Behind the scenes at Earth Sisters

As one of eight children, I grew up making things go round and was taught about caring for your belongings. I was also taught to be conscious of unnecessarily wasting water and electricity. Share, save and reuse was our everyday mantra.

After we adopted our daughter from Fiji in 1995, Fiji became a second home for our family. We returned to the island regularly and lived on the beautiful island for some years. Earth Sisters Fiji has evolved out of our attachment to and love of the Fiji Islands and it is through Earth Sisters Fiji we can bring our mission of sharing, saving, and reusing to the women and girls of the South Pacific Islands.

Women are often left without simple personal hygiene products from living through the hardships of cyclones and floods and these items often get pushed to the least needed end of the shopping list.

I have been inspired by the many people who have stood up for the rights of women over time. Earth Sisters Fiji aims to highlight the basic needs of female sanitary hygiene by providing an eco friendly, economical, comfortable and affordable option without putting an unnecessary strain on the pockets of the families. It’s unfair that so many face this reality just for being born a female.

The hidden truth around disposable sanitary hygiene products and the harmful chemical toxins detected in most brands of these products shocked me when doing further research for this mission. Furthermore, the ecological cost of the plastic waste of disposable sanitary hygiene products often appears to be swept under the carpet.