Moon Sick Care Bags UPDATE
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Thank you for supporting Moon Sick Care Bags, which help address the desperate need that women and adolescent girls in Papua New Guinea have for material, reusable sanitary pads.
I’m really pleased to let you know that the project has now evolved and EXPANDED!
I’ve partnered with an Australian organisation called Authentic Power, which aims to provide economic opportunities for women in disadvantaged communities through Moon Sick Care Bag microbusiness start-up kits.
I had the opportunity to visit the Treaty Village area in January 2019 when I spent a week with the Rangers, teaching them to make their own pads and bags. Feedback received at that time from the recipients of bags was that girls were able to attend school when menstruating, women were able to work (including climbing trees) and that the gift of a bag has enabled them to participate more fully in the community and work. Overall it has created more awareness in the community in general (including among the men) of the impact of menstruation on the daily lives of women.
The bags continue to be made and gifted to women and girls in PNG and to date over 1000 bags have been distributed to the ladies in the Treaty Villages, with a further 450 almost ready for delivery. I appreciate and thank my amazing team of dedicated volunteers who continue to sew and donate to the project.
If you would like to come on board in any way, please don't hesitate to contact me via this page.
Thank you again for your support!
Gay Muller
I’m really pleased to let you know that the project has now evolved and EXPANDED!
I’ve partnered with an Australian organisation called Authentic Power, which aims to provide economic opportunities for women in disadvantaged communities through Moon Sick Care Bag microbusiness start-up kits.
I had the opportunity to visit the Treaty Village area in January 2019 when I spent a week with the Rangers, teaching them to make their own pads and bags. Feedback received at that time from the recipients of bags was that girls were able to attend school when menstruating, women were able to work (including climbing trees) and that the gift of a bag has enabled them to participate more fully in the community and work. Overall it has created more awareness in the community in general (including among the men) of the impact of menstruation on the daily lives of women.
The bags continue to be made and gifted to women and girls in PNG and to date over 1000 bags have been distributed to the ladies in the Treaty Villages, with a further 450 almost ready for delivery. I appreciate and thank my amazing team of dedicated volunteers who continue to sew and donate to the project.
If you would like to come on board in any way, please don't hesitate to contact me via this page.
Thank you again for your support!
Gay Muller
Organizer
Gay Muller
Organizer
Booval QLD
