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Another gorgeous photo of the CFK donated safe delivery of primary school readers, and lead and coloured pencils being recently delivered to Kavataria Elementary school students and teachers. Thank you again to all our wonderful sponsors and donors from the bottom of our hearts. 🙌

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This Remembrance Day we remember those ANZACs who served in partnership with the Kiriwinan people in WW2.

Thank you Diggers for building the Losuia airport strip, the most vital piece of infrastructure on Kiriwina, still in use today. Below image of diggers on Losuia airport strip during WW2.

11 November significance

Originally known as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November and marks the signing of the peace agreement between Germany and the Allies that ended the Great War of 1914-1918.

Featured image Kokoda Trail c/o the Australian War Memorial. Second World War Defining Moments, 1939–1945 | 2.4 What was the soldiers’ experience of the Kokoda Trail? | Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom | National Museum of Australia (nma.gov.au)

2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the Kokoda Track campaign. Approximately 625 Australians were killed and more than 1,600 wounded in the four-month battle along the Kokoda Track in 1942.

As we mourn those who lost their lives during the war, we also mourn the recent tragic loss of life on Kiriwina with many innocent lives lost…

#caringforkiriwina #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #mourning

Lest we forget.

Not forgotten nor forsaken

Are the lads no longer here;

I shall call-and you will waken

On this one day of the year

from Landing in the Dawn, John Sandes 1916

Here is a Post-Courier article about this tribal conflict:

Kiriwina bloodbath started from a soccer fight

As many of our supporters would be aware, Kiriwina had just experienced a horrendous death toll due to a tribal conflict. Kiriwina is known for its peace-loving people and nothing like this has happened on Kiriwina in living memory.

This tragic event did not only affect the days around the event, but its ongoing legacy is also the looming starvation of the villagers. This conflict has affected the next year’s food security of all villages involved. Hundreds of innocent victims now look at an immediate future without food.

Some villages have had their crops destroyed, whilst others will not be able to harvest their crops as they have had their labour resources removed from the island while the authorities undertake investigations into the fighting. 

At this time of the year, all yam seeds in other villages have been planted, and there will be none available until after the harvest next year.

Again, we would like to pay our respects to the family and friends of the victims.

Caring for Kiriwina needs your support to provide basic food items such as rice, sugar, tinned food, noodles, teabags, flour, and cooking oil.

PLEASE HELP – YOUR DONATION IS VITAL TO SAVE INNOCENT PEOPLE FROM STARVATION

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Featured image and above are photos of these villages gardens in 2021

Three boxes should be arriving in Port Moresby any day now.

This delivery contains two boxes of the fabulous knitting/hand sewn gorgeous little girls dresses donated by the beautiful Belrose Knitters and Lovely Ladies from St. Ives. Also included in this delivery: Panadol for the health care workers and pencils/and readers (Pictured) for the schools.

Thank you again to all our wonderful sponsors and donors for making this all possible.

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CFK continues to support our clean drinking water project by supplying our plumber with the support required for the upkeep of our 7 water pumps situated across the Island. Attempting to deliver a constant source of clean water to the Kirwina Secondary School students and the main village and 6 other villages. Many more water pumps need to be installed.

Photos of the recent repairs to the Kavataria village water pump. The plumber has also recently fixed Oyabia/Rabesi water pump as well. KSS and Kuluwa water pumps require parts to be restored.

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Photos of reading glasses distribution, thanks again to our wonderful donor Leonie 💖.

Please send all donations of prescription glasses to:

Balgowlah Parcel Locker

Address:

Jodi Lawton c/o Caring for Kiriwina
Parcel Locker 10243 16847
197-215 Condamine Street
Balgowlah NSW 2093

Thank you for your support!!!

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News update 22/8/8: Baby Tomakam had an X-ray yesterday and his doctor will determine whether to undergo an operation or not. More updates will be informed as soon as I receive updates from Alotau.

One month old Baby boy Tomakam was born with a growth around his right eye. He was delivered by the Caring for Kiriwina Kavataria village VBA’s.

The parents are desperately in need of financial assistance to take the baby to Alotau Provincial Hospital for further review and tests before an operation is carried out.

The boy’s family needs further financial assistance for medical costs, transport costs and other associated costs.

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Pictured: Baby boy Tomakam, a one month old, with his mother Opa and father Jack of Kavataria Village.
Baby Tomakam Appeal

Thank you again UNSW’s Dr Sophia Lin and Associate Professor Holly Seale other helpers from the School of Population Health Faculty of Medicine & Health for such as successful 2022 Gateway packing event.

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Video message from Kiriwina Secondary School Principal Mr. Cyril T.

The supply of Kiriwinan Schools with the basic items essential to teaching and learning is ongoing – please help us help them to produce their future teachers, doctors, nurses, and midwives.

The CFK Team :).

In this video the KSS Principal appeals for the donation of scientific calculators, text books, computers and ink cartridges to print the student’s learning materials.

CFK has answered the principal’s urgent pleas and delivered the scientific calculators, text books and printer ink cartridges. We are working on the other items mentioned.

PLEASE DONATE HERE

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Thank you to all our sponsors and donors for helping keep our Kiriwinan mothers and babies safe.

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