Women helping women since 2019

What is
#Pads4Paps?

#Pads4Paps is a women-led social-health initiative founded by Dr Colette Adams-Julius and 4FR Health. It brings women’s healthcare, cervical-health awareness and menstrual dignity together, encouraging women to prioritise their own health while helping another woman or girl manage menstruation with dignity.

Explore the current campaign See our history and impact

Women’s healthcare
Menstrual dignity
Community partnership

Women participating in a #Pads4Paps community handover — Care with wider purposeChoose your health. Help another woman do the same.

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The idea emerged from the simple notion of women helping women.

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100+Women screened per year, on average, since 2022

1,000+Packets of sanitary pads donated per year, on average, since 2022

One purposeHealth and dignity together

The simple idea

Care for yourself. Help another woman do the same.

#Pads4Paps creates a bridge between preventative women’s healthcare and practical community support. Women are encouraged to make time for their own health, while patients, professionals, businesses and families can help extend dignity to women and girls who need sanitary products.

The campaign is a social-health initiative of 4FR Health and 4FR Help NPC. It makes healthcare conversations more accessible, strengthens cervical-health awareness and turns one act of care into a wider ripple of support.

“One appointment can begin with your own health and still become part of something bigger.”The #Pads4Paps promise

Women’s health products prepared for donation — Practical dignity

Volunteer medical professionals supporting #Pads4Paps — Professional care

Laboratory partner support for #Pads4Paps — Community partnership

How #Pads4Paps works

One act of care creates a wider ripple.

The exact campaign model may evolve from year to year, but the central idea remains the same.

Choose your health

Book or attend a focused women’s-health consultation and raise the questions or concerns that matter to you.

Join the wider purpose

Your participation connects with a campaign built around cervical-health awareness, education and community giving.

Help protect dignity

Sanitary products, sponsorships, professional time and partnerships help support women and girls beyond the consultation room.

Why it exists

Women’s health is too often postponed.

Work, family, children, finances and everyday responsibilities can place a woman’s own health at the bottom of a very long list. #Pads4Paps creates a welcoming opportunity to pause, ask questions and take a meaningful next step.

At the same time, access to sanitary products remains a practical dignity issue. The campaign brings these two realities together without losing sight of the individual woman at the centre of each appointment.

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Campaign focus

Healthcare, education and dignity belong together.

Encouraging women to prioritise appropriate preventative care
Raising awareness of cervical health and screening
Creating respectful space for women’s-health questions
Supporting access to sanitary products
Building partnerships between healthcare and community

Clinical care remains individual and is always guided by the patient’s needs and the clinician’s assessment.

Our story

Built from volunteer care and community generosity.

#Pads4Paps began as a Women’s Day initiative and developed into a wider Women’s Month campaign.

Volunteer doctors supporting the first campaign

2019

The first volunteer clinic

Five female doctors volunteered their time during a three-hour clinic that assisted nearly 50 women and collected donations for the Saartjie Baartman Centre.

Women attending an earlier #Pads4Paps clinic

2020

#Pads4Paps is born

The campaign adapted during the pandemic, became a weekend clinic and received the name that now represents its combined purpose.

2022 to today

A sustainable annual campaign

Since 2022, more than 100 women have been assisted per year with women’s health screenings and more than 1,000 packets of sanitary pads have been donated per year, on average.

Explore the complete history

Impact and donor recipients

Dignity reaches further when people work together.

Historic #Pads4Paps donations have supported women and girls through the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Mount Hope KLC, Ratang Bana Place of Safety and Woman2Woman.

Florence Campbell and the Woman2Woman team plan to visit 12 schools during the 2026 sanitary drive. Their minimum goal is 100 packets per school, creating a target of 1,200 packets. With everyone’s help, we believe that goal can be far exceeded.

See where the donations go Read about the campaign in the media

Packets of sanitary pads reaching a community through Woman2Woman — Purposeful giving through trusted community relationships

The current campaign

Ready to take the next step for your health?

My Journey explains what the appointment offers, what to expect, how the booking process works and how you can choose to support another woman.

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Get involved

Choose how you would like to make a difference.

#Pads4Paps grows through patients, professionals, families, schools, businesses and community partners.

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Choose your own health

Explore the current women’s-health campaign and find an appointment when bookings are available.

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Sponsor another woman

Help someone participate when cost may otherwise prevent her from accessing the campaign.

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Donate securely

Make a once-off donation through 4FR Help NPC without booking an appointment.

Donate online →

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Volunteer or partner

Healthcare professionals, laboratories, suppliers and organisations are invited to contribute expertise or resources.

Become a partner →

Frequently asked questions

Clear answers about the initiative.

Campaign-specific appointment, contribution and availability information is published in My Journey.

Is #Pads4Paps only about Pap smears?

No. Cervical-health awareness was central to the campaign’s origin, but the broader initiative connects women’s healthcare, education, menstrual dignity and community support.

Can I donate without booking an appointment?

Yes. You can donate securely online, sponsor another woman, contribute packets of sanitary pads, volunteer professional services or explore a partnership.

Is an additional donation compulsory for patients?

No. Any added sponsorship or donation is optional and does not affect a patient’s own appointment.

Who receives the sanitary products?

Historic recipients include the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Mount Hope KLC, Ratang Bana Place of Safety and Woman2Woman. See the full history and impact.

Care beyond the consultation room

Choose your health. Help protect her dignity.

Explore the current campaign, donate securely, sponsor another woman or partner with #Pads4Paps.

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