A Beautiful Doormat to Welcome Wantok and Guests

As well as learning about sexual reproductive health and the menstrual cycle, week two of Sistas Savve saw the participants learn how to make doormats with Project Coordinator, Doris Dakei (on right). Doris handed out lengths of fabric – offcuts in every colour of the rainbow – and showed the group how to tie the ends together to make one long continuous strip. Participants then used crochet hooks to crochet their strip of fabric into a tight spiral shape. The end result: a beautiful doormat to welcome wantok and guests! We’re planning to put our gorgeous Sistas Savve products into gift shops and souvenir stores in Honiara so keep an eye out for these…

Sistas Savve featured in NZ Aid Programme's April Newsletter

Sistas Savve is excited to be featured in the April edition of the New Zealand Aid Programme newsletter! New Zealand Aid Programme is funding the two year Sistas Savve project, which integrates sexual and reproductive health and rights with economic and social development. 

You can read the article here

Be a Waste Champion! Sistas Savve take part in International Litter Campaign Day

One of the key goals of the two year Sistas Savve project is to encourage the young women taking part  to speak out in public. Two Sistas Savve participants got an opportunity to do just that at the launch of Solomon Islands' National Waste Reduction and Litter Campaign on March 30th. Sistas Savve participants and staff also took part in the campaign march, and exhibited  one of the Sistas Savve products - a basket made entirely of recycled materials. 


Solomon Islands lacks a national waste management policy, and faces several environmental challenges, including rapid population growth. These issues highlight the importance of taking innovative approaches to recycling, such as those practiced by Sistas Savve. 

One of the mottos of the Litter Campaign

The Sistas Savve participants 

Sistas Savve participants hade made signs in support of the Litter Campaign

New Interview with Sumi Subramaniam and Doris Dakei on ABC Radio Australia (in English)

Click here to listen to Sumi Subramaniam (Director, International Development, Family Planning International) and Doris Dakei of Sistas Savve talk about how the Sistas Savve project is helping young women in Solomon Islands learn more about their sexual and reproductive health and rights.