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Staff Features
Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Legacy Donor Spotlight: Alexa Renehan
Days for Girls International is blessed with many amazing donors, volunteers and supporters whose commitment to ending period poverty is unwavering. These individuals often work behind the scenes, affecting change in transformative ways. One such individual is Alexa Renehan. Not only is Alexa a cherished legacy donor at Days for Girls, but she has also…
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Staff Feature: Eunice Chimphoyo-Banda, DfG Malawi
Days for Girls is pleased to announce that Eunice Chimphoyo-Banda of Malawi, South Africa is now serving as our official Malawi Country Representative! In this role, Eunice will oversee the operations of volunteer programs and build networks to fulfill the Days for Girls mission. “Women and girls have a lot of untapped potential,” she says.…
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2020 Enterprise Cohort Announcement
Meet Our New Enterprise Cohort! Days for Girls Enterprises are locally-run businesses that bring locally-sewn kits and MHH education to their communities. This year, we’re pleased to introduce a brand-new cohort of leaders who will be trained to launch Enterprises in their communities throughout Africa. Please join us in welcoming them to the Days for…
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Global Washington Philanthropy Guide
Days for Girls is proud to be featured in Seattle Foundation and Global Philanthropy’s sixth-annual Global Philanthropy Guide! Each year, the Global Philanthropy Guide shines a light on Washington-based organizations making an impact in low- and middle-income countries. The 2021 Guide focuses on those making strides in the fight against gender-based violence: an insidious problem…
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Part 5: Five Women on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
This 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,” “Part 3: Turning a Difficult Situation Into an Opportunity in Guatemala,” and “Part 4:…
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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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Part 3: Five Women on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
This post is the third 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” and “Part 2: Seeing the Downside of Depending on Imports in Zimbabwe.“ Turning a Difficult Situation Into an Opportunity in Guatemala Days for Girls Guatemala…
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Part 2: Five Women on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
This post is the second 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.” Seeing the Downside of Depending on Imports in Zimbabwe Chipo Chikomo, Days for Girls Country Director in Zimbabwe, faced a challenging situation in a landlocked…
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Five Women on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
As the world reels from COVID-19, global NGO Days for Girls International women have found ways to continue their work with menstrual health as well as introduce new programs to educate and protect the communities they serve. According to Celeste Mergens, founder and CEO, “We rallied our 70,000+ grassroots volunteers and 150 global enterprise teams…
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Team Leader Inspires Local Officials to Become “Period Warriors”
After watching the Oscar winning documentary “Period. End of Sentence.” last year, Alyssa Teixeira was outraged. So, she took to the internet, searching for a way she could help tackle period poverty and found Days for Girls. Not finding a DfG Team in her area, Alyssa resolved to simply start her own and the DfG…