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We are thrilled to share that our projects are gaining recognition in yesterday’s PNG Post Courier newspaper! A special thank you to journalist Eunice Wanjumoe for highlighting our efforts. We are also incredibly grateful for the fantastic support from P&O Australia Cruises, which has played a vital role in promoting our initiatives.

We are sailing on February 19 on the Pacific Encounter from Brisbane, with a big day of meetings planned at Alotau with our Milne Bay Health Authority partners, and an even bigger day the next day on Kiriwina meeting with our VBA partners and Island leaders. We will also have plenty of birth kits and other donations to drop off on Kiriwina when we arrive.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to make a positive impact!

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We’re thrilled to announce that our incredible birthing kits will be setting sail with us on the P&O cruise to Kiriwina this February!

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing volunteers who dedicated their Saturday afternoon to this vital mission. Meet the inspiring team behind the effort: from left to right in our first header image, we have our great CFK friend, Mary Jonmundsson and the best supervisor ever, Tara Lindsay. And below, say hello to the power couple, Andrew Sweeney and CFK co-director Vanessa Palfreeman, who are watering and feeding the masses. Pictured next to Vanessa are Belinda Smith, Vanessa’s sister Geri, her friends Barbara Frost and her husband Keith; Nessie’s other sisters, Annabel and Ann Bottrell, are not in the photo.

Together, this brilliant and efficient group is making a real difference. Your commitment fuels our passion—thank you for supporting this vital cause! Let’s continue to work together and spread our impact far and wide!

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We are thrilled to announce that P&O Australia Cruises is generously supporting Caring for Kiriwina. As well as assisting in the delivery of life-saving birthing kits to Kiriwina, they have kindly covered the cost of the journey in February 2025 for two of our charity directors on the upcoming cruise to Papua New Guinea, set to depart in mid-February.

Pacific Encounter (sailing as Carnival Encounter in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet from March) sails from Brisbane all year round.

This has been made possible thanks to the P&O Cruises Australia Pacific Partnership program, which is a guest-funded program helping South Pacific countries, and the destinations Carnival visits.

This trip will allow us to hold face-to-face meetings with the Milne Bay Health Authority, located in Alotau, and with our Caring for Kiriwina team on the island of Kiriwina. Excitement is high on the island for the visit, and arrangements are being made for CFK Staff and Village Birth Attendants to meet us in Kiabola, where the ship arrives.

Since 2019, we have struggled to meet in person as often as we would like due to COVID-19 and the subsequent closure of the airport on Kiriwina. Traveling through alternative means is quite dangerous, making this support for our charity especially significant.

We thank P&O Cruises Australia Pacific Partnership program for their incredible generosity.

Interested passengers on this cruise can contribute by donating goods. If you would like to help out, please reach out to us at info@caringforkiriwina.org.au, and we will gladly assist with information regarding the type and amount of appropriate donations. Our representatives will be on the shore, and are able to distribute any donations fairly through our VBA program.

Thank you for your generosity and support!

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Delivery of solar lights, medicine and other donated items to Bokawau and VBA’s on 2.12.24

This is the condolence message from Caring for Kiriwina to the widow Lady Katherine Lepani, Children and Bau Clan,

“Baisa youku nakakau Katherine Lepani, lutumwa deli mina Bau komwaidona.

Caring for Kiriwina ma bigasi Nokapisi baisa yokomi semayasi paila sodasi Late Charles Lepani  bogwa esilavaidasi kidamwa bibani la vaiwasi  metoya Keriso Yesu ola mitakwai.

Late Charles Lepani lakalubaila deli la mitakwai baisa Lotoni family metoya Canberra deli Sydney, bikanuvagasi oninamaisi.

Kanigadasi baisa da Guyausi Yesu Keriso bimitukwayaimi deli bivisimolaimi  wa tuta baisa kubodaisi ninamwau.

2 Timothy 4:6-8 la biga taloi bikatupeolaidasi oda  dubumaisi baisa Yaubada tuta komwaidona.

Vale Late Sir Charles Lepani. Kaiyoni.

Tribute from the PM link: https://pnghausbung.com/pm-pays-tribute-to-the-late-sir-charles-lepani/

Image credit: https://www.postcourier.com.pg/sir-charles-heads-apec-2018-prep/