Join our Sunset Days for Girls Team in a service project you can do at home! Our brother and sister, Ramesh and Dolly will be traveling to visit family in India as soon as travel restrictions are lifted. They will be taking our completed feminine hygiene kits with them for distribution there. We still need underwear and washcloths to complete the kits and they need to be folded in a specific way. The youtube links for how to fold are listed in the section below. We would like to complete this project by June 30.
You can either purchase underwear or washcloths yourself, fold and drop off at Debbie Schwiep’s home or at the church building or we have a limited amount that can be picked up, folded and returned to/from the Schwiep home. There will be containers on the front porch labeled.
How to Fold Underwear:
How to Fold Washcloth:
Contact Debbie Schwiep if you have questions or want to participate.
Check the church directory to search for any of our members’ home address, phone numbers or emails.
What is days for girls
Days for Girls (DfG) is a global movement that prepares and distributes sustainable menstrual health solutions to girls who would otherwise miss school during their monthly periods. The nonprofit organization was founded in 2008 by American woman Celeste Mergens. After visiting an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, she discovered that menstruating girls stayed in their dormitories for days, sitting on cardboard to absorb their flow, because they could not afford feminine hygiene products. She developed the idea of creating washable, reusable pads and providing the girls with a personal kit of all they would need to continue their schooling with hygiene and dignity.
Days for Girl is committed to supporting a girl throughout her entire lifecycle, from providing her with a DfG Kit, to teaching her health education, to offering training for her when she grows older, so that she can produce DfG Kits and support hygiene needs in her community.
What are DfG Kits
The kit enables girls to carry their clean and used pads discreetly and to take care of their own hygiene needs. Each kit is in a draw-string bag and includes reusable cloth menstrual pads made up of colorful shields and liners, panties, a washcloth and soap, zip-closure plastic bags and other items. The kit enables girls to carry their clean and used pads discreetly and to take care of their own hygiene needs. During the distributions, women and girls also receive health education to break stigmas and cultural taboos associated with menstruation. Each DfG Kit has been hand-sewn by volunteers or enterprise leaders who are held to DfG quality standards.
For more information on Days for Girls and their mission, please visit their website here.
service project links and details
The underwear can have no words, camo, animals or insects (nothing with eyes except butterflies), no white or white background unless dyed. If you purchase underwear that needs to be dyed, please do not fold it but you can donate and it will be dyed later.
Underwear should be cotton or cotton blend. Below are links with underwear that meet the criteria. Amazon seems to be sold out in most types.
Underwear needed: 150 pair
Sizes:
Girls: 10, 12, 14, 16
Women’s: 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or XS, S, M, L, XL
Sizes most needed:
Girls:
10-approx 10 pair
12-approx 20 pair
14-approx 20 pair
16-approx 20 pair
Women’s:
4-approx 10 pair
7-approx 40 pair
8-approx 10 pair
9-approx 10 pair
10-approx 10 pair
Links to where you can buy the underwear:
Girls:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Women’s:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Link 5
Link 6
Link 7
Link 8
Link 9
Link 10
Washcloths needed-non-white: 100
Washcloths: multi-color $4 for 8
