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Period poverty is made worse when period supplies are taxed like a luxury. People end up missing work, school, and events simply because they don't have money for period supplies, which puts them at further risk of other types of poverty and social isolation. The organizations are working to change the current problems faced by people who have to deal with the complications caused by periods.
In addition to the organizations listed here, you may also want to check out the rebates listed on the Period Care page which help make period care items more affordable.
We used this map to determine how to categorize which country to list under each continent.
Binti Period "...we hope you’ll join us in the Binti revolution—to ensure that every girl has menstrual dignity. Period. We were the first registered period charity in the UK and India."
"We believe that every girl deserves menstrual dignity, meaning access to education about menstruation, access to pads, and freedom from stigmas and taboos surrounding menstruation."
"Binti currently works in India, Africa, the UK and the US to achieve these goals. ..."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
The AFRIpads Foundation their "mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads. Made in Uganda – by women, for women, with love!" This organization focuses on helping people in East Africa.
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Binti Period "...we hope you’ll join us in the Binti revolution—to ensure that every girl has menstrual dignity. Period. We were the first registered period charity in the UK and India."
"We believe that every girl deserves menstrual dignity, meaning access to education about menstruation, access to pads, and freedom from stigmas and taboos surrounding menstruation."
"Binti currently works in India, Africa, the UK and the US to achieve these goals. ..."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
The AFRIpads Foundation their "mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads. Made in Uganda – by women, for women, with love!"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Too Little Children: The Pad Project "There are several ways to support The Pad Project, from sewing pads to donating underwear and fabric."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The AFRIpads Foundation their "mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads. Made in Uganda – by women, for women, with love!"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
The AFRIpads Foundation their "mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads. Made in Uganda – by women, for women, with love!"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
The AFRIpads Foundation their "mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads. Made in Uganda – by women, for women, with love!"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
She for She "aims to improve access to education for girls, while supporting local employment for women in Uganda. How? For every donation you make at sheforshepads.com, a student in need will be provided with a Ugandan-made She for She pad to support her education."
S.H.E.: Keeping Girls in School Initiative "1. Access: Each year, S.H.E. selects primary and high schools in different parts of rural Africa to closely work with, doing a thorough assessment of school attendance before and after each project. We will be providing reusable sanitary pads- a kit with 4 pads of different sizes, storage bags, and underwear that can be used for up to a year. This is an easy solution and one that not only reduces waste but also supports local women manufacturers of Uganda where AfriPads is based. These kits take away the stress of needing a new packet of pads each month. S.H.E. will donate these pads, passing no costs to the girls. Help us do so by donating to the cause.
2. Increased Gender Sensitivity and WASH Infrastructure: We are working with volunteers in the community and our partners to improve toilets and water facilities in schools. We also want to enhance privacy, emphasize waste disposals in toilets- all to increase gender sensitivity, and make them more ideal for periods.
3. Educational Workshops and Booklets: Increased resources and information; also encouraging offline period trackers. We are putting information in the girls’ hands- information that they don’t necessarily have to go out and get. We want to make it easier and quicker for them to have many of their questions and dilemmas answered. With our workshops, the goal is to increase menstrual education and practices but also tap into sexual health education. We do fun workshops to make the topic an easier one to discuss openly, and in a more relaxed setting. We will be including a lot of boys and male heads in conversations to increase awareness and reduce negative stigma."
The AFRIpads Foundation their "mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads. Made in Uganda – by women, for women, with love!"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
Binti Period "...we hope you’ll join us in the Binti revolution—to ensure that every girl has menstrual dignity. Period. We were the first registered period charity in the UK and India."
"We believe that every girl deserves menstrual dignity, meaning access to education about menstruation, access to pads, and freedom from stigmas and taboos surrounding menstruation."
"Binti currently works in India, Africa, the UK and the US to achieve these goals. ..."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Hygiene Hub "Our vision is for everyone in Ireland to have equal access to hygiene and household cleaning products."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
Binti Period "...we hope you’ll join us in the Binti revolution—to ensure that every girl has menstrual dignity. Period. We were the first registered period charity in the UK and India."
"We believe that every girl deserves menstrual dignity, meaning access to education about menstruation, access to pads, and freedom from stigmas and taboos surrounding menstruation."
