They are people who have underwent surgery for colon cancer or other medical reasons and who are now living with a plastic bag attached to their abdomen to collect faeces or urine.
They are people coping with invisible disability.
Stoma patients or ostomates go through physiological, psychological and spiritual trauma on a daily basis in silence, unknown to the general public.
The PNG Stoma Association (PNGSA) is a non-profit organisation formed in 2011 purposely to attend to the needs of this silent group of people.