Sowing Hope.
Restoring dignity.
Creating opportunity.
Giving women their Wiings
Girls With Wiings is a Cape Town-based, women-led organisation restoring dignity by improving menstrual health access and creating sustainable employment opportunities for vulnerable women.
“Twice a month you deliver pads and soap to us. We often run out of soap so having it means we can wash and stay clean. The pads have been especially important. Without them we are sometimes forced to use dirty cloths.” Bianca, GWW Beneficiary
One mission. Three programmes. Lasting impact.
Girls With Wiings combines menstrual health access, employment, community partnerships, and fundraising initiatives to address period poverty and create lasting change for vulnerable women.
Menstrual Health Access
Providing free menstrual health products and soap to vulnerable women across Cape Town, restoring dignity one distribution at a time.
Learn more →Fitness For A Cause
Mobilising communities through fitness events that raise awareness and funds to support our work.
Learn more →GWW Pads Initiative
Creating sustainable employment opportunities through purpose-driven sanitary pad production and sales.
Learn more →Empowering women in Cape Town to thrive
Girls With Wiings tackles two challenges that often go hand in hand: period poverty and unemployment. We help ensure homeless and underprivileged women have access to affordable sanitary products, while creating dignified employment, skills development and income opportunities for women facing hardship.
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More than a box of pads
Every box of GWW Pads creates meaningful employment for women, helping them gain skills, earn a sustainable income and build brighter futures.
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