Your Period.
Your Right to Choose.
Be the change our environment needs!
Cloth pads save around 10,000 disposable pads, liners and tampons per woman, per lifetime!
What are cloth pads?
Reusable cloth sanitary pads are the sustainable solution to managing your flow days, by saving disposables from entering landfill. Most disposable pads and tampons are made of a mix of cotton and synthetic rayon, and companies are not legally required to disclose what they are made of which means you won’t usually be able to see materials listed on tampon and pad boxes. Reusable cloth sanitary pads offer a healthier choice for your body and the earth too!
Our Nurcha range of reusable cloth sanitary pads are locally made in Fiji of the highest quality fabrics sourced from overseas (fabrics not available in Fiji) helping create more employment opportunities for Fijians.
What are the benefits of switching to cloth?
+ So much more comfortable, it feels amazing against your skin.
+ No more irritations or concerns about your personal hygiene with chemicals or plastics used in disposable pads.
+ Eco-friendly, saving on landfill keeping our earth and waterways healthy. On average, women use around 10,000 disposable pads or tampons in their lifetime. Most disposable pads and tampons take 500-800 years to decompose.
+ Affordability. Each pad lasts up to 60 washes (up to 5 years depending on how well you look after them). This way you can always have your pads ready for your flow days. According to “The Last Taboo” research on menstrual hygiene management in the Pacific, released in February 2017, it was reported that women pay $4 to $6 per packet of disposables, and if their flow is heavy they will spend $12 to $14 for disposables. The report goes on to say estimated spending is around $10 per month on these disposable products.
Many reports have concluded the cost to you and the environment has been hidden when it comes to feminine hygiene products. Concerns about the chemicals and the percentage of plastics and materials used in these disposable products is alarming when you consider your monthly cycle is being impacted by these hidden unknowns.
The hidden truths of feminine hygiene products.
“ The researchers also detected potentially harmful VOC’s in all 11 of the menstrual pad brands tested. The exposure to these toxins have been linked to dizziness, skin irritation and allergic reactions, and even damage to kidneys and the central nervous system according to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” 1. (See extract from Environmental Working Group link below). There is also an enormous environmental cost associated with the disposal of feminine hygiene products.
“Menstruation management products, such as pads and tampons, are considered medical devices, but the FDA does not require manufacturers to disclose ingredients to consumers”2. (See extract from Environmental Working Group link below).
End notes 1 & 2. — Extract from Environmental Working Group website Environmental Working Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, EIN 52-2148600.
Our Mission
To provide the women and girls of the South Pacific Islands with access to reusable sanitary pads and at the same time providing an environmentally friendly solution to managing their monthly flow
To produce a range of reusable sanitary pads manufactured locally in Fiji.
Journeying along-side mothers, sisters, and girl-friends, empowering each other with wisdom through learning, listening, and sharing. We trust our mission will provide a healthy, sustainable eco-friendly and affordable choice for the women and girls of the South Pacific Islands.
About Us
Earth Sisters Fiji is about having a choice of what really matters when it comes to your own body.
Earth Sisters Fiji is about making available environmental menstrual health options, bringing awareness to the needs of women and girls of the South Pacific Islands, providing access to affordable reusable sanitary pads, and addressing the stigma and shame related to menstruation.
We support and encourage informed menstrual health decisions with education.
Earth Sisters Fiji welcomes the opportunity to work alongside Government and Non Government Organisations (NGO’s) in offering a reusable sanitary pad option to be included in their humanitarian work distributing feminine sanitary hygiene products.
Earth Sisters Fiji is blessed to have the resources to successfully fulfil large and substantial Government and NGO purchase orders in a timely manner. Earth Sisters Fiji has a proven track record of fulfilling large and substantial purchase orders in accordance with delivery time frame expectations of Governments and NGOs.
Go Behind the Scenes at Earth Sisters to learn more.
Megan Colquhoun
CEO and Founder
Vikatoria Sorokibau
Business Operations Manager Fiji
