Dignity Drive Emergency Covid Appeal
We need your help. Due to lockdown in New South Wales and Victoria, our August Dignity Drive collections are predicted to be majorly impacted. We have already received over 66,000 product requests from just these two states and over 168,000 product requests nationally.
There are over 1,000 of our partner organisations relying on our help to ensure that these women and girls do not go without during times of crisis.
Together, we have the power to change this. A simple donation today can change someone's life.
This Dignity Drive, there are
168,000
Period products requested
over 1,000
Charities counting
on us
As we near the end of our August Dignity Drive, collecting enough products is looking near impossible.
Every year Share the Dignity receives thousands of requests for period products from schools, hospitals and organisations that support their local community.
Last year when COVID first hit, we were in the middle of our March drive and had to turn away over 50% of requests for products due to not receiving enough donated products.
There are so many like Mary, who are having to make sacrifices each and every day to keep her and her family safe.
Mary's story stands out about why these drives are so important, she had fled her abusive husband with her two sons, no looking back. All living together in her car, Mary sacrificed period products to be able to feed her children.
"I once used a tampon from the floor of a public bathroom just to feel like she had dignity, even for a day."
This story is astounding. To think that even one woman would have to do something so undignified.
We know that Mary is not alone in this, with 1 in 5 having to improvise on period products because they cannot afford them.
When someone is in crisis, the last thing on their mind should be dealing with their period.
With 1 in 5 having to improvise on period products, your donation can
give a woman hope and dignity in these awful and scary times.
Just $5 will help to provide a woman or girl experiencing
homelessness through another period.
Register for a virtual collection page and help continue to end period poverty
It's as simple as registering, set up your online page and sharing your link with your friends, family, work colleagues, school community and people in your network.
Once registered you will also be able to download social media tools to use to help promote your collection.
SET UP YOUR VIRTUAL COLLECTION
Donate via Paypal
Donating through PayPal is a safe and easy way to make a donation. There are no fees and you will receive a tax receipt through PayPal.
Donate via bank transfer
To make a donation, please use your name as a reference and
email accounts@sharethedignity.org.au with details of your donation
so the Share the Dignity team can send through a tax-deductible receipt.
Name: Share the Dignity, BSB: 484799, Account: 167 946 961
Donate today and give women and girls in Australia the gift of dignity
