Rotary’s Girls’ Empowerment Program: Join the Margarita Movement

by Robin Loving

Let’s call this the year of the Margarita -- not the kind folks drink, but a Margarita Movement nevertheless! (Margarita means Daisy in Spanish) The Margarita Movement is Rotary’s Girls’ Empowerment Program for 5th-6th-grade to ensure they may remain with their peers and not fall behind due to a lack of personal supplies essential to them.

The Margarita Movement supports Rotary’s Girls’ Empowerment Program for 5th and 6th grade girls.  Many girls drop out of school when they reach puberty due to the lack of what other girls and women take for granted: personal supplies. You can give these girls parity, opportunity – the chance to stay in school and excel, all through a reuseable kit that will allow girls not to miss school a week each month.

The Margarita Movement is a new monthly giving campaign dedicated to advancing menstrual equity: providing girls what they need, and thereby empowering to reclaim their dignity, protect their health, and unlock opportunities to stay in school, learn, and thrive. It accompanies a 10-hour course we administer in Guanajuato schools during the school day with the approval of the state board of education.

Margarita means daisy, and daisies symbolize hope and new beginnings. Plant seeds of change and nurture futures filled with promise by becoming part of this important initiative. Girls belong in school!

The Margarita Movement is part of Rotary’s Girls’ Empowerment Program, which has reached 4,000 girls aged 10-12 in grades five and six in 120 schools since January 2023. This has been done during the school day with permission of the Secretary of education in more 200 interactive workshops focused on building self-esteem and confidence while educating girls about their path to womanhood.  

For just $20 USD a month, two girls can be provided a safe, reliable, reusable menstrual kit that lasts up to three years! A recurring gift of $20 USD/month enables 24 girls to get kits! Generosity can provide girls the freedom to focus on their education, remain with their peer group, and dream of bright futures. In other words, it can empower the future of half of an entire state!

​Together, we can keep girls in the classroom, because every girl deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and blossom into a bright future. Look at these outstanding values:

• $20 USD/month = 2 Girls each month = 24 Girls a year
• $50 USD/month = 5 Girls each month = 60 Girls a year
• $100 USD/month = 10 Girls each month = 120 Girls a year

Every gift makes a huge difference in the life of a girl. Join us and share this campaign with everyone you know.  Click HERE for more details about the campaign

Thank you for empowering girls to return to and stay in school!

Rotary is where neighbors, friends and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change. For more information, contact Project Manager Jose de Anda at [email protected].

Join the Campaign HERE