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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Part 4: Five Women on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
his post is the fourth part in a series of five articles on how women are responding to the pandemic around the world. Read “Part 1: Going House-to-House in Kenya,” “Part 2: Seeing the Downside of Depending on Imports in Zimbabwe,” and “Part 3: Turning a Difficult Situation Into an Opportunity in Guatemala.” Helping Syrian…
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#Masks4Millions Global Impact
On March 20th, Days for Girls launched our #Masks4Millions campaign to help frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19. We stepped up as soon as the news of mask shortages reached our ears. For us, it wasn’t a question of if we could help but how soon we could start. After all, who better to…
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#Masks4Millions FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions for the DfG #Masks4Millions Response: Q. What pattern should I use? A. We are finding that different hospitals, clinics, long term care facilities, fire stations, homeless shelters, food banks, and others who are in need of masks have various requirements. In some cases they are looking for a mask that fits over…
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World Vision Refugee Project
November 12, 2019 Our Refugee Project is in full swing! In partnership with World Vision, we will be reaching refugee and internally displaced women and girls in Lebanon, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Somalia with DfG Kits and vital menstrual health education! Our International Chapters and Teams throughout the world have been hard at work making…
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International Chapters and Teams Refugee Project
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), declares that we are now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record, with a reported 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Of those, 25.4 million are refugees and 40 million are internally displaced people (IDPs). Given this dire situation, we have had an outpouring of interest from DfG volunteers…
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Creating Pathways Through Film
Award winning video journalist and filmmaker Tania Safi and video assist Rachelle Hair recently spent two days with DfG Lebanon learning about DfG’s response to the refugee crisis in Lebanon and participating in several DfG Kit distributions, all while filming the experience in order to create the incredible video, “Turning Periods into Pathways,” as part…
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Partnering with Chief Theresa Kachindamoto: Ending child marriage and keeping girls in school
“If [girls] are educated, they can be and have whatever they want” – Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, a fearsome advocate for girls education and active terminator of child marriages in Malawi. This past November, as a direct result of the success and outreach from Days for Girls’ 10th birthday celebration (the 2018 Global Girls Festival) Days…
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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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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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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…