LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Alba Botanica®, Avalon Organics® and JĀSÖN®
brands, along with leading humanitarian organization fighting
global poverty, CARE®, are delighted to announce the expansion of
the Qach'Umilal Girls' Education and Leadership Project with
second year of support for another Guatemalan region in need, and
to celebrate the progress of the Empower Her Through
Education campaign thus far.
This year's program benefits an additional group of 200
indigenous girls from families in western Guatemala by supporting their primary school
education. As part of the brands' Empower Her Through
Education campaign with CARE®, this program is
a crucial step in making a difference in girls' and women's lives
and their communities, while breaking down barriers to education
for girls in developing countries.
The Qach'Umilal (or Guiding star in the Mayan language K'iche)
Girls' Education and Leadership project not only promotes access to
educational programs for girls, but also helps to keep girls in
school, while helping to build self-esteem and leadership skills.
Currently in Guatemala, only 60%
of students who start first grade complete sixth grade. Retention
is even lower among young girls, who are expected to devote a
majority of their time to domestic and field chores. Guatemalan
women and girls face countless additional challenges due to gender
discrimination and ethnical racism. The Qach'Umilal Girls'
Education and Leadership Project has made significant progress in
empowering girls to be more confident by emphasizing music, art and
relationship-building. These key factors are what drive the
Qach'Umilal Girls' Education and Leadership Project to inspire
change and enable girls to follow their dreams.
"The Qach'Umilal project shows what impact we can make when we
invest in girls, especially when those investments knock down the
barriers keeping them from school and otherwise holding them back,"
said Michelle Nunn, CARE's president
and CEO. "We're delighted to have a partner like Hain
Celestial that so generously expresses our shared commitment to
equipping girls with the tools they need to thrive. Now more than
ever, it's exciting to see opportunities for consumers to express
their support and connection to women and girls around the
world."
Following the success of last year's efforts to raise awareness,
the Alba Botanica®, Avalon Organics® and JĀSÖN®
brands, in collaboration with CARE, are introducing a
collection of limited edition personal care products featuring
actual drawings from the girls participating in the Qach'Umilal
program. The brand has chosen their best-selling products to
display the meaningful limited edition labels to honor this year's
program. The Alba Botanica®, Avalon Organics® and
JĀSÖN® brands have donated $50,000 directly to the local schools through
this partnership, going directly to support the 200 girls in the
Qach'Umilal program.
"The Qach'Umilal Girls' Education and Leadership Project is not
seen as a donation from Hain Celestial but as an investment in our
future women of the world. This year it was important to us at Hain
Celestial to expand upon the program allowing our consumers to also
have a voice in the project; whether it is from purchasing,
donating or joining us at our event held on March 1st in New York City. No matter the level of
participation it all leads to one common goal: positive change in
these young women's lives." said Julie
Marchant-Houle, General Manager, Personal Care at The Hain
Celestial Group, Inc. "We're simply honored to be part of this
initiative for a second year in a row. It's amazing to see the
positive change in these girls' lives and communities."
To expand on this, the brands in partnership with CARE hosted a
consumer facing event in New York
City on March 1, 2017 to
encourage support of the cause while all charitable donations
contribute to further fund CARE initiatives. The event focused on
women's empowerment inspired by the Qach'Umilal Girls' Education
and Leadership Project with a motivational Yoga session led by
Beauty and Wellness Expert, Jeannine
Morris, and a presentation from the Hain Celestial brands on
their work with CARE. Consumers were encouraged to share what
access to education means to them via social media using
#accesstodream and expressed words of encouragement by painting on
a large canvas wall.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
The Hain Celestial
Group (Nasdaq: HAIN), headquartered in Lake Success, NY, is a leading organic and
natural products company with operations in North America, Europe and India. Hain Celestial participates in many
natural categories with well-known brands that include Celestial
Seasonings®, Earth's Best®, Ella's Kitchen®, Terra®, Garden of
Eatin'®, Sensible Portions®, Health Valley®, Arrowhead Mills®,
MaraNatha®, SunSpire®, DeBoles®, Casbah®, Rudi's Organic Bakery®,
Gluten Free Café™, Hain Pure Foods®, Spectrum®, Spectrum
Essentials®, Walnut Acres Organic®, Imagine®, Almond Dream®, Rice
Dream®, Soy Dream®, WestSoy®, The Greek Gods®, BluePrint®,
FreeBird®, Plainville Farms®, Empire®, Kosher Valley®, Yves Veggie
Cuisine®, Europe's Best®, Cully
& Sully®, New Covent Garden Soup Co.®, Johnson's Juice Co.®,
Farmhouse Fare®, Hartley's®, Sun-Pat®, Gale's®, Robertson's®,
Frank Cooper's®, Linda McCartney®,
Lima®, Danival®, Happy®, Joya® Natumi®, GG UniqueFiber®, Tilda®,
JASON®, Avalon Organics®, Alba Botanica®, Live Clean® and Queen
Helene®. Hain Celestial has been providing A Healthier Way of
Life™ since 1993. For more information, visit www.hain.com
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reserved.
About CARE
Founded 70 years ago with the creation of
the CARE Package®, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization
fighting global poverty. CARE places special focus on working
alongside poor girls and women because, equipped with the proper
resources, they have the power to lift whole families and entire
communities out of poverty.
Our seven decades of experience show that when you empower a
girl or woman, she becomes a catalyst, creating ripples of positive
change that lift up everyone around her. That's why girls and women
are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve
education, health and economic opportunity for everyone. We also
work with girls and women to promote social justice, respond to
emergencies and confront hunger and climate change. Last year CARE
worked in 95 countries and reached more than 65 million people
around the world. To learn more, visit www.care.org.
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