Days for Girls International

Their team is dedicated, organized, and truly focused on empowering girls through practical, community-driven solutions.

Days for Girls is the most astounding organization I have seen.
I have been volunteering here for almost 7 months! Sara is great at making sure we have the supplies we need to make the kits. It's a great way for us to work together to help those who are not able to access the supplies needed for their menstrual cycles. Pallets and pallets of menstrual hygiene kits have been made to send to countries experience natural disasters or other tragedies. Days for Girls is a great way to bring everybody together to help those in need. Many items are donated, with many volunteering their time multiple hours a week. We are changing the way the world sees a period. Days for Girls does this amazing work in a capacity that I have never seen before.

I am very proud to be a part of this non-profit to change the lives of others one menstrual hygiene kit at a time! :)

I really love the chance I get to volunteer here. We always have something to do, and many options to choose from. Everyone is so kind, and I love what we are accomplishing.

I have loved volunteering for Days for Girls! It's led by amazing leaders who want to make a difference for girls. Every part of the process for assembling a kit is mindful of those who will receive it.

I have been liking serving here a lot, the people I do it with are very kind. Also the whole idea behind days for girls is so good! It is something that is of much need! It helps out a lot of people in such good ways, and making these sorts of pads is not done in this capacity anywhere else that I know of. That being said I can honestly say I am very proud to be part of this Nonprofit ! (:

I love Days for Girls! They do so much good for women and girls all over the world! I am so grateful to have worked with all of the amazing people who help to run Days for Girls! Some of the BEST people I have ever met!

I've been a volunteer at Days for Girls for 9 months now, and I've loved every second of it! The people here put such care into the work they do. They really care about the quality of the materials we send out, and they truly want girls to succeed.

I was a member of a team in Iowa when I retired and moved to SC. After a year of getting settled, I searched online for a new team. I located a team in Seneca, SC (the only team in SC at the time) which is an hour from where we moved to. I reached out to the team and was welcomed with open arms. I have attended for the last 5 years, and the co-leaders are awesome! They are friendly, supportive, and as passionate in the mission of Days for Girls as I am. We are a small team with Big hearts!

Becky Jones

I was telling my physical therapist about Days for Girls. She was from India. She told me how much Days for Girls would have meant to her when she was a teenager back ion India. She told how her mother and sister did not leave the house during their period. However, she would wrap cloth in her panties and go to school because she knew the only way out of her situation was through education. Naturally many times it leaked through and she was embarrassed. Up to that point I had never met anyone who could have been helped by Days for Girls. It made me realize what a blessing Days for Girls is.

I discovered this organization in 2016 and immediately knew I had to get involved. I started a team to sew DfG kits in August of '16 and continue to lead that team today with a small, but dedicated group of women who love this project too. I also had the joy of traveling to Nepal with a group of DfG team leaders, staff, and founder/CEO, Celeste Mergens, in 2019. I got to see first-hand some local enterprises DfG had founded there and some distributions of kits in schools. The joy and gratitude of those girls who received the DfG training and menstrual kits was palpable. I am proud to support this organization doing this very important work in the world to help lift girls and women out of poverty, starting with something so basic.

As a team leader for a Days for Girls team in rural South Carolina, we love seeing the pictures of girls in far away places as they receive their Days for Girls kit. However, we also see the gladness and relief on the faces of girls and women in our own county when they receive reusable period products of our washable cloth kits or a reusable menstrual cup!
A recent survey done by our county public school nurses showed that over 260 pads were requested by girls in the middle and high schools of our county during the month of January! This awareness by adminstration prompted assure of a never lacking supply of period products in the schools. The campus nurse at a local university that we partner with, where there is a high occurance of "1st in the family to go to college" students, shares stories often of joy and relief to have reusable products.
Supporting these girls and women with period products is crucial to their education and sucess! We see first hand that if you do not have funds for food, you certainly do NOT have funds for period products!

Not only does this org support girls and women around the world they have the nicest volunteers. It's a wonderful cause to be a part of!

My story with DFG started in 2017 when I was Rotary club president in my community. I had done humanitarian work in many countries and traveled extensively. A friend from another club asked me to help with a menstrual health grant she was writing to take DFG to Agra, India (where we had both previously served by giving polio immunizations.) We had both returned home frustrated and distressed with the treatment of women! She came to our meeting and introduced us to the grant and DFG. I immediately decided that this was something we should support. Later when the grant was approved she called me and said she needed another female Rotarian to be trained for DFG and go on the trip and that person was me.
So I did.. We spent three lifechanging weeks in India. I fell in love with the women and girls. I will never forget that experience- it has been seared into my soul. I saw the women and girls rising and being infused with hope and confidence. DFG trainings blessed them in ways they had never known before. When I returned I started working in a local team and later started my own team. I have been a team leader since 2019 and worked with hundreds of volunteers. We have made thousands of components and we know they are blessings to many unseen sisters around the world. It is a blessing and a privilege to work in this amazing, compassionate work. I will never leave this work as long as I am able to sit at a sewing machine and gather friends around me to help. When we lift women we lift entire communities and the world. I know this is one of the most important things I have ever done in my life. I am so grateful for the leaders of our organization and all who help promote the dignity and worth of women!

I've donated to Days for Girls many times throughout the years. They are always quick to respond with a thank you note and send out consistent communications informing me of the impact of my donation. Highly recommend.

Helping girls understand their reproductive system and manage their period through education and providing kits

I've been volunteering with Days for Girls International for over a decade. I'm impressed with the number of girls and women the nonprofit has reached (3 million!) with sustainable menstrual supplies as well as education, the amazing number of enterprises DfG has helped form around the world, and the interest in learning more and helping I've found when I speak to local groups. Challenges to managing periods are a global problem, and DfG is a leader in this mission.

