Days for Girls - Breaking cycles of poverty and Restoring days of dignity

Program Description

Days for Girls International was started in 2008 in response to a need for menstrual hygiene solutions in Kibera Slum, in Kenya.

Today, Days for Girls has reached more than 1.7 million women and girls in 125+ countries with DfG Kits<http://www.daysforgirls.org/dfg-kits> and menstrual health education<http://www.daysforgirls.org/become-an-ambassador-of-health>. This translates into over 115 million days of dignity, health, and opportunity!

Speaker Biographies

Carol Hendricks is the Director of the Snoqualmie Chapter of Days for Girls and the lead for the Eswatini (Swaziland) Project.  Carol was introduced to Days for Girls in 2013.  Since that time, she has gone on 13 trips to Eswatini .  Carol and her team distributed nearly 2,000 washable feminine hygiene kits, have set up an enterprise, a sewing center with a full-time director, and have trained 18 women who are now sewing kits and receiving an income.

Debbie Bodal is Past President of the Rotary Club of Lynnwood.  She is currently the Foundation & Membership Chair and on the International Committee.  Debbie joined Rotary in 2009 while serving as the President of the Edmonds Schools Foundation where she sat on their board for 8 years.  Debbie grew up in Indonesia and Singapore returning to the US in 1973 after graduating from high school.  She graduated from University of Washington in 1978 with a Cultural Geography Major.