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Bordertown Days for Girls

Jul 7, 2023 | Article, Give back program, This Week's Issue

By Rose Milton The Bordertown Days for Girls group is thrilled to receive a grant from News Gives Back. “We create and distribute washable hygiene kits, and one will last a girl about 3 years. This gift will assist a girl to attend school every day of the month, even during her period. In some countries period products are too expensive for the locals, and sometimes not even available. Being washable there is no problem with disposal like we have in Western countries. The money we receive will be used to purchase fabrics and cotton to create more shields and pads, and also purchase flannels, soaps and undies for the kits. “Since our group started up in late 2014, we have sewn about 2,600 kits. Initially they were being taken by volunteers to various Asian countries. Our focus on distribution in the poor Tamil Area in the Hills Country, Sri […]

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