Days for Girls Project
Days for Girls Mission:
Every girl in the world deserves education, safety, and dignity. We help girls gain access to quality sustainable feminine hygiene and awareness, by direct distribution of sustainable feminine hygiene kits, by partnering with nonprofits, groups and organizations, by raising awareness, and by helping communities around the world start their own programs.
Rotary North Balwyn has a very active group of ladies who support this program by making kits to send overseas and also partnering with the Salesian Sisters in the Solomon Islands to distribute kits and education.
Sewing Days
Sewing days are held each month where components of the kits are cut out and stitched and the kits assembled. This is also an opportunity for much fellowship!! The group is very grateful to the Uniting Church in Duggan Street for offering to give the group a permanent space, along with storage space, which is much appreciated.
Distribution
Kits have been sent to the Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and Papa New Guinea with more than 500 kits being completed and distributed. A fantastic effort which will continue.
The Solomon Islands
Two teams have visited the Solomon Islands to both distribute kits and teach sewing so the girls can make their own kits. The second team also included a Rotarian who taught sewing machine maintenance to enable the ladies to keep their machines in good working order.
In April 2018 kits were distributed to an outer island in the Solomons - taken by boat and the girls were thrilled to receive these.
