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Nedhi Regassa, 40 and from #Ethiopia, is #GirlStrong. She's been helping dig trenches for the new water supply. "When they ask us to do such work to bring clean water to my town, I make sure I get here on time and get on with the work. This is the fifth time we are digging; not even one have I missed it." She is #determined and #focused. Photo: WaterAid/Behailu Shiferaw #instagood #girlpower #mondaymotivation #cleanwater #hardwork
Cynthia, 6, is #GirlStrong. Here she is in front of the new washroom block at her primary school in Madagascar. She says: "I no longer have to fetch water any more. Now I have time to play with my friends, to study and to help my mother." www.girlstrong.world #IAmGirlStrong #cleanwater #toilets #toiletsforall #instagood #pictureoftheday
Enita Mwiinga, 35, shows off her sweet potatoes in her garden next to the village borehole in Monze, Zambia. She says: “My survival and that of my children depends on the availability of water in order for us to grow food and sell the excess.” Enita is #girlstrong. #WaterAid #water #cleanwater #waterislife #strongwomen #IAmGirlStrong #nonprofit #instagood Photo: WaterAid/Chileshe Chanda
Kajal, 16, from India, is #GirlStrong. Living on land owned by the army, Kajal and her family started to build a toilet but it was pulled down, so they have to go in the open. "They said if we started doing any constructions again they would throw is in jail or make us pay a big fine." #IAmGirlStrong #instagood #toilets #dignity #privacy #restroom #girlpower #india
Solo from Madagascar is #GirlStrong. She used to have to struggle to collect and carry a heavy jerry can full of dirty water from the source, an unprotected spring. Now, Solo no longer has to endure this tiring, backbreaking work, after WaterAid installed taps and toilets in her village. #IAmGirlStrong #cleanwater #instagood #nonprofit #WaterAid #madagascar #girlpower #empowerment
Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day, girls like Rabina are the reasons why acknowledging the stigma around menstruation is so important. Rabina’s story: “In our society there is a stigma around menstruation that’s why we don’t openly talk about it … I was sceptical about the photographs I had clicked because an elderly neighbour scolded me and questioned me about my photographs. One neighbour even told me ‘who taught you to take photographs of all this?’ and they would say that I had taken really bad pictures. But, through the discussion and with time, I was able to explain to them about my feelings and eventually they understood. I felt agitated at first, but the awareness within me clarified my vision…with time they understood what I was trying to explain through those pictures and eventually they believed me.” Rabina no longer has to eat separately from her family using a separate set of utensil and she can now eat her favourite food, chili pickle, whatever the time of the month. Photos by Rabina, 17 #noshame #GirlStrong ------------------------------- #IAmGirlStrong #WaterAid #Nepal #MHDay #MHD2017 #menstruationmatters #photosoftheday #instapictures #instapicture #instapic #instaphotos #instaphoto #nonprofit #water #cleanwater
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@Dobsevage leads our Strategic Partnerships team, and she's #GirlStrong because, when her daughter plays soccer, the boys can't even keep up. (Sarah coaches her daughter's soccer team) #IAmGirlStrong www.girlstrong.world --------------------------------- #blessed #soccer #love #family #sports #WaterAid #girlsruntheworld #girlsrule #womensempowerment #photooftheday #pictureoftheday #picoftheday #instapic #instapicture #instaphoto #soccerphoto #linkinprofile #iger #igers
Rita’s story: Once her menstruation had started Rita wasn’t allowed to touch the plants in her family’s kitchen garden. Her relatives would scold her, telling her that if she touched plants when she was menstruating the plant would rot and die. Now, she says, things have changed: “Now they don’t restrict me from entering into the garden. I experienced this change because when we had exhibition at the end of last workshop, my mother visited and saw all the pictures. Then she started allowing me slowly inside the garden. At first she was kind of sceptical and would scold me but I started going inside the garden despite her objection and the plants and vegetables didn’t die. I could prove that all those beliefs were all wrong. I proved to them that it was wrong to believe that plants would die if we touched them during our menstruation. Hence, as a part of change I can now enter kitchen garden anytime and pluck fresh vegetables from it.” Photos by Rita, 17 #noshame #GirlStrong ----------------------------- #MHDay #MHD2017 #WaterAid #Nepal #instapicture #instaphoto #instapic #pictureoftheday #photooftheday #girlsempowerment #girlsrule #girlsruntheworld #IAmGirlStrong #iger #igers
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@tifflangston was the Communications Manager in our New York office. "#IAmGirlStrong because of the people I interact with every day. Whether it is my incredible coworkers, my warm and generous friends or just people I pass on the street, I get strength from the people around me. During my time at WaterAid, I was fortunate enough to see the impact of the incredible dedication and commitment of the WaterAid team. I learned how to truly be #GirlStrong from each and every one of them." ---------------------- #love #blessed #squad #squadgoals #iger #igers #instagood #WaterAid #instapicture #instaphoto #instapic #picoftheday #photooftheday #Riohacha #Colombia #travelgram #WaterAid #nonprofit
Inspiring girls in Nepal are using the power of photography to help end the menstrual taboos that have restricted what they can and can’t do when they get their period. Last year, the girls picked up cameras for the very first time and provided a moving insight into what life was like for them during their period. They exhibited the photos at their school, allowing a discussion to open up between the generations and giving the girls an opportunity to pass on the lessons they had learned about menstrual hygiene. A year on and Rita, Rabina, Sushma, Sabina and Manisha have now produced touching images showing how, empowered by the photo project, they have driven change in their community and transformed their own lives. To mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28 May, we will be sharing some of their stories here. #noshame #GirlStrong Photo credit: WaterAid/Mani Karmacharya ---------------------------------- #MHDay #MHD2017 #girlsrulel #girlsempowerment #IAmGirlStrong #photooftheday #pictureoftheday #nonprofit #instapicture #instsaphoto #instapic #instagood
Benoit is a longtime supporter of WaterAid. “#IAmGirlStrong because I help young women with the college application process by leading SAT preparation sessions at New York Cares. All the kids I tutor are from low-income families and many will be the first in their family to attend college.” #GirlStrong ----------------------------------- #WaterAid #advocacy #education #girlsrule #girlsruntheworld #teaching #education #photooftheday #naturephoto #nature #pictureoftheday #instapic #instapicture #instaphoto #instagood #iger #igers
@cassclemmer (the artist & advocate behind @tonithetampon) illustrated the first published period-related coloring book #menstruationmatters
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