By Days for Girls International | The Development Team
August 2025
Dear GlobalGiving Community,
We are grateful to share the latest updates from our menstrual health programs in Uganda. Thanks to your continued support, Days for Girls is expanding access to sustainable menstrual products and comprehensive health education. This is transforming the lives of women, girls, and people with periods across the country.
Expanding Reach in 2024–2025
From January 2024 through July 2025, DfG reached 19,581 individuals across Uganda, including:
These efforts not only provide access to quality menstrual health products, but also engage entire communities in challenging menstrual stigma and building supportive environments for those who menstruate.
In July 2025, Days for Girls hosted a two-day menstrual health educator training in Kampala, equipping eight educators and four DfG staff with the tools to deliver impactful programming. These newly trained educators are now leading our 2025 refugee-focused initiative, which will reach 1,500 women and girls in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement.
Featured Project: Kyangwali Refugee Settlement
Through our one-month initiative “Accelerating Access and Utilization of Menstrual Health Education and Products Among Refugees,” we are delivering an integrated menstrual health response to the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement. This location is home to more than 137,000 refugees, primarily from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
Strengthening Local Leadership
This project focuses on:
Our approach is tailored to the unique realities of adolescent girls and women in displacement settings. We support their right to manage menstruation safely, hygienically, and confidently.
The Need Is Urgent and Growing.
Menstrual health remains an urgent, intersectional challenge in Uganda, especially in refugee settlements where access to clean water, adequate sanitation, and menstrual supplies is limited. These barriers impact health, education, livelihoods, and self-worth.
Your support is bridging gaps and enabling us to deliver long-term solutions rooted in community leadership, education, and sustainable products.
We remain deeply committed to advancing menstrual equity in Uganda and around the world. From building local capacity to refugee-centered outreach, every milestone we reach is made possible by your generosity.
Thank you for standing with us and the communities we serve. Your partnership fuels real, measurable change. It provides thousands of women and girls the opportunity to thrive with dignity and self worth.
With deepest gratitude,
The Days for Girls Team
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