice a step farther. Recently our team got up from our spreadsheets and reports and went all the way to Kyaka Refugee…
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Change Is In Her Hands
“I always hear about issues that women face due to lack of personal hygiene, but because of customs and traditions, i cannot always ask about this subject. Now I am very happy because I will be able to understand this information scientifically and in a correct way.” Fadiyeh speaks with purpose when she imagines the…
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The Power of Positive Partnerships in Sierra Leone
Having access to menstrual health supplies — something that many women take for granted — is truly a life-changing privilege. In Sierra Leone, the impact of DfG Kits has been incredible! Uman Talk (translation: Woman Talk) is a project to produce DfG Kits in Sierra Leone, managed by Schools for Salone (SfS), a Seattle-based nonprofit,…
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Introducing the Enterprise Evaluation Report
Every Girl. Everywhere. Period. When Days for Girls set a goal this high, we knew it would require a combination of volunteers, social enterprises, and partners all over the world. In fact, in the same year that we launched our first Days for Girls Chapter, in the United States, we also offered our first Make…
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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Days for Girls trainers have been known to really go the distance when it comes to reaching girls and training women. The team in Nepal recently walked over five hours, carrying all their training materials and overnight luggage in order to reach a training in the Kalikot region. In Guyana, Days for Girls superwomen trekked…
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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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Little Piece of Freedom in Lebanon
It is farming season in Lebanon. Every day, Syrian refugee girls are sent to the fields in Bekaa Valley to work for less than $3 per day. When she is paid, she gives 50% of her money to the Informal Settlement camp manager and the other 50% to the head of her household. If she…
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Days for Girls Uganda Helps Women & Girls Take Control of Menstruation
Days for Girls Uganda has successfully trained over 1,500 girls on menstrual hygiene management. There has been training in Nakapiripiriti as well, (twice), and we have trained over 600 girls and women as a result. Lastly, in a refugee camp, we have trained 30 women. We train them to know about their general hygiene and…
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Days For Girls Uganda Update, Part 2: October
Hello! Last week we started a series on Uganda. Today we bring you Part 2, the October Update. Libby, our Days for Girls Uganda Country Director sent us a recap of the past several months, and we are sharing them piece by piece here on the blog. Take a look at all that happened in…