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Thank you to our wonderful Kiriwinan’s and our sponsors and donors for allowing this good work to continue! xxx

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Buy one, or many before they run out. The gift that keeps on giving all year round and benefits not only the recipient but the Kiriwinans as well. A win win!!!

Only *$50.00 including delivery within Australia. (Additional charges for overseas delivery).

*Item does not include the xmas decorations or the Kiriwinan carved stool :).

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Sadly, another year has gone by without being able to travel to Kiriwina and train the Village Birth Attendants. However, we have managed to continue to supply as much essential equipment as we can to support their work. Below a testament to how these training programs have benefitted the Kiriwinan people. Our Christmas wish is that COVID circumstances improve worldwide and that we will all be able to travel safety to Kiriwina in 2022 and continue the good work with the support of our wonderful Kiriwinan’s and our sponsors and donors.

Merry Christmas from the VBA training team – CFK VBA co-director Vanessa Palfreeman, Midwife educators Shea Caplice and Jacqui Andrews and CFK co-Director Jodi Lawton xx.

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To help us make this training happen…Please donate here

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The water is running now for the students and teachers and the surrounding community. Unfortunately this is a short term fix. These photos are taken of the newly repaired pump while it is still working. This pump needs parts for maintenance which will take time and cost money, otherwise it will break down in a short period of time :(.

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Update from CFK November enews: Koega completed fixing Oyabia primary school water pump. The water is running now for students and teachers and surrounding community. Yay!!!

Thank you to all our sponsors and donors!!! Without your help none of this would be possible.

Photos to come….

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Photo of other pumps being maintained by Caring for Kiriwina

November 2021 enews below:

November 2021

e-NEWS Clean water update.

CFK maintained Water pumps service over 5,000 people. 

There is a high demand for clean drinking water for the village people on Kiriwina. Communities are in need of more water pumps to be supplied to enable them to have access to cleaning drinking water.

Our 7 water pumps are located across the entire Island. Our CFK plumber Koega provided these recent updates:
1. Kavataria pumps is being restored and now operating.
2. Oyabia/Orabesi pump is being restored and now operating.
3. KSS female pump is being restored and now operating
4. KSS male pump is yet to be restored due to a part required.
5. Kuluwa pump is in good condition and operating.
6. Kenobasi pump is in good condition and operating.
7. Oyabia Primary School Pump waiting for hardware coming from Alotau.

Great work everyone!!!

Testimonials:

It was a joyous moment for David Max Ibwasa seeing him with full smile while pumping the water for himself. Couple of days ago he was carrying little containers to fetch water for his family but now the pump has made life easier for him coz its just few meters away from his house.

Thanks to the social media for making it possible for our lovely friends  from afar to react positively to help us. I and the Oyabia and Rabesi community want to send our sincere gratitude to CFK team from Aussie and Toks Bwaina from Pom with the local team here in Trobs for putting things together for our pump to function.. Thank you all so much. Kamatokisi.

From Enos Enos, from Rabesi Village, thanking CFK on behalf of Oyabia/Rabesi people.

Thanks to the CFK team especially Toks Bwaina for quick respond to get the local team to have the pump fixed as soon as possible. Not forgetting the other members of the CFK team who make things possible for our community. Kamatokisi Saina kwaiveka.

Arthur Galaboda, from Kavataria village who is enjoying the pump that was recently fixed.

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With the help of our fabulous sponsors and donors, and Lila the xmas elf we have managed to pack and send another two huge boxes over to Kiriwina. Wishing our donations a safe and speedy journey.

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Even more of these gorgeous knits from the Belrose knitters and the Irish knitter Carmel being packed ready for dispatch asap.

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David Antonio was a dear friend, and like an elder brother to us. We loved his energy and passion for life.  His humour was infectious, he cooked great mona, and loved to share all things Kiriwinan with us.  We give thanks for his life and friendship and are deeply saddened by his passing.   We will miss him very much.

We send our deepest condolences to his family, and to all of those who are also close to him, who are no doubt also feeling this loss deeply. 

Tuwagu, rest in peace.

With love

Doug & Jodi Lawton

Sydney, Tuesday 30 November, 2021

Thanks to Andy and the team at Australia Post the contents of 6 boxes mailed on Saturday, listed below:

For VBA’s:

• 124 New born baby Beanies (With love from Carmel in Ireland)
• 166 Mothers and babies beanies and one scarf (With love from the Belrose knitters and another local knitter)
• 30 knitted baby jumpers (With love from the Belrose knitters)
• 9 headlamps with three extra batteries each
• 12 stunning little hand sewn girls dresses (With love from Michele)
• 1,500 soaps
  
  For Health Care worker:
• 2,500 Panadol tablets
  
  For Schools:

• 100 multi-coloured pens (4 colours each)
• 48 pencils and 40 sharpeners
• 30 Dignity Kits
• 10 school backpacks

Off they go… yippee!!!! thank you to all our sponsors and donors for making all this possible!

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Whilst we have been locked down our wonderful knitters and sewers have been busy creating bags and bags of donations to send over and we have now had an opportunity to dispatch them. Hopefully they will arrive in time for Christmas :). Thank you so much to Sandy (Pictured), Michele and our wonderful Belrose and Irish knitters.

Packed up and sent on Saturday in this first dispatch (1 of 2) which was made up of 6 boxes.

Contents:

For VBA’s:

• 124 New born baby Beanies (With love from Carmel in Ireland)
• 166 Mothers and babies beanies and one scarf (With love from the Belrose knitters and another local knitter)
• 30 knitted baby jumpers (With love from the Belrose knitters)
• 9 headlamps with three extra batteries each
• 12 stunning little hand sewn girls dresses (With love from Michele)
• 1,500 soaps
  
  For Health Care worker:

• 2,500 Panadol tablets
  
  For Schools:

• 100 multi-coloured pens (4 colours each)
• 48 pencils and 40 sharpeners
• 30 Dignity Kits
• 10 school backpacks

Off they go… yippee!!!! thank you to all our sponsors and donors for making all this possible!

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