Help the people of Kiriwina

VILLAGE BIRTH ATTENDANTS (VBA) ON-GOING TRAINING PROGRAM

Women in PNG are 35 times more likely to die in child birth than in Australia. Improving the quality of maternity care services can save the lives of women and babies, and our ongoing project is to provide more training on Kiriwina in basic and emergency skills in maternal and newborn health.
Health & Hygiene Committee

A CFK tidy village initiative. Rubbish is an extreme issue on Kiriwina and we try and do what we can to help try and clean up Kiriwina.
Midwife Training initiative

Currently for the approx. 55,000 Kiriwinans on the Island there is NO Doctor one trained Midwife. We are raising funds to allow two Kiriwinan women chosen by the VBA and Kiriwinan community to embark on an intensive three year Midwife training course at the POM SDA University. We need to raise funding for the full three year course including accommodation and food. A very big commitment by all involved.
Education

We send educational supplies to the Schools on Kiriwina. Caring for Kiriwina’s first primer book translated into the Kiriwinian language by Dr Reverend Ralph Lawton, is currently in design and production.
Drinking Water

We are raising funds to promote the supply of clean drinking water. Kiriwina Island is flat, with no rivers and no naturally-occurring fresh drinking water.

Projects

PROJECTS THAT NEED YOUR HELP

Health & Hygiene initiative

Hygiene is a critical issue on Kiriwina and this affects all inhabitants, including the women and babies. To help address this issue we have formed the CFK Health & Hygiene Committee....
Midwife Training

Currently for the approx. 55,000 Kiriwinans on the Island there is NO Doctor and the two trained Midwives have recently retired. We are raising funds to allow two Kiriwinan women chosen...
Education

CFK co-ordinate the donation and distribution of educational materials to local schools. We are producing a primer (first textbook) for teaching of reading in the Kiriwinan language, an alphabet book and...
Birthing Kits

In rural PNG the mortality rate in childbirth is 1:7, with a maternal mortality rate of 3 in every 1,000 live births. The need for aid here is great. From the...
CFK Dignity Kits

Kiriwina High School is experiencing a high absenteeism rate of female students who avoid classes while they are menstruating. CFK is supplying Dignity Kits to the school, which include hygiene products...

About Us

‘Caring for Kiriwina’ is a charity set up by the late Margaret Lawton, wife of Dr. Rev. Ralph Lawton, who was stationed on Kiriwina for 12 years; Ralph and Margaret became fluent speakers of the Kiriwinan language, and ultimately aided the Kiriwinan people to translate the entire Bible into the Kiriwinan language and have also been working on creating a Kiriwinan Dictionary, this work has taken approximately 50 years to complete. By creating ‘Caring for Kiriwina’ the Lawton’s have dedicated their lives to the care and advancement of the Kiriwinan people, and their family has committed themselves to continuing to advance this good work for the people of Kiriwina and nearby islands.

Jodi and Doug Lawton and Vanessa Palfreeman - Directors, Caring for Kiriwina