I have worked with Days for Girls for almost 9 years as a leader in a local Chapter. The level of integrity in the organization is consistently high. I know that my efforts are appreciated and effective. Together we are changing the world and making it a better place for girls and women.

Days for Girls International has made a lasting impact on countless girls around the world. The opportunity to give girls back their school days that they would otherwise have missed simply because they have their period is so gratifying and exciting. Making reusable menstrual supplies for these girls is something that I intend to participate in for years and years to come.

This group is passionate about empowering women and girls around the world by providing sustainable, long-lasting, environmentally friendly, cost effective, healthy menstrual supplies along with women's health information to effectively manage their menstrual cycles.

Wonderful organization that promotes menstrual awareness and reusable products! Love what they do and how they support women.

Days for Girls International is making a positive impact for Women and Girls around the world. They are providing accessibility to period products while remaining steadfast in their education and advocacy. DfGI is paving the way for a more equitable world enabling Women and Girls to thrive!

I volunteered to sew menstruating pads and accessories for this organization. They were very helpful and straight forward. The products they provide are so extremely important and it seemed like a valid organization that really does care. I hope to sew for them again in the future. It was a great opportunity to give back by using my skills while staying at home.

This is a wonderful organization that provides washable menstrual products for girls in need. Women in developed countries rarely have to be inconvenienced by our menstruation but for other women it is a trial finding something to use for their flow, often causing them to withdraw from school or work for the week of their menses. This organization is changing that. I have found them to be well organized, insightful, careful. They truly care about the women they are serving.

I live in the United States in a comfortable town in a safe and comfortable economic situation. I was more than surprised (and embarrassed) to learn that there are women and girls who are missing opportunity simply because they can't manage their monthly cycle. I was highly motivated to help and have been with the organization for 5 years.

I have been sewing and distributing washable menstrual kits as well as providing education to young women locally and around the world to end period poverty under the leadership of this amazing nonprofit

We run a Days for Girls Chapter in Alachua County Florida USA. We love helping girls and women locally and internationally.

DfG International is a fabulous nonprofit. Volunteers from around the world sew washable feminine hygiene pads and assemble into “kits”. These products allow girls to go to school while having their periods.
In addition to individual teams, DfG has worked in developing countries setting up Enterprises, allowing women to sew and sell the kits. This allows for self sufficiency and gives a feeling of self worth to women that otherwise would not have jobs.
We have helped over 2 MILLION women and girls!

Such a great organization that care about women globally! I have personally been on 7 oversees missions with them and have been blessed to be able to see the reactions as they are given their kits-priceless!

Days for Girls, intl is a wonderful non-profit. Think about you being on your period and not having any pads to help you and you have miss school for 5 days a month. Days for Girls provides a washable/sustainable kit to girls and women in need in foreign counties as well as in our own backyards. I have been a part of this org since I first heard of it 4 years ago

I sew menstrual kits for Days for Girls. Until I heard about DfG, I had never stopped to think about the ways that girls in developing countries manage menstruation. It was hard enough for me to manage as a young teenager. Not having access to proper supplies or ways to keep clean would be extremely daunting and embarrassing. DfG provides concrete practical help that enables girls to stay in school with dignity and self confidence.

Days for Girls does amazing work throughout the world. Not only do they help keep girls in school by providing reusable menstrual supplies, but they also provide job opportunities to women in poor communities. But to me, the most important service they provide is their educational component--teaching girls how their bodies work so they can make a lifetime of informed decisions. Days for Girls empowers women!

I've been sewing with Days for Girls for several years and it is very rewarding to hear from the girls and women who receive our kits. It's so heartwarming to know that we're able to change the lives of these girls and women and free them to be able to pursue their dreams and live their lives of purpose.

As an active volunteer certified sewist, team leader, and Ambassador of Women’s Health, I can’t say enough good about Days for Girls International. From the beginning two years ago, I’ve seen the organization is dedicated to its mission, attentive to its volunteer input and support, flexible in meeting emerging needs and committed to growth around the world.

Although I lead a very small team, we have been able to make a big difference for girls around the globe, specifically in Uganda, Beirut, and Mexico.

Days for Girls Int’l is working to solve a problem in the world. Our work has a cascading effect, and huge consequences for girls and women around the globe.

I strive to live by the words of Anne Frank. “How wonderful it is that nobody wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

Despite the isolation brought by the pandemic, I used my time wisely and made 3500 components to be assembled for Days for Girls menstruation kits.

Days for Girls empowers girls and women all over the world by providing women's health information and menstrual supplies to those who need them and by helping women become economically more independent. Importantly, the leaders and volunteers of the organization listen to and act upon valuable input from the women and girls they serve and from the many volunteers who provide services which makes the organization more effective and efficient. The positivity of this organization is contagious and motivating for everyone involved.

Amazing mission that will literally change the world and empower women globally. Fantastic leadership.

Great non profit that empowers local leaders to combat period poverty!

Ever since starting and running a DFG team in 2017, my life has been blessed on so many different levels. I get to rub shoulders daily with compassionate people desiring to use their means and time to make someone else’s life better. I get to cheer on women and girls around the world who I now call friends, as we battle together to fight period poverty. I have a constant reminder that I can do hard things, and help others in the midst of that. DFG is the blessing I didn’t know was missing.

I love to sew and I love to serve. Days for Girls gives me the opportunity to strengthen communities, keep young women in school and change a girls life all while doing what I love. I’m so blessed to be a part of this organization.

