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A Community Rooted In Care

Yanique Brandford’s

Growing up in Jamaica—access to essential materials like sanitary pads was a luxury. Most of what we had, we needed to spend making sure we could eat or get to school. By the end of the month, we couldn’t afford sanitary pads. We would use paper, cardboard—and a range of other things to meet our needs. When I got to Canada I realized that this wasn’t tied to geography. It was global—and in Toronto, the need was really there. So I started Help A Girl Out in 2018. Since then we’ve delivered thousands of hygiene materials to women and girls in across Canada, and around the world.”

 She is inspired by her mother, who handcrafted pads for her to wear to school so that she could have equal education and escape the poverty that she was exposed to in her home…..

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Vision

To establish menstrual equity in Canada and developing countries.

Mission

To accelerate menstrual equity through access, empowerment & education that combat stigma and support rights.

Strategic Priorities

Access

Accelerate equitable access to period products for people in need.

Educate

Combat stigma and raise awareness of menstrual health and rights.

Empower

Enable individuals with dignity, safety and possibility by supporting their health, human rights & well-being.

Areas of Impact

Ending Period Poverty

Addressing the unmet menstrual needs of vulnerable individuals to support their health & well-being.

Community

Fostering community connection and support inclusive of race, culture, and religion; building a healthy community

Society

Dismantling the social contributors to period poverty, including menstrual stigma and shame.

Yanique Brandford

Isabelle Valette

Sophia Jackson

Ysabelle Pelletier

News Features

We’ve built relationships with many who have struggled to afford period products, who’ve been excluded from basic activities, and who’ve faced shame from their families. Help A Girl Out is a resource and community for them. Our team, donors, volunteers, packers, sorters, sewers, and drivers all shape the interconnected network of our organization.

We’ve built relationships with many who have struggled to afford period products, who’ve been excluded from basic activities, and who’ve faced shame from their families. Help A Girl Out is a resource and community for them. Our team, donors, volunteers, packers, sorters, sewers, and drivers all shape the interconnected network of our organization.

Join Our Community

We lead from experience and with care. We have faced period poverty ourselves, and we have heard the stories from the perspective of individuals from various religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We are a people-first organization— we care deeply for those we support.

VolunteerHAGO in the Media