"Binti currently works in India, Africa, the UK and the US to achieve these goals. ..."
Bloody Good Period "We fight for menstrual equity* and the rights of all women and people who bleed.
Period products aren’t free and accessible in the UK, which means that many people can’t afford or access them. People who menstruate suffer because of the culture of embarrassment and shame that exists around this natural, biological process."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Help Change Lives "is a UK charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, especially in children. We are regulated by the UK Charities Commission and are registered with HMRC for Gift Aid.
We support underprivileged children and their families directly in Kenya. We provide them with education and vocational skills, reusable sanitary pads, food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids, income generating opportunities and counselling.
We have a large project in Kenya distributing reusable pad kits along with education to help reduce period poverty and keep girls in school. We also sponsor the education of poor children in Kenya at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have refurbished a large run-down school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum.
We also support projects in Kenya, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Zambia and Malawi by working in partnership with other trusted charities and individuals to enable us to increase our scale and impact. Our focus so far has been on helping street children, differently abled children, providing Covid food and hygiene support, supporting school feeding programmes and providing books to schools."
Hey Girls "we are revolutionising periods as the only social enterprise that donates 100% of our profit to funding the fight to eradicate period poverty and lobby for period dignity across the UK.
In under 5 years, we have become the main provider of period products to the local authorities throughout the UK, delivered on huge corporate accounts and won tender contracts over big commercial names.
We are proud to be female lead and the only company to match our product sales exactly as donations – when you buy one, we donate one.
We distribute donations via our UK wide community partner network who work on the frontline to support vulnerable people.
As social enterprise of the year, we break records, boundaries, and bias when it comes to period equality to ensure everyone has access to sustainable products and inclusive education – for free!"
The Hygiene Bank "collects new, unused, in-date personal care and household cleaning essentials. For health and safety reasons, we cannot accept opened, half-used or products past their best-before date.
The lists below are not exhaustive; our rule of thumb is, if you need them and use them, if you would gift them to a friend, then it is likely someone else needs and uses them too.
You can donate unused and new toiletries and cleaning products using our network of 1,600 drop-off points across the UK. Some of them are located inside a store or an office building. You don't need to purchase anything in store to donate, you can bring your products and ask for the Hygiene Bank donation box. You can find your nearest drop-off point here.
If you can't get to a convenient drop-off location or don't have any drop-off points nearby, you can still donate hygiene and cleaning products to people in need. You can contribute online using our Common Good Community Wishlists. Choose the products you wish to donate, make a payment, and we will get those products to people pulled into hygiene poverty."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
England
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
King's College: Free Sanitary Products at Kings "We are proud to announce that King’s has agreed with KCLSU to dispense free menstrual products across all its campuses."
Northern Ireland
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Wales
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Period Purse™ "supports thousands of menstruators by supplying free period products through a network of frontline community partners and provides inclusive menstrual education and training in schools, community organizations and workplaces.
Through our advocacy, we have raised awareness of period poverty as a critical social issue, influencing policy changes at all levels of government while breaking down stigma and period taboos.
Our vision is for menstruation to be understood and treated with dignity, and for period products to be free for all." Drop Off Locations
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Alliance for Period Supplies "a program of the National Diaper Bank Network, helps ensure that individuals in need have access to essential period products required to fully participate in daily life.
What we do:
Raise awareness of the millions of poor and low-wage people who menstruate and miss out on daily life because they lack access to period supplies.
Support the nationwide development and expansion of community-based period supply initiatives capable of providing a reliable supply of period products to individuals in need.
Distribute period supplies and funding to community partners/community-based period supply initiatives.
Advocate for legislative changes to make period supplies more accessible and affordable, regardless of income."
Binti Period "...we hope you’ll join us in the Binti revolution—to ensure that every girl has menstrual dignity. Period. We were the first registered period charity in the UK and India."
"We believe that every girl deserves menstrual dignity, meaning access to education about menstruation, access to pads, and freedom from stigmas and taboos surrounding menstruation."
"Binti currently works in India, Africa, the UK and the US to achieve these goals. ..."
