Our history is a little convoluted but essentially we started with an affiliation with Dress a Girl Around the World in 2015, for which we sewed dresses. After a while it seemed that we were sending more clothing through our own channels and so we decided to go it alone and drafted our own patterns.
After chatting with Lubna in Pakistan, in 2017 we became a Days for Girls Team and over 8 years sent out 14000 Days for Kits across the world to the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. What started as a modest 30 kits a month soon grew to around 200 a month.
In addition to the Days for Girls Kits, we have sewed thousands of dresses and shorts. In 2024 we began working in Sri Lanka and sewing the Mumma and Joey Kits to support vulnerable new mothers and newborn babies. These have been delivered through the midwives and doctors in Sri Lanka and assist to reduce infant mortality.
In 2026 a new chapter begins – we have formulated our own Luna Kit – a period kit which uses up to date fabrics and technology, and is environmentally sustainable and comfortable. The Canberra Circle of Women is proud to offer this kit to girls and women and it will be available on the website so interested people can sew the Luna Pads.
We sew together at our packing and sewing days once a month, situated in central Canberra in the suburb of Pearce, and new volunteers are always welcome. If you can not or don’t want to sew we have lots for everyone to do and your hands will be busy- so come and make some new friends while making difference to girls and boys around the world.