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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Reaching for the Next Level
DfG Pod – “starter” pack sold by Micro-Enterprises Living in a conflict, or post-conflict situation, means life can change in the blink of an eye, and “solutions” can feel fleeting, insecure, or like bandaids to the real problems going on. At Days for Girls, we can’t solve every challenge faced by Syrian refugees today (we…
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She’s Counting on You. Are You In?
I am a big believer in dreams. But I must admit, I never imagined I would be traveling around the world talking about menstruation at the age of 55. I dreamed instead of playing with my grandchildren, or maybe writing a book, or even having time to read a book! But that was before I…
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Meeting Needs With Solutions
Navigating life as a refugee is uncertain at best, and there is not always an easy answer to the big questions. But when it comes to hygiene, and ensuring dignity for women – there is a simple solution. The Days for Girls Kit allows girls and women to manage their menstruation easily, month after month,…
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Ghana Expedition
One opportunity to see the impact of DfG Kits firsthand can be found through DfG Expeditions. In the past, DfG has offered Expeditions to Uganda and Nepal. In May, a new group of Days for Girls adventurers set out for Ghana to visit the Center in Accra, work with a Micro-Enterprise in Northern Ghana, and…
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March Story Highlight
Lynne Marlowe founded a DfG Micro-Enterprise in Endulen, Tanzania back in 2015. Read her story here: I fell in love with Africa in 2012 when my brother took me on safari in Tanzania. There I became friends with Lemali, a Maasai man who worked at our camp in the Serengeti, and learned more about his…
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Data Tells Her Story: DfG Launches New M&E Toolkit
Days for Girls volunteers have captured the stories of women and girls and their struggles with menstruation all over the world. We read the stories that our Chapters bring back from Swaziland, Kiribati, and Honduras. We see it in the photos of girls receiving Kits in Malawi, Bangladesh, and Guyana. We experience it in the…
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Days for Girls Goes to Laos
25th July 2016 In June this year, myself and a team of 9 other nursing students, as well as two registered nurses traveled to Laos to set up health clinics in local communities of the Seung Valley as a part of our studies at university. At these clinics we provided health education and promotion, conducted…
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Striving for Every Girl. Everywhere. Period.
With over 600 Chapters and Teams, 167 emerging Micro-Enterprises, 3 Centers, and 100+ countries reached, it’s fair to say that we have a lot of diversity here at Days for Girls. But we are all exactly the same in one respect: our drive to reach Every Girl. Everywhere. Period. We know it might sound like…
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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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International Friendships Inspiring Grassroots Change
Each Days for Girls Kit tells a story. It tells the story of the person who made it, sewing together the bright patterns with love & care so that a girl could continue going to school once she came of age. It tells the story of the woman who receives it, and uses that DfG…