For more than nine months now, people in Gaza have lived through terror and grief. The health system is in a state of total collapse and fuel, water, and food are nearly impossible to obtain. Even basic necessities, like menstrual hygiene products, are now inaccessible.

But, as any woman can attest, periods do not conveniently stop while navigating the life-threatening dangers of emergencies like the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

We deliver Dignity Kits so that even in the most dangerous, isolated, and complex crises, women and girls can manage their periods with dignity.

UNFPA Dignity Kits include menstrual pads, underwear, soap, laundry detergent, and other menstrual hygiene supplies that are essential, but inaccessible to many women and girls right now.

Will you deliver lifesaving care in the form of Dignity Kits to women and girls who need it most? The needs of women and girls are too often overlooked during times of emergency like in Gaza.

Since conflict erupted, UNFPA has distributed more than 134,000 Dignity Kits and Reproductive Health Kits to women and girls throughout Gaza thanks to your generous gifts.

“May God bless you, because this is the first time I have received such a package since the day we were displaced,” said one recipient of a UNFPA Dignity Kit in Rafah.

“All the items in the bag are not available in the first place, and even if they are, their prices are very expensive,” said another.

“All the items in the bag are crucial, and we truly need them,” added a third.

Each Dignity Kit costs only $15 to create, but the contents of each kit are priceless to the recipients. Deliver the gift of dignity to women and girls in desperate need by sponsoring Dignity Kits today.

We condemn the violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel, and echo the UN Secretary-General’s call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages by Hamas. The suffering must end and peace must prevail.

Thank you for being there for women and girls.

— USA for UNFPA