One in four families surveyed have gone without toiletries because of financial difficulties.
Very Gentle Moving & Packing will be supporting children and students affected by hygiene poverty. Your support and generosity can help make a difference in the lives of those in need.Â
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Hygiene Poverty could look like:
Struggling to wash your hair because you can’t afford shampoo.
Not being able to wash your hands because soap and water are inaccessible.
Having to reuse diapers for your children.
Not being able to wash your clothes or school uniform.
Not being able to replace a toothbrush when needed or sharing a toothbrush because one each just isn’t an option.
Preventable diseases going untreated.
Here's what we need from the community, desperately.
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NEW & UNOPENED:
Toothbrush, Toothpaste
People may count their blessings because they have a roof over their heads, but not so much because they have toothpaste. It’s such a little thing.
Money is the oil that lubricates people’s lives, so smoothly that they are often unaware of the enormous good fortune found in small things.
Large, Unopened & New:
Bar(s) of soap
Anyone who cares about economic justice has a part to play as well: when talking about basic needs, people need to be clear that the list is long, and it must include hygiene.
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NEW & UNOPENED:
Feminine Hygiene Products
Good hygiene is child’s best defense against life-threatening parasites.
NEW & UNOPENED:
Large Deodorant(s)
Another person said an inability to keep themselves clean had impacted their confidence so much they had begun avoiding social contact,
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