BEIRUT

BEIRUT, LEBANON NEEDS OUR HELP

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With 300,000 people displaced, the need is great.  There are a few ways you can help get kits into the hands of the women and girls who need them:

• Make a financial donation that will sponsor kits from the DfG Enterprises in Lebanon.  The goal is $10,000 immediately for 1000 kits.
• Find somebody who'd be able to drive a van-full of kits contributed by Eugene and other Oregon teams and chapters to the collection center in Utah.  Of course any size vehicle is helpful, but I think already 4 chapters in Oregon have said they'd contribute kits if we can get the kits a ride, so we can easily fill a van.  They need to be in Centerville, Utah by August 21.
• Make a financial donation to our chapter to help with gas (and possibly a rental van) or postage getting our kits to the collection point in Utah.

The kits contributed from U.S. chapters and teams will be placed on the Emergency Americares shipment to Lebanon. Any additional Kits beyond what can fit on the Americares shipment, will be allocated to other countries where Americares works with partners who are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UPDATE! We had a wonderful volunteer step up to drive kits to Utah. Donations for gas money appreciated!

WE LOVE THE FEEDBACK!

Neema Namadamu, Head of our Maman Shujaa Enterprise in Democratic Republic of Congo, said it best:

The DfG Kit is so much more than a period product! It’s a pathway to 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲; a slayer of harmful stigmas and taboos. Something beautiful and dependable that a girl can rely on day after day. A tool for celebrating the journey into womanhood.  (Spacing is wonky--keep scrolling after this photo)

THE VALUE OF EDUCATION

Days for Girls International

17 hrs · 

Did you know? Education was declared a universal human right 𝟕𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. Yet countless girls today 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 face barriers to staying in school, including (but not limited to) menstrual inequity:

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🌼 In India, 23% of girls drop out of school because they lack access to toilets and sanitary pads.

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🌼 A study in Ethiopia reported that 56% of girls were absent from school because they did not have menstrual health supplies.

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🌼 Another study in Bangladesh showed that 42% of girls reported missing at least one day of school a month due to menstruation. 

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#Periodpoverty and school absenteeism are undeniably linked – and our calling is to shift this harmful paradigm on a global scale. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, and on the path to their best and brightest future. 

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Who’s with us? 🙋‍♀️ #MenstrualHealthMonday