We would like to express our deep gratitude to Drukair, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bhutan, for sponsoring our project. Drukair has generously agreed to freight Days for Girls kits from the Nepal Days for Girls Enterprise to Bhutan. These kits will be distributed to schoolgirls at Shengana LSS in Punakha and nuns…

Our project in Bhutan is progressing well! RENEW Bhutan has been focussed on the demanding task of packing the 1,000 Days for Girls Washable Menstrual Health Kits provided under this project. Training in packing was provided by the North Strathfield team of Days for Girls Australia, together with online resources. The packed kits present beautifully!…

We are delighted to share the news that a delivery of kit components donated by the North Strathfield Days for Girls team has arrived at RENEW in Thimphu, Bhutan. Within the delivery are shields, liners, transport bags and drawstring bags for 100 of the total of 1,000 kits to be distributed under this pilot. RENEW…

The sewn components for 900 of the kits for the Days for Girls Bhutan pilot have been made by Days for Girls Nepal. Here are some photos Maya Khaitu, the Days for Girls Country Director for Nepal sent through of her team making the components for our kits. Thank you to Maya and Days for…

We would like to express our deep gratitude to the Westpac Giving Circle for providing a grant to the Bhutan Girls’ Project, through Days for Girls Australia. The Giving Circle was established by a group of Westpac employees to donate and raise funds for the Bhutan Girls’ Project. Funds donated by the Giving Circle have been…

We would like to express our deep gratitude to the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation® for providing a grant to the Bhutan Girls’ Project, through Days for Girls Australia. The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation empowers people and communities worldwide to make a positive and sustainable change. With the support of the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation and…

The Bhutan Girls’ Project was started in 2015 with the aim of supporting Days for Girls in Bhutan.  We are excited to share that we will soon start a pilot project in Bhutan in partnership with RENEW and the Bhutanese Ministry of Education School Health and Nutrition Division.  We are grateful to our donors: dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation and the Westpac Giving Circle for…

Rinchen Choden from READ Bhutan answering a question from one of the school girls at the Kit Distribution in Paro, Bhutan on 3 Nov 2018. Rinchen has conducted many Days for Girls kit distributions and her kind manner encourages the girls (even the very shy girls) to ask vital questions about their reproductive health. Rinchen…

We are delighted to share that READ Bhutan has distributed some kits to girls from Sengdey Lower Secondary School in Dorokha. The distribution was conducted by Ms Rinchen Choden from READ Bhutan. Many of the girls come from the Ihop (Doya), Rai and Ghalley indigenous communities of Bhutan and live in the Tading and Dophuchen…