A wonderful organization to help keep girls in school which in turn helps further their education which helps their families move out of poverty. DfG provides education to remove the stigma of menstrual periods. It is not a bad thing! You do not have to be ostracized from the community once a month. They help girls / women deal with their flow, something we take for granted in our country.

I love working with the people of Days For Girls, International and locally in Australia. It is amazing how things happen. When you are in need someone donates. The energy is tangabible, and very real. The end result is we are helping women and girls everywhere get on with their life and education. What an impact

I’ve worked at Days for Girls for nearly 4 years and it’s been an incredible experience. The impact we make around the world changes lives. Plus the dedication of all involved is truly inspiring.

It has given my team a chance to serve others and fulfill a very important human need. It also gives us the opportunity to develop skills and have great visits!

I learned about DfG when I was Rotary club President. We donated funds for the first DfG’s project in India and I was asked to be trained to go. This started an amazing journey for me! I did go to India and also Cambodia, to train and distribute hundreds of DfG kits! Now I direct a local team in my hometown with many volunteers. We have provided hundreds kits for refugees.
Our kits have traveled to several continents!
Since the Covid crisis began we have produced 4500 cloth masks for local nonprofits, care centers and hospitals, as well as local businesses and community members!
DfG has given hope, education and safety to millions of young women in 144 nations! They deserve the attention and support of greatnonprofits.org
Tere Moore
Brigham City Mountain View DfG Team leader

I first learned about Days for Girls from a FB post. Reading about the lack of basic needs for girls having their theirs was heart wrenching. I was able to organize a small team in my town. Because of this organization, girls around the world are able to attend school with dignity instead of missing several days a month due to lack of sanitary supplies during menstruation. I have met many dedicated, compassionate, kind, women through DFG. It is a group that gives materials and time from their hearts. Girls in poverty will be able to rise above circumstances and become citizens, mothers, and leaders who can inspire others. Thank God for DFG! Every girl. Everywhere. Period. No more shame because we Know.

We have helped many women and girls towards a brighter future with education and also products to manage the gift of menstruation. With covid 19 we switched to masks for all! A nimble organization that helps where needed.

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We've been a DfG team for just over 2 years... and have distributed over 800 menstrual health kits to women and girls in Mexico and Haiti. The response is overwhelmingly positive! From giving them the freedom to continue to work or attend school, to overcoming menstrual stigma, these kits are changing lives!

I have been involved as a team leader in Brigham City, UT with Days for Girls International for about 2 1/2 years. It has been a privilege to work with this organization. They continually strive for a Golden Standard in all that they do. Their heart and soul goes into each and every kit component that they make; always striving to meet the needs of menstruating school girls so that the girls can stay in school during their periods. Also, when someone donates to a DFG chapter or team, 100% of the money goes towards making the kits. Everything is done by volunteer workers.

I Love Days for Girls. I am the Chapter Leader for The Medford OR Chapter and I can not say enough about how great it has been to volunteer for this non profit. I love what I do and the people I get to spend time with. I believe we are making a difference in the world for girls and women. My chapter has grown so this is an old picture, but I adore these women.

Fulfilling a great need world wide! This is a project all women can relate to and everyone can make a meaningful contribution. To me, that is one of the beauties of this organization. Although sewing is involved, there are a lot of opportunities for non sewers to make significant contributions. The education at distribution is an important factor in improving the lives of women and girls around the world.

Here in Shrewsbury MA we got involved over 3 years ago starting with a group of about 10. We have grown to over 40 people showing up twice a month to sew and pack and everything in between. We are so inspired that several of our team have traveled to developing countries to teach and distribute kits. The love and joy that goes into supporting women worldwide is indescribable. Thank you Days for Girls for caring so deeply for dignity and respect for girls and women.

Days for Girls is one of the strongest menstrual health NGOs in the world. Their grassroots approach is inclusive to all and their core values of local leaders is truly inspiring

Inspiring group! Quality efforts in all that they do!

I know that my efforts to support them are appreciated and not wasted!

I was retiring after working 37 years for a major aerospace company. After much research looking for a non-profit to support I found Days for Girls.
It has changed my life. Knowing that my team and I are helping girls stay in school makes my heart happy as I move into this next phase of my life.
Getting local girls involved is a joy!

As a Days for Girls volunteer, it has been a great joy to me, to make and send sustainable feminine hygiene kits to girls who otherwise aren't able to stay in school because of a perfectly natural process. It's also been very rewarding to share the Days for Girls story with other people who, like me, have always taken for granted that feminine hygiene products are available to everyone and raise awareness of this important issue. The educational component, teaching about reproductive health, that goes along with each kit distribution is also so very important to the girls and women receiving the kits. And---the main office is so supportive of the volunteers.

By providing one of the most basic needs (feminine hygiene) to girls and women all over the world Days for Girls is giving them the opportunity to learn about their reproductive stystem, how to care for their bodies and have a cost effective product to use every month, so they can attend school or work. During the health training they are taught that when they start their period they are not dying, but it is an amazing part of growing up, how a baby is created, and personal safety. Days for Girls is an amazing organization that bringing greater dignity, knowledge and health to girls and women around the world.

Days for Girls Macedon Ranges put together a shipment of menstrual products for our Church to send to South Africa. They did a truly wonderful job to help the girls in a mission our Church supports. These packs have made a huge difference in hygiene & health for the poorest of poor communities. It was a joy to work with Days for Girls Macedon Ranges. They are doing a wonderful job for a non profit organisation & helping countless girls regain days & dignity.

