Empowering Women
CELEBRATING
10 Years
OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
EVERY GIRL , EVERYWHERE — PERIOD
dōTERRA ® was founded in 2008 , and , along with the founding , came the mission to change the world one drop , one person , one community at a time . During that same year , Celeste Mergens was working with a family foundation in the outskirts of Nairobi , Kenya , where the orphanages were over capacity because of historic familial violence in the area .
Just before returning from Nairobi , Celeste found that girls were sitting on cardboard boxes for several days each month — often going without food — during menstruation . With her eyes opened to situations like this worldwide , Celeste created Days for Girls International , seeking to empower women and girls by providing access to and education about feminine hygiene supplies .
In 2015 , the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation ® partnered with Days for Girls in the hopes of furthering their mission of empowering women in communities throughout the world . Today , Days for Girls , with support from the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation , has changed the status quo for more than 1.8 million girls and women in 144 countries through menstrual care solutions , health education , and income-generating opportunities .
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