Dignity not Despair

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Dignity not Despair

A non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women, supporting resilience and offering hope by We were incredibly inspired by their resilience.

In March 2016, we volunteered as humanitarian aid workers in Greece to assist with the refugee crisis. While handing out donations and talking to families, two women pulled us aside and shyly asked us if we had any makeup. We were struck by this request, and it continued to resonate with us after we came home. Providing food, shelter and clothing in crisis situations is essential, but we also real

ized that there is a need for goods that help provide something equally important, which is one's dignity. After volunteering at the camps, it became obvious that those living there were trying so hard to maintain a sense of normalcy. We saw schools set up in tents, children playing soccer, families cooking together, and a makeshift barber shop. Our brief conversation with those women helped us realize that maintaining one's previously held standards of appearance can be a tool to improve emotional and mental well-being. As we began to do more research, we discovered that we were not alone in this experience. On an episode of Ted Radio Hour called "To Endure", Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International, spoke about her experience providing humanitarian aid to women in Bosnia:

"I asked the women, what do you want me to bring you next time I am here? ...And they said, 'Lipstick... because it's the smallest thing we put on everyday and we feel we are beautiful and that's how we are resisting. They want us to feel that we are dead; they want us to feel that we are ugly... I put the lipstick on every time I leave because I want that sniper, before he shoots me, to know he is killing a beautiful woman.' ...That's how she's keeping her beauty; ...that's how women resist and show their resilience in the darkest of circumstances. That's what war is."

11/17/2022

DnD makeup and hygiene kits arriving at the refugee centers in Seattle and Lebanon. According to our contact at SCM, “the women loved them” 💙

04/07/2022

😍 thank you so much for always being so generous with your donations. We love your dedication to empowering women, and understanding of what an impact a little lipstick can have 💜

03/14/2022

Thank you so much for the generous donation of lipsticks !

03/01/2022

More Afghan refugees receiving our makeup and hygiene kits through 💙

01/31/2022

Thank you so much for your donation! The monetary donation you gave with these gorgeous eyeliners will help us provide makeup and hygiene kits for 250 refugee women 💜 Thank you so much for your support!

11/30/2021

Repost from - Giving is beautiful! In honor of , we are partnering a non-profit organization that donates essential hygiene and beauty products to female refugees in need. For every Draw The Line Eyeliner sold today, we will donate one.

By donating this item, we aim to help these women maintain their dignity and a sense of normalcy, and as a result, empower, support, and promote emotional and mental well-being during the most unimaginable circumstances in their lives.

Join the movement and help us empower women around the world.

11/06/2021

Thank you again to everyone who donated to help us send our makeup and hygiene kits to Afghan refugees in Seattle ❤️ it may seem like a small gesture, but you’ve helped make a big impact

10/11/2021

Thank you to all of those that donated to help us send makeup and hygiene kits to resettled Afghan refugees in Seattle! Thanks to you, we were able to ship over 100 kits, each of which included the items shown above. And thank you to our product donors for sending us these incredible products ❤️❤️❤️

09/09/2021

Please donate at the link in our bio ❤️

08/12/2021

Including all these incredible items from our wonderful donors in our latest kits! They are being sent to women in Lebanon via at the end of the month ❤️

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