A lady came to speak at my church. I was so moved by the story she told. She said girls were banished from their homes or made to stay on their beds sitting on cardboard until they were done menstrating. That meant they couldn't go to school. She touch something in me. There was a homade solution. I have been sewing since I was 5. This was my calling from God. I could make a difference in a girls life. I've been sewing every day ever since. This group is honestly the best thing to happen to me. They are shaking the world up by educating everyone about a normal body function.

This organization has goals to reach all girls and women educating them about their bodies and helping them continue their education. Magnificent!!!

Days for Girls helps not only girls from 3rd world countries stay in school (which is awesome) but also gives OUR girls and women great skills. Everyone feels better when we can help others

Stumbled upon this organization 3 years ago and was immediately drawn in by the startling facts about the world-wide lack of feminine hygiene products and the consequences which that lack causes in regard to the education of girls around the world. Girls need to be able to stay in school and reach their highest potential. What a waste of intellect if only the male 1/2 of the population receives a full education. I was instrumental in getting a volunteer group started in my church. We have been sewing items for the hygiene kits and raising awareness of this organization for 3 years. We now have 30 volunteers coming from 6 towns meeting on a monthly basis. We are proud to be a part of this effort and also applaud the organization's effort to teach women to create these products for themselves.

Five stars! Helping girls stay in school around the world by giving them feminine hygiene kits is a winner. The volunteers giving of their time are passionate and committed and the kits get to the girls along with education on what is happening with their bodies. A truly wonderful organization.

When I first learned what young ladies in underdeveloped countries used to cope with their menstrual flow, I just couldn't wrap my head around it. I still can't. But now, I sew these wonderful, reusable Days for Girls feminine hygiene kits to help make their lives a little easier, to educate them about their bodies, but best of all, keep them in school to help break the chain of poverty. I'm proud to play a small part in solving a big problem.

My experience with my local chapter fortifies my belief in good people. There is so much dedication it is infectious. I started participating because I remember how traumatic having your period can be at that age, and that was with supplies and support. I firmly believe that women use their education most often with their famiiles and communities and each girl deserves a chance to make their mark with a solid education background. These hygiene kits can make the difference in finishing school or dropping out. At the local level it is truly a volunteer effort.

I have been involved with humanitarian work since I was a child. My favorite charities are those that "feed a man a fish and teach a man to fish." Days for Girls does both.

This is an incredible group. Selflessly giving so much time material and money to help girls stay in school and teach girls and women about themselves.
Check them out to see what a low overhead they work with and what they are doing with the Enterprise system teaching people to make their own feminine hygeine products and more to sell and then be able to support themselves and others! It is incredible what Days for Girls is doing around the world.

I haven't come across a greater "bang for your buck" non profit. People from all over the world are volunteering their time, donating fabric and money, all to keep girls in school. Because when given the opportunity, the girls do all the rest.

I have been a team leader for about 3 years. I love sewing and volunteering for Days For Girls. Supporting a girl to stay in school, helping a displaced refugee gives me the feeling of helping someone I do not know. I love this feeling. I have a small team and we have been able to send over 300 kits out. That is 300 women and girls with a life, a story that we have hopefully made a little better.

I heard about this organization and what they do three years ago. I was touched by how such a simple "to us" solution can really make a direct, instantaneous difference to a girl in need. How it changes her life by allowing her to stay in school everyday, become fully educated, and change the course of her life. How it can open her life to change and bettering it for herself, her family and her community. $10 for supplies and an hour for me to spend sewing to make a kit, and I CAN make a difference to someone in the world.

I started a chapter and began involving my other sewing friends and they have told their friends and their mothers and their sisters, and on and on, and now three years later we have spread the word to connections all over the country and into Canada. It is something we as females, who all have experienced the simple biological function of menstration can relate to.

We have all had moments that we find ourselves without when our period begins, but within a few minutes can find a restroom with toilet paper to substitute until we can get to an easy source of pads or tampons to solve our problem. What I have learned since being involved with DFG, most girls and women in the world don't even have that luxury of rolled up toilet paper! Nor a source of pads or tampons in another place or store around the corner. Most don't even have an idea of what to do when this bleeding begins, but just sit, literally sit and wait it out.

I have always loved sewing , and for 28 years sewn various things for humanitarian projects. But once I found this, I have fully committed my time (50-60 hours a week) to making these kits and teaching others to, because I know it makes a difference to each who receives it. I have feedback from every distribution our chapter sends out that it is so welcome , such an ingenious invention to make it simply, washable, sustainable, to resolve an ongoing dilemma to every girl born.
It's an easy project to do, it's great to share with my friends, and we love working on it together, and knowing every step we do, every time we share about the need, every hour we sew, we are doing something that contributes to making life better for one girl. It's very fulfilling and rewarding, knowing it matters to that one girl, and to the next. It's something we just can't stop doing, because there's always just one more girl we want to reach.

Days for Girls makes a huge impact in the world, not only through providing a simple hygiene solution that makes a difference for thousands of women and girls, but also through the way Days for Girls mobilizes volunteers and social entrepreneurs in order to accomplish this. Through its unique, hybrid approach, Days for Girls has reached 300,000 women and girls in over 100 countries. That's amazing! Days for Girls is proving that simple things really can make a world of difference. www.daysforgirls.org.

I'm over-the-top impressed with Days for Girls. I don't know how they serve so many around the globe with what seems so little. Everyone involved at DfG gives their 100% and more to reach girls and women around the world with opportunities they would never have had or even dreamed could be possible. The education, income, and leadership opportunities created by supporters of Days for Girls is changing the world. Period.

