OUR STORY
Desta Girl began in 2013 as a grass roots effort to bring washable, reusable feminine hygiene products to teen students at the Children's HopeChest Chapa Carepoint in southern Ethiopia. With the sewing skills of over 40 volunteers across the U.S., who dedicated their time and resources to Desta Girl, and the unwavering support of our local church community, we have delivered more than 1500 kits to remarkably impoverished and vulnerable girls and women.
Cheri and Bob Rogers
OUR FOUNDERS
In July 2010 Bob and Cheri Rogers were in Ethiopia to bring their daughter home. Their eyes were opened to the vast needs, and they realized that they needed to do more. They were changed by what they saw and experienced, and shortly after arriving home, became introduced to the Children's HopeChest relational model of coming along side of a community to empower children to survive, thrive and succeed in their home country.
It is their firm belief that God does not call the equipped, He equips the called.
Developing relationships within the community is essential for holistic and sustainable transformation. Relationships with depth are only possible over time, as the Rogers family continues to return to these communities to serve.
OUR VISION
We will continue to expand the Desta Girl program in order to educate more girls and keep them in school. With your help we can have kits in the hands of every teen girl and women in our sphere of influence in Ethiopia.
June 2016 Deliver a menstrual hygiene kit to every girl 13 -
18 years old (150 kits) in the carepoints that we
are serving.
June 2017 Deliver replacement kits to
girls and widows and new kits
to other women with children
(250 kits).
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June 2018 Deliver replacement kits and
new kits to all women in
the carepoints we are working in. (500 kits).
June 2019 Deliver over 350 kits to rural areas of Ethiopia
including an orphange and school
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January 2020 Deliver 150 kits, begin training local teen leaders,
scout options for "in-country" production of kits,
interview potential "in-country" director