Wantaim PNG is with Rotary Club of Turramurra.

17 hours ago

We could have just handed out sanitary products. 🧵

A lot of organisations do. And there’s a place for that. But we asked a different question: What if the women in these communities could make them?

So that’s what Hamamas Meri does.

Module 1: Feminine hygiene awareness — education that travels by word of mouth

Module 2: Reusable pad kit sewing — women trained as makers and teachers

Module 3: Advocacy & leadership — women stepping up in their communities.

When a woman learns to sew a kit, she doesn’t just solve her own problem. She solves it for her daughter. Her neighbour. Her whole community.

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Wantaim PNG is in Manly, New South Wales.

4 days ago

Missing one day of school doesn’t sound like much. 📚

But here’s how the maths works in real life:
🔴 5 days missed per month = 60 days per year 🔴 60 days per year = falling behind peers 🔴 Falling behind = disengagement 🔴 Disengagement = dropout 🔴 Dropout = fewer options, earlier marriage, earlier motherhood.

And the cycle begins again.

This is why Hamamas Meri exists — not just to provide period products, but to help girls stay in school, in the room, in the conversation.

Because when a girl stays in school, everything changes. For her. For her family. For her community.

🌊🌊 The ripple is real.🌊🌊

#rippleeffect #genderequality #KeepGirlsInSchool#PeriodPoverty #PNG #wantaimpng #hamamasmeri #EOFY2026
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1 week ago

Here’s something most women in Australia never have to think about. Getting your period.

In many remote communities across Papua New Guinea, there are no sanitary products, no menstrual health education, and no support systems for girls when their period arrives. So they stay home from school.

One day becomes two. Two becomes a week. A week becomes a pattern. And before long, school just… stops.

This is period poverty — and it’s not a small problem. It’s a generational one.

Stay tuned, we’ll show you what we’re doing about it. 👇

#periodpoverty #menstrualhealth #girlseducation #PNG #wantaimpng #hamamasmeri #endperiodpoverty #BreakTheCycle #EOFY2026 #ruralfirst #womensupportingwomen #LocallyLed … See MoreSee Less

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