JOIN US MAY 28TH

REFUGEE PROJECT

Days for Girls chapters, teams and volunteers are joining forces to make a major impact on the lives of girls and women living in refugee camps.  We'll start with 11,000 kits to refugees in Lebanon this fall, and then 11,000 each to those in Syria and Palestine.

Here's the info from HQ:

Chapters & Teams Refugee Project: Lebanon

Last month, we announced a new project for Chapters and Teams. In November 2019, in honor of Days for Girls’ 11th birthday, we will distribute 11,000 DfG Kits to refugee women and girls in three locations, totaling 33,000. We're excited to share more details about this project, including the first distribution location...  Lebanon!  There are currently 1-1.5 million refugees in Lebanon. Approximately 65% are women and girls. The majority of these refugees are Syrians and Palestinians living in formal and informal refugee camps or communities. The UNHCR reports, "In Lebanon, life is a daily struggle for more than a million... refugees, who have little or no financial resources. Around 70 percent live below the poverty line."  Please follow these links for more information on Syrian and Palestinian refugees. Refugees in Lebanon continue to have multiple humanitarian needs. One of these important but often overlooked needs is the considerable challenge refugee women and girls face with menstrual hygiene management. DfG Lebanon Country Coordinator Khayrieh says, "Most refugees can't afford pads because they need to spend what little money they have on food and medicine. They use old white cloths or old t-shirts instead, but the problem is they are too shy to wash this and hang it out to dry. This isn't safe for their health. DfG Kits provide a wonderful alternative to this as they are multicolored, don't look like pads and they are safe to use! The AWH education is just as important because it teaches them information that most of them don't already know. It makes them more relaxed and confident and it breaks down taboos and stigmas. It has a lasting impact because they can pass the information on to their daughters, who will then pass it down to their daughters." Local Leaders from 3 DfG Enterprises in Lebanon have rallied to address refugee women and girls access to menstrual health supplies and education, however, the need is immense. Local leaders have reported on the tremendous need for more DfG Kits and health education in refugee settings and invited Chapters and Teams to walk alongside them to meet this need.  In addition to responding to this with donated Kits, we plan to purchase Kits from the local Enterprises, and will hire local leaders to teach the DfG Health Education courses. The local leaders in Lebanon are excited to conduct these distributions in November! Shipping, Transport, & more Help us FUNdraise for this important cause! We are raising funds to help with shipping, logistics, transport, purchasing DfG Kits from local Enterprises, hiring local AWH trainers to teach DfG Health Education, and more!  Click HERE if you'd like to donate to help with those expenses. OUR EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER WILL HELP! Last year we sent components for refugee kits to the DFG group in Crete, and postage cost around $100, if I remember correctly.  This is wonderful, being able to help the refugee populations in these heartbreaking conditions with our headquarters handling the financial details and logistics of transporting and distributing the kits--we can focus on making those components! Refugee camp in Greece DFG's multicolored kits would blend in with other laundry MAY 28TH--LET'S ASSEMBLE SOME KITS! We can put together a few hundred complete kits with the supplies we currently have on hand, and of course each month we make more. Since May 28 is International Menstrual Hygiene Day, let's get together to assemble kits that morning.  And for those interested, work on making more components afterwards.  More details coming . . . . Refugee camp in Lebanon Another