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MsJaneFuzzyWuzzy

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1. one of the international development & aid NGOs I support
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:47 PM
Nov 2015

"sells" gifts to give to friends and family on gift-giving occasions, to benefit families, communities and kids, especially girls, in the developing world. They include school supplies and farm animals on the smaller end, and range up to equipping an entire schoolhouse or providing a well for a village. The NGO has a particular focus on "gender equity".

One of the intermediate gifts is providing girls' latrines for a school - because the lack of safe and sanitary toilet facilities is a bar to girls getting an education.

As the article says, the problems that result from lack of access to toilet facilities do speak to larger systemic issues; not having a toilet should not mean being victimized. But providing that facility will help women to eventually address those issues. Getting an education, having a better chance to maintain health and avoid disease, and eliminating a daily source of fear and exposure to violence are all crucial to women's ability to do that.

To quote the article:

... empowering women with the autonomy and equity that come with safe toilet access is an essential step toward a better world.

Maybe I'll make this a group prezzie for my siblings and their partners and kids this year.

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