This organization impacts the lives of so many through the work they do. Imagine that girls and women that are missing in society for work, school, social events with family and friends, left in isolation can now participate fully! By providing feminine hygiene options, Days for Girls International provides needed supplies and the education that comes along with the supplies allowing these women and girls to fully integrate back into life in their workplace providing an income to take care of their families; education to young girls allowing them to be consistent in school, graduate and become leaders in their communities; and to participate fully in the family structure taking care of the needs of family for daily and special occasions.
Days for Girls provides more than the feminine hygiene products, they offer work opportunities through the Days for Girls Enterprises. When Days for Girls comes into a community they provide a needed products and guidance/education so that women are able to be self reliant for their income while working in the enterprises established in their communities. These enterprises teach and train the women to create feminine hygiene kits in their communities to create an income stream and the ability to help their communities. The women teach and train other women to create the kits and provide the health education as well.

This is truly amazing the gift and legacy Days for Girls provides.

Jacqueline Scott

Who would have thought that something so small could be at the root of poverty and so much pain and indignity?? Days for girls provides a solution that restores dignity, keeps girls in school and ultimately gives them options! The best part is that it is sustainable! Help this wonderful group change the world one pad at a time.

I am so impressed with this nonprofit. The way it has stretched and grown and helped so many women around the world. Well done!

Days for Girls uplifts, empowers, radiates love, strengthens women and inspires all.

I love Days For Girls and the impact they are having!
You can contribute in so many different ways - not just with money. Hands on involvement, their moving updates on social media etc, community initiatives and always exciting new projects keeps you inspired to stay involved.

There are few organizations in the world that will make as big of an impact so quickly as this one will. Cannot say enough good things about Days for Girls.

I am new to Days for Girls and I am currently setting up the first team in Oman. Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Ambassador Training program in Dhaka, Bangladesh run by Celeste Mergens. This trip has made a profound difference to my life and thinking. The training was my reason for going but once there I had the privilege of meeting so many amazing women who are all working towards a common goal for women worldwide. To actually meet and speak to a lady who has been using a kit for 2 years now and know what a difference it makes is a life changer because you know that your simple efforts at this end can have a huge impact on the other end. I am so happy to have found this organisation and look forward to wonderful times ahead.

I have been working with Days for Girls for the last 3 years either on the sewing end, fundraising end, or the beautiful annual events to help out. I admire the passion of the workers/director and individual volunteers. They are touched by every woman's life that has been changed and are truly making an impact globally. I will continue to work with this organization and spread the word of this great cause!!

I've been with Days for Girls for a little over 4 years and have been blessed with being a part of changing the lives of thousands of girls worldwide! I love presenting the concept and watching the amazement on people's faces when it dawns on them the challenge girls and women face, and how Days for Girls is working to change that - one day at a time - one girl at a time!! And all with volunteers!! DFG - we ROCK!!

I started a DFG team 15 months ago and have found that once you explain even a little about this charity people just get it - they can see just how transformative this simple solution to an issue that women around the world face can be. I am so grateful that in a small and practical way I can help a girl get an education, have dignity and health which can all help bring positive change to poor communities. I also love that we partner with all sorts of different groups to get kits where needed. I love that we help communities start making their own kits for future sustainability. I love that kits are distributed with reproductive health education wherever possible.

This is a problem all over the world that I had never thought about! I simple solution to a big problem .
I love sharing this organization with every one I come in contact with, it's so easy to make a girls or woman's life that bit better.

Nine women (including myself) delivered 130 cloth menstrual pads to wonderful women and girls in Malawi in May 2014. They were ecstatic to receive the pads. You should have seen their faces full of delight upon receiving such a basic item. I have met the founder, along with several other women in the organization. These are top-notched passionate women leading the organization. Spread the word -- donate your money or your time. Change the lives of beautiful women in Africa.

Our group just prepared 100 Days for Girls kits to send to Kenya. We have received guidance from headquarters, but completed the kits in our own homes and get-togethers. Volunteers donated money or supplies, sewed kit components--all doing important parts of the process, according to their own abilities and time/money available. This is being repeated around the world. The woman who will be delivering our kits said that for the girls receiving them, this would be the best thing that ever happened to them. A great organization changing the lives of girls in impoverished areas of the world!

Days for Girls is changing the world by helping girls and women
all over the world. It is one of those organizations one can donate
to and/or volunteer without reservation. One of the most worthy of
our support.

Days for girls makes a real difference in lives. As a team leader, I hear so many volunteers express hiw much it means to be able to do something concrete for others. Days for Girls ...it's all good!

My daughter and I heard about Days for Girls and their hygiene kits for girls and women at Children's Hospitals 'Girls Only' class this summer. When the teacher told around 40 girls attending the class what the kits were for and then offered to let them see the kits, a mass of girls rushed down to see the kits and feel them and look them over. It was exciting for the mothers to see a sustainable / reusable / washable option. Soon afterwards my daughter decided to ask for her friends to make donations to DFG in lieu of gifts for her birthday party. She ordered her own kit and showed it at her party and successfully raised $310! It was fun educating my daughters friends and parents about the kits and how they are helping girls in need all over the world! Thank you DFG for making a difference.

I was so happy to find DFG! I feel privileged to be part of the effort as a team leader. They have such great online content to help us be successful in making kits. Wonderful personal attention by email. All questions answered quickly and kindly. Pictures and videos on facebook show the real tangible ways our work is making a difference. It's been a positive experience all around. I intend to keep working with them and supporting this great cause.

