Film raises funds for birthing kit project
A film screening at the School of Rural Health – Bendigo to celebrate International Women’s Day raised enough to fund 120 new kits for the Zonta Club’s birthing kit project. The Zonta Club estimates that for every 11 kits distributed, a mother’s or baby’s life is save, so the Bendigo donation may save 11 lives.
The documentary film, I am a girl, follows the lives of 16-year-old girls from six countries and shows vividly what it means being born a girl. This is a confronting film giving a gender and cultural view of coming of age for girls in our world.
The DVD is now in the North West Rural Medical Education Unit library in Bendigo and can be borrowed by contacting Pam Harvey by email or phone (5440 9083). Posters, postcards and flyers are also available by contacting Cathy Wheel by email or phone (5440 9061). Recommended for ages 15 or older, I am a girl runs for 87 minutes.