Releasing young Nepal girls to grow up without inhibiting Period traditions
Dear Colleagues, I have enjoyed reading many of your notes, and am so thankful that this community exists. I wish more and some younger colleagues would also join in reading this refreshing mail. 32 years ago I was sent to Japan, and it probably close to the last ever “global assignment”. We have funded many projects over the years, and now we have not funds to spare. Then I learned about the giant Global Giving NGO, and at the same time I was awakened to the urgent need of people in Nepal to shed the ancient tradition of forcing girls to miss 1 week of school each month, and worse still, to have these young girls stay outside in crude huts, even in the wintertime. At 77 years, this was utterly shocking news. I still cannot believe it is true! I am sure that by now, you know that I am talking about young women with Periods! Consequently I have made a partner with ICA Nepal, and they decided to educate girls in schools of Kathmandu and in the remote mountains too. Together we sent the goal of reaching 5000 girls from now until Spring. We have a head start, so with skills, a sanitary napkin making device, and cooperation of many schools, we think we will succeed. All Nepal needs is you to join in helping fund this effort, with a small gift, say US$10 to US$25, or more. That is about one nice restaurant meal, isn’t it? Would you please read our proposal which we have put on-line? It is at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/lets-talk-period/ <https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/lets-talk-period/> and it talks about a huge startup campaign starting on September 10th. Please get ready to donate on-line to end this mindless tradition in Nepal. You and I will feel really great for a very long time. Gratefully, Wayne Ellsworth
Wayne, I for one have always admired your commitment to raise funds for our projects. I know that we “built” the Chickale Training Centre with those funds and hosted you and the Japanese colleagues. It is still such a sign!! You can count on me for a check for $50, which I’ll mail when I get to Chicago as mail from here in Mexico can take a L O N G time! I’d like to make a couple of suggestions. Share with us the %that goes to the project and how much for overhead. Give us a number of how much caring for one girl for a year, or four years would be. If the sanitary napkin production is replicable, give us the amount and how many it can make and for how much. You are a profoundly global citizen and I for one am deeply grateful. Grace & Peace, Jack PS I also am adding the OE listserve. Not everyone of our colleagues gets both.
On Aug 17, 2018, at 01:59, Wayne Ellsworth via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I have enjoyed reading many of your notes, and am so thankful that this community exists. I wish more and some younger colleagues would also join in reading this refreshing mail.
32 years ago I was sent to Japan, and it probably close to the last ever “global assignment”. We have funded many projects over the years, and now we have not funds to spare. Then I learned about the giant Global Giving NGO, and at the same time I was awakened to the urgent need of people in Nepal to shed the ancient tradition of forcing girls to miss 1 week of school each month, and worse still, to have these young girls stay outside in crude huts, even in the wintertime. At 77 years, this was utterly shocking news. I still cannot believe it is true! I am sure that by now, you know that I am talking about young women with Periods!
Consequently I have made a partner with ICA Nepal, and they decided to educate girls in schools of Kathmandu and in the remote mountains too. Together we sent the goal of reaching 5000 girls from now until Spring. We have a head start, so with skills, a sanitary napkin making device, and cooperation of many schools, we think we will succeed. All Nepal needs is you to join in helping fund this effort, with a small gift, say US$10 to US$25, or more. That is about one nice restaurant meal, isn’t it?
Would you please read our proposal which we have put on-line? It is at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/lets-talk-period/ <https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/lets-talk-period/> and it talks about a huge startup campaign starting on September 10th. Please get ready to donate on-line to end this mindless tradition in Nepal. You and I will feel really great for a very long time.
Gratefully, Wayne Ellsworth
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