A team from the Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia has been visiting and supporting orphanages and poverty stricken areas in Myanmar (Burma) for the last 7 years. In 2013 one of our team overheard a lady buying material, talk about DfG and so asked her about the concept. We realized this would be something that would transform the lives of the girls we had contact with in Myanmar and they wouldn't miss school days. The website had videos and all the info needed to make these feminine hygiene kits and so we were keen to get started. I am not a sewer at all but felt to gather people to get involved, whether it be for donating the soap, face washers etc or cutting out or sewing, each person was significant.
Since then we have been able to spread the word and are now organizing cut out and sewing days. Having only just heard about DfG we were only able to make 50 kits on our last visit but it was so exciting seeing the look on the girls faces as we explained them. As we only have a male Burmese interpreter over there, 2 of us showed the girls through actions not words what the kit was all about. This made it fun and partly demystified the stigma of periods being seen as shameful. We were amazed how this brought about a deeper relationship with these girls and a sense of sisterhood.
We also bought some of the orphanages a sewing machine and items such as material, cotton scissors etc so they could make their own. Unfortunately we can't send anything in the post to Myanmar from Australia so need to physically take the kits and PUL material with us when we go.
Whilst we were in Myanmar we also visited an Australian lady who has a program where kids who live on the street come in and are taught sewing and furniture restoration. We were able to give her a sample kit and patterns also. From there a guy she knows donated $3000 specifically towards expenses for the DfG kits to be made when he heard about the concept.
The DfG concept is amazing and we are hoping to take a minimum of 250 kits in 2015.
We would love to hear from anyone else who has taken kits to Myanmar.

What a great programme! I have a 15 year old daughter and we forget how easy it is to buy products in Australia. This has really opened our eyes to what girls in other countries have to deal with. I love to craft so knitting and sewing for such a great cause is a win/win. I also love how there are so many chapters so I was able to find one in Sydney and feel like I am making a real difference! Thanks so much DfG!

This is one of the most phenomenal organizations I have ever had contact with. It is an example of how a grass-roots, all-volunteer movement can chage the world and help women and girls lift themselves out of poverty and shame. In addition to serving women and girls around the world, this organization is changing the conversation about women's bodies in a positive way everywhere. One of the strengths of the organization is the passion with which volunteers willingly serve: it is a delight to know that this is meaningful and life-changing work: for volunteers and recipients alike.

I am so passionate for this cause! Every woman I tell about it has that "moment of pause" where they consider what their life as a girl would have been like, if they had to miss school every time they had their period; after that moment, they always want to know what they can do to help. This charity is especially empowering because it doesn't just give sustainable hygiene supplies, it also teaches girls and women how to make their own, to create their own income and lift their communities. You couldn't pick a better cause to devote money and time to.

What a privilege it is to serve with Days for Girls. It never ceases to amaze me how much of an impact this program makes and how direct and effective it is. I am truly honored to volunteer with the thousands of amazing volunteers around the globe that help empower girls and women to live with more opportunity, dignity and health.

I've been working in Africa for awhile, long enough to see NGO's come and go--some having spent a lot and made no contributions, while othersade things worse, DFG is that rare organization that not only dramatically changes lives of the women they serve, but the people who volunteer.

Days for Girls International has helped open my eyes to a need all around the world. I'm so impressed at how fast this organization has grown and how many countries it serves. The challenge to simply provide sanitary cloths to girls around the world is amazing but in addition has saved lives and put girls in school how awesome is that! Imagine the positive impact on countries having smart and healthy girls and women leading the next generation and being role models for the current generation if funding were available.

I came to the knowledge of this wonderful non-profit organization from my daughter who lives in Lynden. She is an active member of this group, "days for girls". I can think of no better way in which to help these girls than to provide the pads they need in order to be able to go to school. Their education is a vital part of their mental health and growth and a way out of their sometimes desperate situations. I am a retired R.N. and I can definitely appreciate the physical health benefits from the use of the "days for girls pads". I feel sure that these girls have a lot of love and gratitude in their hearts for those who give their time and efforts toward this program. My contribution is that of a donor and I have great admiration for those who give of their time and talents to this program.

I first heard of Days for Girls approximately 2 years ago and immediately knew I wanted to get involved. What this group accomplishes is utterly amazing and totally necessary. Celeste and her Band of Merry Women (and Men) are filling such a vital need across the Globe and I'm happy and honored to be a part of it.

In July 2013, one woman from Days for Gils (Melissa) came to Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala ' ILAG, as part of a delegation. She brought the project to make sanitary products in the form of cloth sanitary pads that are washable and reusable, we somplete that project in one of the villages that ILAG attend in Guatemala, in the rural area. These communities are conformed by indigenous people, and they have all sort of needs. Guatemala´s society is dominated mostly by man, women are let behind, and this was a very good project that all of the women in that village enjoyed. Now, we are trying to take this project to all of the communities that ILAG visit, so women can improve that important part in their lives. As a woman, I know that period of our lives is very sensitive, very important, and I know that "Days for girls" is making a big difference. Days for Girls, has taken the time to improve women lives, they have been aware of women needs, in communities where nobody cares about it. I hope "Days for girls" will keep doing this great reach as they have done so far. We as women, will keep having our period, it is something we can not hide, dissaper or avoid. May be we wont talk about it, or we are not allow to talk about it, but it is happening, and we need to take care of that, because it is an important need in women`s life.

