No more shame. No more lack of access.

No more period poverty.

We want women and girls to talk about and experience their period with dignity.

Donate

Based in Brampton, Canada, we address period poverty at home and abroad.

We're Hosting a Gala

And You're Invited

We’re hosting our 2022 ‘Call It What It Is’ Fundraising Gala & award ceremony on Saturday July 30th at the Sheraton Hotel.

Join us for a formal evening to raise awareness and recognize the achievements of HAGO over the past 4 years, while enjoying live entertainment from talented artists in the Greater Toronto Area.

Come meet the young change-makers fighting for menstrual equity, stay for the ambiance and tasteful buffet dinner.

Click to learn more or Scroll to the end of the page to purchase your tickets!

1 in 3 Canadians under the age of 25 struggle to afford menstrual supplies.

Addressing

unseen needs.

Menstrual supplies are a basic necessity—and for years they haven’t been treated that way. We distribute hygiene kits, donating thousands of tampons and pads to people in shelters, remote communities, and on the streets every year. Every time they’re surprised to find them in our care packages—because they’ve never received them before. We want to change that permanently.

Outreach Initiatives

We’ve given away 60,000 pads and tampons to people in shelters, remote communities, and on the streets.

Period poverty

POSITIVITY.

When it comes to periods, there’s nothing to be ashamed about. But shame inhibits so many from achieving their full potential & puts many at risk. Stigma hides undiagnosed illnesses or causes victims to contract new ones through use of unconventional means.

We help people have honest conversations about their periods, their health, and their experiences—so that they can stay connected to each other and themselves.

Education and Campaigns

We’re diverting thousands of period products from going to landfills this year.

Fighting

period poverty,

sustainability.

Period poverty in the 21st century requires a zero-waste solution. We’re working with volunteers and organizations across Canada to get 5,000 reusable pads into the hands of individuals at high risk for period poverty.

Reusables Project

We’ve opened conversations with over 375 young women and girls in schools across Canada.

Follow the conversation

Support

our efforts

on the ground.

We know where period poverty needs to be fought. We’re already on the front lines, listening, connecting, and caring. We just need your help fighting it.

Donate

Get Involved

Support our efforts on the ground.

We know where period poverty needs to be fought. We’re already on the front lines, listening, connecting, and caring. We just need your help fighting it.

Donate

Get Involved

Based in Brampton, Canada, we address period poverty at home and abroad.

Get Involved

Terms & Conditions

“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. & uses her experiences and that of her siblings and peers as a driving force behind her passion for Help A Girl Out (HAGO) and eliminating period poverty. Since 2020, HAGO has distributed hundreds of thousands of hygiene and menstrual product kits for the homeless, refugee, BIPOC and low-income communities in the Toronto GTA and beyond as the COVID-19 crisis had severely impacted Canadians, forcing many families below the poverty line and worsening the circumstances of those who were already there.

She was awarded Global Citizen’s Canada’s Hero Award for her advocacy work through Help A Girl Out, the Viola Desmond award bursary by TMU, the Brampton Board of Trade: Community Impact Award & most recently the Toronto Youth Cabinet: Youth Advocay award.

In addition to her humanitarian efforts, Yanique holds a BSc in Medical Physics and is completing her masters in Biomedical Physics at Ryerson/TMU University. Her area of research aims to improve medical imaging in proton therapy cancer therapy.