Impact Partners
At Endo Warriors Aotearoa, we believe access to period products is a basic need—not a privilege.
Alongside our education and advocacy mahi, we provide single-use and reusable period products to community organisations, schools, support services, and whānau across Aotearoa. These products include pads, tampons, period underwear, menstrual cups, reusable pads, and period swimwear.
We work with trusted community partners, including youth services, refugee and migrant organisations, schools, foodbanks, health providers, and whānau support services. These partnerships help period products reach the people who need them most in accessible, respectful, and community-led ways.
What is period poverty?
Period poverty is more than being unable to afford period products. It can also mean not having access to safe and private facilities, reliable information, healthcare, or the practical support needed to manage menstruation safely and with dignity.
For people experiencing financial hardship, the ongoing cost of period products can mean making difficult choices between essential items. Period-related costs can also include pain relief, hot water bottles, wheat packs, extra laundry, medical care, and support for health conditions that cause heavy bleeding.
Period poverty can prevent people from attending school or work, participating in sport, and taking part fully in their communities. It can also contribute to stress, isolation, shame, and stigma—making it harder for people to talk about their needs or ask for support.
Ending period poverty requires more than providing products. It requires menstrual health education, safe facilities, informed choice, supportive policies, advocacy, research, and long-term collaboration across communities, businesses, charities, schools, health services, and government.
How our Impact Partners help
Our Impact Partners help us place period products and practical support directly into the communities they serve.
Through these partnerships, we can:
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Improve access to free period products
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Offer both reusable and single-use options
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Support dignity, wellbeing, and informed choice
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Share inclusive, stigma-free menstrual health education
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Reach people through organisations they already know and trust
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Build sustainable, community-led responses to period poverty
Together, we are reducing barriers, challenging stigma, and helping more people manage their periods safely, confidently, and with dignity.
Our Impact Partners
We are proud to work alongside the following organisations to improve access to period products and menstrual health support across our communities.
Refugee Trauma Recovery, part of New Zealand Red Cross, provides specialist mental health and wellbeing support for former refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants who have experienced trauma and torture. Their work supports individuals and whānau through culturally safe, community-based care, counselling, advocacy, and practical support as they rebuild their lives in Aotearoa.
You can read more about Refugee Trauma Recovery here
Living Violence Free – Te Noho Riri Kore Incorporated
Living Violence Free – Te Noho Riri Kore Incorporated offers various programmes and education designed to assist women, children and men make sense of their experiences. These are provided by trained women and men with an extensive knowledge and understanding of family violence issues.
Support for
Men, Women, Youth, Children
Welcome to our safe, local and online spaces in Wellington where young people like you can hang, meet people, learn skills, and overcome the tough stuff. Surrounded by a team that walks alongside you with realness, compassion, and aroha – no matter what. Zeal Wellington is like a whānau, where you’re seen, heard, valued and accepted, and have a real shot to thrive on your terms. You’ll find Zeal Wellington in the James Smith Building on Cuba Street. We run after-school hangs, creative programmes, all-ages gigs, a rainbow group, guys’ group and our social enterprise cafe, Stories Espresso Bar.
Wellington City Mission
In a shift from the traditional City Mission food parcel model the Mission’s Social Supermarket, a store located in Newtown, puts shopper experience and choice at its heart. Instead of collecting a pre-selected food parcel, you will be able to choose your own grocery items from a wide selection of food and essentials in a normal supermarket environment.
The Social Supermarket is open and free to anyone across the Wellington region who needs some extra help. This includes those currently being supported by or new to The Mission and those being supported or referred by other social service agencies.
Find out more here
Youth Inspire Lower Hutt
We ensure rangatahi in Taita and Wainui have the capabilities to be ‘work ready’ through a structured and focused youth training programme that develops employability skills for young people.
Our programmes help rangatahi aged15- 24 learn skills that will help them get a job and keep a job. We run a series of workshops to teach the skills employers are looking for and those you need to succeed! We then partner with a variety of local businesses from mechanics to cafes for work experience opportunities which give youth the opportunity to put the skills they have learned into practice.
Tuatahi Centre is a community-focused organisation supporting whānau, aiga, children, and young people across the Lower North Island. Their work focuses on helping people access safe and stable housing, practical support, navigation services, and pathways toward long-term wellbeing and independence. Through transitional housing, tenancy support, youth programmes, and community outreach, Tuatahi walks alongside individuals and whānau with a strong focus on compassion, dignity, and empowerment.
https://tuatahicentre.com/
Everybody Eats Wellington,
Everybody Eats is a unique initiative in New Zealand dedicated to reducing food waste and combating food insecurity by transforming surplus food into delicious, nutritious meals. This innovative social enterprise operates with a pay-as-you-feel model, ensuring that everyone can enjoy a hearty meal regardless of their financial situation. By rescuing perfectly good food that would otherwise go to waste, Everybody Eats addresses the pressing issue of food waste and fosters a sense of community and inclusivity. With volunteer chefs and a welcoming atmosphere, Everybody Eats brings people together, creating connections over shared meals and positively impacting the environment and society.
The Society of St Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic Lay Charitable Organisation inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and focused on serving those in need.
Our mission includes:
- Treating everyone with dignity and kindness.
- Visiting the elderly for companionship.
- Supporting families in hardship.
- Helping individuals rebuild their lives.
Our Waiwhetu/Eastbourne group is currently supporting Te Kakano o te Aroha Marae in Moera, which aids the homeless and disadvantaged by providing showers, toiletries and food. We mainly supply them with donated food and toiletries.
Community Law Wellington and Hutt Valley provides free legal help, information, and advocacy to people across Wellington and the Hutt Valley. Their team supports the community with a wide range of legal issues including tenancy, employment, family violence, immigration, benefits, debt, and consumer rights.
Evolve Wellington Youth Service provides free and accessible health and wellbeing support for young people in Wellington. Their services include youth health, mental health support, social work, peer support, and wellbeing programmes designed to support young people in a safe and inclusive environment.
Become an Impact Partner
Does your organisation support people or whānau who could benefit from access to free period products and menstrual health resources?
We partner with community organisations, schools, health providers, foodbanks, youth services, and other support networks across Aotearoa. Whether you would like to distribute products, host a collection drive, support menstrual health education, or contribute funding, we would love to hear from you.
Together, we can improve access, uphold dignity, and create lasting change.