In 2010 I went to Kenya with a group to assist in establishing sustainable living practices in a village of orphans. This wonderful group of school aged girls and boys opened my eyes to the great needs that both have in life where they are. but in particular, the great need that the girls have in order to stay in school and keep pace with their studies. The girls in every society in these rural areas, as well as the non-rural areas, do not have access to feminine hygiene products to be able to stay in school, complete their work and participate fully in their lives.
Days for Girls at this time was supplying a simple solution to this normal bodily function in the form of cloth sanitary pads that are washable and reusable. We distributed these to the girls in the local villages & had a small group of volunteers to sew. These reusable pads provided an immediate solution and at the same time addressed so much more. The girls are provided with the health education along with this time of maturation. This is a vital part that creates a sense of pride and dignity in being a woman.
While visiting this and other schools the kits were received with great enthusiasm and gratitude. The cloth pads are made by volunteers around the globe. They are reusable and provide up to 3 years of use with proper care. Each kit contains shields, liners, soap, washcloth, panties and a freezer bag for cleaning and storage. The girls are educated in the care of the Days for Girls kits during each distribution.
This organization, Days for Girls International is growing and is actually saving the lives of girls & women around the globe. They no longer are compromised. No longer do they sit in their room waiting or feel the need to choose inappropriate means of addressing their menses situation. The women supporting Days for Girls in huge and we all know that by joining together as volunteers we can make a difference for girls and women everywhere who don't have access to feminine hygiene products.

I've been volunteering with DFG for about two years now. I made a New Year's Resolution to do more volunteer work, and I chose Days for Girls. I didn't know it then, but that choice changed my life. I have now been part of the distribution of thousands of kits worldwide. As a mother of three girls, this project hits home in a very personal way. Every day my enthusiasm grows for the cause that DFG is fighting. Every time I explain our program to a woman, I see the light of global sisterhood. Most are unaware that something as "everyday" as feminine hygiene can change a girl's life, and that if a community, in thousands of ways.

I think the work of Days for Girls is amazing and a necessity to women around the world. Its so impressive to see a small nonprofit make such a huge global impact. They are helping women get the dignity and respect they deserve and empowering them to reach for their stars and go for their dreams.

I've had the privilege of distributing kits in Africa, and I got to see first hand the look on young girls' faces receiving kits, and the gratitude and excitement over the kits is incredible!

It is amazing to think that the work that Days for Girls does helps girls stay in school! There is nothing more important than education and the fact that they enable girls who would not otherwise be able to attend school to be able to go is just amazing.

I had no idea that feminine hygiene is such an issue in Africa and Days for Girls completely opened my eyes. DFG has played a pivotal role in both educating us in the United States about the problem and helping young girls stay in school so they can help their families and communities!

Days For Girls fulfill a pressing need in the world and do a wonderful job! They make such an impact both in the U.S. and abroad.

When I first heard that girls sit in their rooms on cardboard and wait...I knew that I wanted to be a part of the solution to get feminine hygiene kits into the hands of all of the women and girls that needed them. I have been volunteering with Days for Girls for almost 4 years. It has been a life changing experience. Days for Girls is providing a sustainable solution for women worldwide. Empowering them. Educating them. Loving Them. If there were more than 5 stars...Days for Girls would get every one of them!

I started volunteering for Days for Girls 4 years ago. I had heard of so many needs in the world and always felt powerless to do anything. I am a sewest and when I learned that I could do something simple from my sewing room that was so powerful for women in need, I became committed to the cause. What would it be like if I had nothing to take care of my menstrual cycle? A basic human need could not be met? I sewed like crazy for a couple of weeks to help for an upcoming distribution. My daughter and 9 year old Granddaughter helped. We talked about the girls and women we would be helping. It was a rich time for us to work and love together. Since that October 4 years ago I have learned to help with the website, reached out to find materials, formed a local Chapter, and now function on the International team as a liaison with chapters throughout the world. What a blessing it has been to serve with the women and men of Days for Girls International. We are having a positive impact on so many women in the world. Still sometimes I wonder who is more blessed by this charity; those women in need or me.

I became a believer in the effectiveness of this nonprofit when I saw them begin to meet the need for sustainable hygiene products and health education in my city in the United States. I did not want to believe that girls in America miss school because they cannot access feminine hygiene products. Seeing the thank you letters from the girls and the gratitude of the school nurses made me a supporter.

Me envolvi como voluntaria al leer publicacion en un grupo de Facebook, de inmediato alguien mas se intereso y decidimos hacer nuestro aporte, e invitamos a otras personas del grupo a unirse y asi aportar mas. Yo no habia tocado mi maquina de coser en mucho tiempo, no sabiamos bien como hacerlo, a donde enviarlo, pero al conocer la pagina de daysforgirls, y ver los testimonios de vida de esas chicas nos animaron mas. Asi conoci a Jessica, a Elsie, a Ann, a Shirley y nos reunimos a coser. El grupo crecio, y ahora queremos envolver mas gente, pues sentimos la urgencia de cada nina por salir adelante, queremos cambiar sus vidas, liberarlas!!! Nos apasiona poder formar parte de este proyecto!

I came across Days for Girls thanks to a friend who mentioned the work this organization does for so many girls, young ladies and women in impoverished communities. It's mission spoke to me because I , as a woman and a mother, also have the desire to empower women and help every girl feel proud and blessed of being female, menstruation and all. The idea to contribute was presented at a Facebook group and we decided to make 10 full kits, which turned out to be 25 (thanks to the support and collaboration of all the wonderful ladies in the group). Since then we have sent several more donations, and have also opened the first Spanish- speaking Days for Girls Chapter (Days for Girls Puerto Rico) of which, I'm proud to say, I'm the director... There are so many ways to contribute for those who sew and even those who don't. Donations of kit's essentials, and also fabric, are always welcome and encouraged. To say more, we have a friend and volunteer who is our official sitter and entertainer at sewing events (she's a professional clown). This goes to show that there is a niche for every skill at Days for Girls. What we do is life-changing on both ends, we as volunteers feel the satisfaction of sharing our gifts and being able to help and give these girls (and women) an opportunity and dignity; and the young ladies that receive this get back what has been taken from them: freedom and self-worth!

