Gender Equality Zimbabwe Project #9448

Teach Zimbabwe Women to Provide Feminine Hygiene

by Days for Girls International

Project Report | Dec 2, 2013
The Difference You Have Made in Zimbabwe

By Celeste Mergens | Executive Director Days for Girls International

Linda, DfGZimbabwe director teaching Luveve school

Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for you and for the amazing people we have had the privilege of serving with and serving for in Zimababwe... that includes YOU. Some of the most moving stories of results and courage of those standing up for their community to have more access to feminine hygiene and more health knowledge have been from this project in Zimbabwe. So many heroes who have overcome ill health, poverty and transportation issues just to keep teaching and sharing how to make kits and how to stay healthy. In fact, in one location we learned they were skipping meals so they could afford transport to keep teaching... as volunteers... in Zimbabwe. It's unheard of but they have that level of passion. We asked them not to skip meals and to seek support for transport. You sent it. We are so grateful for your support in making it all happen. The director of Days for Girls Zimbabwe has been in Germany with her family and we are working with her and a new partner to ensure that large scale materials are available to those making kits in Zimbabwe. It's promising, but it is a process that is taking time. So for a small window of time we will can all celebrate a job well done in Zimbabwe and pause to get ready to send a whole lot of resources to the strong and resilient women in Zimbabwe. Thank you for being part of the empowerment there. Please consider staying with us on our Empower Women in Africa with Hygiene project and stay tuned for more information about what's next for Zimbabwe.

Sending our appreciation for your part in changing SO many lives.

And many more to come.

With Gratitude,

Celeste

Learning to sew washable feminine hygiene kits

Links:

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