Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (DEWC), was the second project for GirlsB4Girls. Since GirlsB4Girls is located in Vancouver, DEWC gave us the opportunity to help out within our own community. This project allowed us to get a close up experience with the Women in the Downtown Eastside who were facing homelessness and we were given the chance to interact with them, ask them questions and listen to their stories. 

With Canada being considered in the top as a high income country as well as a progressive one, still “one in five (21%) girls, women, and people who menstruate in Canada struggle to afford menstrual products” (“Bloody expensive: Four in five of those who menstruate in Canada say period products are too pricey”). According to Schulich, it is “estimated that Canadians who menstruate typically spend up to $6,000” and for those who face homelessness, that amount is not attainable (Parraga). Due to this, GirlsB4Girls wanted to help reduce the number of women who were facing period poverty within their community. GirlsB4Girls was able to contribute by preparing self-care packages that contained pads (nightly and daily), tampons as well as a sweet treat followed by unlimited refills. Moreover, they were also able to send their care packages with their newly created self care pamphlet made in collaboration with Michela Negri an illustrator, content creator, as well as sex educator with over 7000 followers on Instagram to the DEWC as well. With donated 100 pouches, which contained over 2500 products (pads, adult underwear, tampons) as well as extra supply for refills, GirlsB4Girls hope that the women could greatly benefit from these and with further fundraisers and donations they could help close the gap of period poverty.