Tackling Solomon Is period poverty, one reusable pad at a time | Pandemic Warriors | ABC Australia

Woman in rural parts of the Solomon Islands have limited access to menstrual products. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe Kaleko SteiFree team is working to change that by distributing the Solomon Islands’ only reusable sanitary product. Led by Mary Ramosaea, the team has struggled to get affordable and reliable cloth to build the pads because of shipping issues created by COVID-19. But working with Australia’s Red Hat Impact they’ve found a way to keep making the reusable sanitary product despite the pandemic. *Pandemic Warriors is produced by ABC Australia with funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe ___________________________________________ Web: http://abc.net.au/ Facebook:   / abc   Twitter:   / abcaustralia   Instagram:   / abcaustralia   ___________________________________________ This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).