Cloth Connection Outreach (Michigan) "is dedicated to making reusable menstrual products available to everyone who menstruates. Reusable products are a healthy and safe alternative to disposable products that are financially a great option!
CCO is completely donation based and volunteer run (even our board members). We gladly accept new and gently used cloth pads, menstrual cups and wet bags. These will be going to people in need in the USA. We love variety in our sets so we welcome every style of pad!"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
The Pachamama Project "is building a global network of volunteers to sew reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities who experience period poverty. Restoring dignity, keeping girls in school and women in work."
"500 million women, girls and people who menstruate worldwide experience period poverty and yet no one talks about it. Since starting the project in the first lockdown 2020, The Pachamama Project has grown an incredible network of over 2,500 volunteers in 13 countries who aren´t just talking about it but doing something about it. Since then, we have collectively made over 120,000 pads for over 16,000 people in 11 countries."
The Pad Project "takes a multi-pronged approach to achieving menstrual equity by combining pad machines, washable pad programs, and product distribution with community partnerships and sexual and reproductive health education."
Michigan
Cloth Connection Outreach "is dedicated to making reusable menstrual products available to everyone who menstruates. Reusable products are a healthy and safe alternative to disposable products that are financially a great option!
CCO is completely donation based and volunteer run (even our board members). We gladly accept new and gently used cloth pads, menstrual cups and wet bags. These will be going to people in need in the USA. We love variety in our sets so we welcome every style of pad! "
Natural Momma Me Initiative "The mission of The Natural Momma Me Initiative is to provide a reliable supply of diapers, period supplies, and other resources to families in need to strengthen the community as a whole. We promote health, wellness, dignity, and independence. Our vision is to help create a community in which families have all they need to thrive." Detroit and Wayne County
North Dakota
The God's Child Project: Sanitary Pad Project "The goal of the Sanitary Pad Project is to keep girls from missing school due to their periods. Quilters from across the country are joining together to create reusable, sanitary pads for teenage girls in GCP’s Vista Hermosa Center and Dreamer Center. Rather than using crumpled-up newspaper or dirty rags from the garbage, these girls will comfortably be able to stay in school during their period. By keeping a young girl in school, we help lift her and her family out of poverty and break them out of the cycle of poverty for generations to come.
NOTE: While schools are not open, we also make sanitary pads available to the women in our Mother’s Club and their family members. All pads are used to benefit women in need."
Ohio
The Period Pantry Project "exists to ensure that anyone in the Central Ohio area who needs menstrual products is able to access them, regardless of income, lack of transportation, or any other barrier. We work with individuals and organizations, because we know that ending period poverty is a collaborative effort. Please join us in our work to end period poverty, decrease period stigma, and improve menstrual health knowledge in our community."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Global Aid Network: LuoPads "are handmade, washable feminine pads that are made and given to women and girls in countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Benin and Tanzania. We make them across Australia and the finished packs are then sent to the GAiN mission team for distribution. Alongside the mobile clinics in villages, we run training sessions (with a translator if needed) for the women and girls, educating them on how to use and maintain LuoPads, followed by evangelism.
To empower the women and girls in these countries, we also bring materials to demonstrate how to make their own LuoPads in order for future generations to have the same opportunity and share the blessing with others."
Share the Dignity: Eco Period Club "For many teens, getting period products can be a real struggle. In fact, our 2024 Bloody Big Survey showed that 68% of Australian teens struggled to afford period products. Our survey also found that the number of uni students experiencing period poverty was on the rise! By equipping teens with reusable period products now we can ensure no one misses out on an education due to their period." Dignity Drives
Tasmania
The Undies Project "sends a bundle of 5 pairs of period-friendly underwear to women/people who:
have a period AND
have a Health Care Card/Pension Concession Card AND
want to save the planet"
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
Days for Girls "works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods. To date, we have reached over 3.5 million women and girls with our life-changing menstrual health solutions."
These offer supplies (sometimes for free or temporarily for rent) to help keep babies clean. A few of them offer other items including nappy bags, cloth baby wipes, baby slings or even period care items.
Choose from a variety of designs, offered in a variety of languages. Watch videos, read instruction, or even print out free patterns.
A few of these programs offer related items including nappy bags, cloth baby wipes, baby slings or even period care items.