ABCD Care Tanzania is an amazing group of local women who have come together, with the inspiration of ABCD Canada Treasurer Lynn, to form a cooperative with the purpose of making menstrual care kits for girls and women in the villages. Days for Girls organization provides the training and the design for these menstrual care […]
Laurie is one of the three original founders of ABCDreams way back in 2008 with Lynn and Frank. She gave all her passion to its start up and is still in touch with us and following the work we do. One of Laurie’s favourite things to do these days is making lovingly crafted soaps and […]
For a few years ABCD has been working with Days For Girls International to increase access to menstrual care for young girls in Tanzania. Last month Nurse Eva, the local nurse in the Marangu area, and her husband Ewald opened their home to Julius, Suzan and Lidya, from the Days for Girls Enterprise Office in […]
A big THANK YOU goes out to our donors who are supporting the development of the new women’s cooperative in Marangu West. This group of enterprising women is making personal care kits for the girls and women in their own communities. Some of you donated funds for the purchase and repair of sewing machines and […]
Volunteer Christine and her sister Edwina visited Nurse Eva Ngowi just yesterday with several boxes full of personal hygiene kits for girls. We brought 80 kits with us this year; 40 for girls and 40 for postpartum women. Christine and Edwina worked on sewing and assembling them all year long and each kit takes 5 […]