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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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The Power of Two: You Gave Them Sewing Machines and Knowledge…
The Power of Two: You Gave Them Sewing Machines and Knowledge… Two years ago 5 individuals (Linda, Linda R, Mary, Don and Celeste) took on the challenge of training 52 individuals who gathered in Bullawayo, Zimbabwe to learn how to be Ambassadors of Women’s Health and to make washable feminine hygiene products. It was a…
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Zimbabwe and the Man Who Would Not Take No for an Answer
Hello from Zimbabwe! Do you remember how the DFG team last time trained 48 women and 2 men to be Ambassadors of Women’s Health and to train others to make their own kits? One of the men was with the Ministry of Education, the other was sent by the governor’s Self Help program. Though we…
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Girls are Precious
I wish you could have heard them sing. 50 girls in harmony, “Girls are precious, that’s our motto.” 6 Zimbabwe DFG Ambassadors of Women’s Health from the October training came and sacrificed time and their own funds to get to the training for 50 girls. Unheard of in nations where things are so tight… but…
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The Changes a Kit Can Make
We had a very large goal to obtain and thanks to you, we reached it! Recent distributions in Kenya were phenomenal. We passed out hundreds of kits. One set was during a near monsoon. As usual, when they heard what we were there to distribute the cheers were deafening, far beyond the pelleting rain on…
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Kenyan Orphanage Receives 500 Kits: November 2008 Report
Nov. 2008 Report – First Delivery of Days For Girls Kits We’re back! Days For Girls Was a Transformative Experience. Kenya, Africa It is almost unimaginable, when we learned that girls in Academy of Hidden Talents in the slums of Kenya could be waiting in their room for days during menstruation. But thanks to YOU…