Local Girl Scouts Learn About ‘Days for Girls’

Girl Scout Troop 40021 recently met with Jan Northington from Los Osos, a volunteer for “Days for Girls,” an international program that provides sustainable hygiene products to girls in underdeveloped countries. The Los Osos volunteers meet regularly to sew and complete hundreds of “kits” using donated items like panties, washcloths, cotton fabric, thread, and 1 gallon Ziploc Freezer Bags.
The latest batch of kits was delivered to girls in Uganda, Africa. Northington described the conditions these girls live with and how the kits help change their lives, for example during their periods the girls are absent from school, thus effecting their education.
Disposable sanitary protection is very expensive, leaving the girls prey to those offering sexual favors in exchange for sanitary protection. Northington also described how the kits are made and demonstrated their use.
As part of the Troop’s “Mission Sisterhood & Media Journey” badges they decided to help collect donations for the items listed here. Anyone able to donate or who has questions can call Troop Leader Belinda Reyna at 772-3357 and she’ll pick up donations through the end of February. For more information about Girl Scouts, see: www.girlscoutsccc.org, and the Day for Girls program at: www.daysforgirls.org.
Showing their kits in the photo are Kayleigh Boardman, Cassidy Orszag, Northington, Reyna and Liliana Sepulveda. Photo by Lillian Sandoval.