Birth Name: | Mary Kalsrap |
Birth Place: | Vanuatu |
Occupation: | social entrepreneur |
Mary Kalsrap is an entrepreneur from Vanuatu. She co-founded and runs a social enterprise making re-usable sanitary pads for women and girls.[1]
In 2016 Kalsrap and five other women received funding from Lav Kokonas, a business based in New Zealand, to start their social enterprise, named Mamma’s Laef.[2] The women gather at Kalsrap's home in Pango, Port Vila, and sew and package re-usable sanitary pads for sale and distribution in the community. The group also runs sessions in schools to teach girls about puberty and the reproductive system.
In 2018 Kalsrap won a grant from the government of Australia to expand the organisation.[3]