Wantaim PNG

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. 👇

Not in air conditioned hotels with breakout rooms and afternoon tea. Our meetings happen under a councillor's house, in a classroom, at the marketplace — if there is one — and most commonly of all, under the shade of a tree, everyone seated on the sand because there are no tables or chairs.

We meet communities where they live. 🌺

Remote. Rural. Real.

These are communities with little. And yet, when they want to say thank you, they give everything.

Woven baskets made by hand. Shell necklaces. Fresh food straight from the garden. A cus-cus. Buildings decorated in our honour.

These are big gestures given generously. Joyfully. With full hearts.

That kind of welcome stays with you.

We receive these gifts with deep respect and deep gratitude. They inspire us to keep showing up, under every tree, in every community, across Manus Province.

Wantaim. Together. 🌺

📍 Manus Province, Papua New Guinea 🌐 wantaimpng.org