Update - IWA Cloth Nappy Project
26 September 2021
On Saturday 25th September, we drove into the beautiful interior of Viti Levu to drop off bags of towelling nappies, nappy pins, sanitary pads, clothes pegs, face masks and porridge for new and expectant mums.
Our project encourages and supports families to save money by using nappies and less or no disposable diapers. The cost of disposable diapers is exorbitant for the average family but especially for a lot of families in rural areas and settlements.
Not having to purchase disposable diapers (or less) means families could use the money saved to enjoy healthier meals.
The IWA encourages other charities and organizations who do amazing work supporting our communities to please consider making more donations of cloth nappies instead of disposable diapers.
Disposable baby diapers produce an incredible amount of environmental waste. While disposable diapers may seem more convenient than cloth diapers, their environmental impact is terrifying. Not only do they form a sizeable portion of non-recyclable landfill waste, but they also contain many harmful chemicals that are subsequently dispersed into the environment.
To everyone who has made a financial contribution to our nappy project in the past couple of months, we thank you and appreciate your support.
Total cost spent on 200 dozen nappies, 600 nappy pins, 200 sanitary pads, 100 packs of clothes pegs, 120 bags - $8,295.
