30 Oct Thousands of babies exposed to health risks because parents can’t afford new nappies
Can you imagine spring cleaning for a good cause? Besides the fact that culling is good for the soul, we’ve found another happy reason to pump your cleaning tunes and get to work.
Babies are getting infections because their parents cannot afford clean nappies. It is a shocking but growing public health crisis that most Australians know nothing about.
“No child in Australia should be at risk of infection because their parents cannot afford something as basic as a clean nappy,” Dr Vincent Candrawinata said.
The Nappy Collective is an Australian initiative and the brainchild of founder, Sandra Jacobs, who one day found a stash of nappies her daughter had outgrown and decided to combine her passion for innovative philanthropy and her business sense. Natural thought process, right?
It works on a simple premise. Many parents have loads of outgrown nappies collecting dust and have no clue what to do with them. The Nappy Collective takes them off your hands at a drop point in your city and distributes them to families struggling to cover basic needs for their kids.
Thanks to community and local business support, the team at The Nappy Collective are able to keep the nappy train going around the country. It supports mothers fleeing family violence, families struggling with homelessness, mental illness and extreme financial hardship – all from the humble nappy.
People who have donated have amazing stories of finding leftover nappies stuffed deep in closets, in the boot of their cars, and at the grandparents’ house. This is why The Nappy Collective are encouraging everyone to start their spring cleaning now, and to donate any spare nappies they find to our Collective rather than adding to landfill
Keen to dispose of some disposables? You can donate here, thenappycollective.com
Dr Vincent Candrawinata, one of Australia’s leading health, wellness and skin experts
Main Image: Sandra Jacobs, Founder and CEO, at The Nappy Collective
