Days for Girls
ENTERPRISE MODEL
Creating Local Ecosystems
is the Key to Program Sustainability
When you give a woman or girl a Days for Girls Kit, you give back days of education, health, and opportunity that would otherwise be missed.
When you provide a woman with the tools to make Days for Girls Kits and to educate others about the importance of
Menstrual Hygiene Management, that cycle moves forward.
The Days for Girls Enterprise Model does this through providing women with the tools to make DfG Kits, so they can then sell the DfG Kits, keep the funds, and reinvest part of their income to buy their next batch of materials, thus reaching more women and girls.
That’s how we create sustainability.
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A Community-Driven Model
Like all Days for Girls programs, the Enterprise Model was developed based on input from women around the world:
"As much as I’m making profit, I’m also giving a life to the people...When you’re sewing, you create jobs for others. If you just take and give and you don’t go back, how will the rest benefit? There is no knowledge flow. There is empowerment in selling. People create, learn, and join what you’re doing."
- DfG Micro-Enterprise in Kenya
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Why it Works
Generates Income
Which can be used to support education, transportation, housing, and other resources necessary to lift communities out of poverty.
Ensures Sustainability
So programs can continue as more women and girls need menstrual hygiene solutions for themselves & their families.
Supports Local Ownership
People support what they create. Ensuring that communities have the ability to meet their own needs is the best way to create long-term sustainability.
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How it Works
We like to think of the Days for Girls Enterprise Model as a tree. The Centers provide the structure and support as a solid base.
The Micro-Enterprises branch out into new areas, supporting small-scale, grassroots projects.
And, the Kit Ambassadors are individual women who provide the final, key piece.
Centers
Organization/management + supply chain + training +
women-to-women sales + health education
Micro-Enterprises
Supply chain + training + women-to-women sales +
health education
Kit Ambassadors
Women-to-women sales +
health education
Where it Works
Building a global network to reach 'Every girl. Everywhere, Days for Girls is currently working in the following regions.
Sponsor a Micro-Enterprise
Sponsor an Enterprise Project to support the sustainable distribution of Kits to every girl, everywhere, period.
$1,500 will sponsor a woman to attend Days for Girls University to start her own Micro-Enterprise or Kit Ambassador Business in her community. DfG University equips participants with the business & women's health skill sets that they need to be successful.
$1,500
$500
$500 will support a women- led Micro-Enterprise with start-up materials including sewing machines, hand snaps, and pre-cut materials for the first round of DfG Kits. And, the support of a global network is invaluable in starting in-country programs.
Partner With Us to Keep Girls in School
Are you ready to join the Enterprise Model? Email info@daysforgirls.org
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