I first was introduced to Days for Girls as a means to get kits to Sustain Haiti. They filled 2 of my large suitcases as part of the undieground railroad. Once I no longer was the primary caregiver for my mother I became involved and have sewed liners, donated fabric, worked on donations. It keeps the passion as you see the faces of the girls who are so thrilled to finally have a sustainable solution to staying in school or being able to work. This lifts the girls possibilities for better lives. What a thrill to see the constant growth of this organization, not only with volunteers, but also teaching the girls and women in country how to make their own. They are so empowered.

I contacted DFG after learning of an immediate need for feminine hygiene supplies for Marol Academy South Sudan. The replies I received were warm and supportive. Although I had very limited funds and my donation was only a tiny fraction of the cost of what they provided, my request for 300 kits was filled and shipped quickly to meet my deadline. 100% of my donation went to create even more kits.

I was so impressed with my experience with Days for Girls that my daughter and I have begun sewing kit components. It has been a great lesson for my daughter who has been turned away from other organizations for being "too young to volunteer". She has a real grasp now on how blessed she is and she and I both love knowing that we are making a real difference in the world.

Days for Girls provided 100 feminine hygiene kits for our nonprofit, Orphans Africa, to distribute on our annual trip to Tanzania. The young women received the kits amidst cheers, clapping, and plenty of smiles. Days for Girls did what they said they would do -- they constructed the kits and delivered them on time, helping us to change a little part of our world. Thanks to Days for Girls, and to their extended network of volunteers. (Visit http://on.fb.me/nqbBjq to see photos of the girls receiving their kits. Oh happy day!!!)

Michele Torrey, Secretary-Treasurer, www.orphansafrica.org

Days for Girls is an amazing non-prophet organization that truly helps women in need. I have seen it evolve from the beginning ideas to what it is today! It's amazing to watch it in action and to see all of the kits and various things that are donated!! This is a wonderful way to reach out and help those sweet women around the world.

Just one year ago I started working with Days for Girls International (DFGI). I never knew there were young girls and women without the means to care for themselves during their menstrual periods. The result is many girls drop out of school. There are those who suffer terrible infections and illness from using unsanitary rags and even tree bark and leaves. In the book " Half the Sky", Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn state:

"We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world. ... We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women's power as economic catalysts."

In the past, I have often felt heartsick thinking there is nothing I can do to help with such a large problem. When I found Days for Girls International, I found a way that I could help other women in need with the skills I have in the familiarity of my own studio. Never have I felt that something so small could have such a direct impact on the conditions and peace in our world.

Days for Girls is a marvellous charity that addresses a very important issue: girls in developing countries miss up to a quarter of their education or drop out altogether for lack of simple supplies for their periods. By sewing simple kits that include washable pads and a waterproof liner, that are put together with a pair of panties, a washcloth, and a bar of soap, volunteers all over the world can contribute to giving back days of education for girls. The kits are taken by groups travelling to Africa, Asia, Central and South America, or wherever the need is. DFG volunteers have a strong sense of community and purpose, and the Facebook page is a great source of inspiration and encouragement. Regular updates with pictures keep volunteers up to date with developments. All of the donations, in kind or monetary, go directly to helping the girls. In addition, microenterprises are set up to help local women make the kits in country, raising their incomes and helping them keep their own children in school.
As a person who loves to sew, my life has been enriched through my creating such simple items which have such a huge impact on lives across the world. As I sew I try to imagine the girls who will receive the kits I contibute to; will they become teachers, nurses, doctors, scientists, because they were able to stay in school?

I had been looking for years for an effective way to help women in developing countries reach their full potential all the days of the month. I was overjoyed when I discovered days for girls. The kits I help sew are effective and lovely. What a gift to give a women freedom from confinement during their periods and a chance to attend school or work every day. I can help from the comfort of my own home and still help internationally. I am very thankful for days for girls in my life.

Days For Girls provides a great opportunity for volunteers to really make a difference for girls and women around the world. By providing washable feminine hygiene kits they help girls stay in school and women go to work during their periods each month.

Everyone can contribute--sewers can sew pads and liners. Travellers can collect soaps for the kits. Donors can send money for fabric and supplies. Individuals can provide baggies, pins, and washcloths.

By helping women and girls stay at work and school they become more empowered and independent, suffer less abuse, enjoy better health and are more likely to rise out of poverty.

I have been following DAYS FOR GIRLS since my sister's and I starting sewing kits for girls in developing countries. Something so simple for us to do has changed lives of these girls/women dramatically. I encourage you to just go to their website and read the testimonials there. Keep up the good work folks!!

I have been involved with Days for Girls for less than a year, but I am so excited about this project that I plan to continue volunteering for many years to come.
I first became involved with Days for Girls by requesting 100 feminine hygenine kits to be included in the shipping container that our church was sending to our missionaries in Haiti. Days for Girls were quick to repond and the kits are now in Haiti being distributed. Since then I have wanted to give back to Days for Girls by telling others about them and sewing draw string bags, shields and pads for the feminine hygenine kits. These kits will be sent to 3rd world countries all over the world for girls and women that don't have access to proper menstral supplies. It gives me great pride in knowing that the items that my friends and sisters and I are making will help other women and girls stay at work and school and thereby make life better for their families and communities.
We have so much in North American and many females just need a little help to achieve. Won't you help too?
Contact www.daysforgirls.com or check them out of facebook. Together we can make things better, one girl at a time!!