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Research, partnerships, community stories, and updates from Days for Girls teams around the world.
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Enterprise Spotlight: Chipo Chikomo
Imagine being invited to a meeting by the First Lady of Zimbabwe, the Honorable Auxillia Mnangagwa, at her residence. This is what recently happened to me as I found myself sitting down with Diana Nelson, DfGI Advocacy Director, waiting for the First Lady to enter the boardroom. As the Country Representative for Zimbabwe, I had…
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Keeping a Promise
Alice Wambui is the 8th of 14 children. She excelled in school for years, working hard to achieve good grades. Then while sitting for the national exams during her final term of Primary School, her first period arrived, heralding in a new era of struggle. She now faced the challenge of managing menstruation without money…
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Postpartum bleeding + FAME Africa
Over the years, Days for Girls has learned that our DfG Heavy Flow Kit works not only to help women and girls manage their menstruation, but is also a wonderful answer to help women also manage the bleeding they have after childbirth (lochia) that can be very heavy and generally lasts about six weeks and…
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A Father’s Day for Girls
Father’s Day is June 17 this year — a great time to highlight the contributions of fathers to the Days for Girls movement! It’s a growing number, coming to us through our Men Who Know educational curriculum and Enterprise training opportunities. I would like to highlight one father in particular: Richard Nyombi, 27, a Days…
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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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Changing Their Lives, Changing Our Own
I’ve been involved with Days for Girls for just over a year — and it’s completely changed my life. Last year, a friend and I wanted to start a monthly service club to help different organizations around us. I had heard about Days for Girls through my parents, who had taken DfG Kits to Kenya…
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What Can You Learn From a Pad?
Why Pads are a Big Deal Special thanks to Your Mark on the World host Devin Thorpe for including Days for Girls in his conversation this week! Devin’s show has featured #1 Bestselling Author Tony Robbins, Hall of Fame Quarterback Steve Young, billionaires Jean Case and Shari Arison, CEOs from companies like Overstock.com, HSNi, RBC…
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Heroes On The Loose
Days For Girls Heroes: 500 Kits in Three Weeks? No way. Yes! The Swan Foundation, Women of Faith of the Lynden Baptist Church (thank you Betty and Super Friends!), and the LDS Relief Society all sewed until they had blisters. Many people donated funding and voila’ 500 kits in three weeks = Hundreds of happy…