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Read all about: Water shortages causing the shutdown of Kiriwina’s main High School – x 5 water pumps to be installed – Kiriwina High School supplied with Dignity Kits – September Training trip preparations in full swing – June CFK VBA meeting, over 104 attendees.

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We will be sending up to five water pumps over to Kiriwina in the next couple of weeks to be installed in the villages that are most in need. These pumps are perfect for these conditions, originally designed in 1848, Gould’s heavy duty hand operated pump with open spout has a proven track record for reliability in these extreme working conditions.

Thank you to DFAT and the Friendship Grant and all our other sponsors and donors for allowing the life saving work to continue. Thank you!!!! @DFAT, @FriendshipGrants, #DFAT, #FriendshipGrants

Here is a SHOUT OUT to all Canberrans, The 2018 Midwinter Yarralumbla Arts and Crafts Show started TODAY! Friday 28th June, and goes all weekend. Wonderful arts and crafts and homemade cakes for sale. The Arts and Crafts show has generously supported Caring for Kiriwina since our inception in 2012. THANK YOU to all involved for your commitment and support!!!

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/midwinterartsandcrafts/?tn=HHH-R

Empowering women – menstrual hygiene is an integral part of health. CFK is proud to help keep girls stay at school in Kiriwina through menstrual hygiene product distribution and education.  Targeting the most at risk demographic in need of this hygiene product the Kiriwinan schools have come on board and are distributing the CFK re-usable menstrual pad kits to their students. Thank you to all our sponsors and donors for allowing this wonderful initiative to become a reality and help empower thousands of Kiriwinan girls.

CFK sent our in-country manager over to Kiriwina to personally deliver the donated items directly to the intended recipients.

Here are some photos of happy members of the CFK Health & Hygiene Committee with their newly donated torches meeting on the 8th June and a photo of the results of this clean village initiative.

“The torches will help them greatly in maintaining the cleanliness of the village. The other photo shows part of the village and how this committee has made great impacts and efforts to maintain the cleanness of the village.

Tok, CFK in-country Manager
  1. Meeting With Kavataria Health and Hygene Committee Report from Toks

Met with the 17 Committee Members of Health and Hygene of Kavataria Village on the evening of 7 June 2019. The cleanness of the village is maintained. Every morning the first thing people do is clean up the village before they go to the gardens or fishing. The committee also guard the beach front and shores making sure people use right places to relieve themselves. People dispose of rubbish at designated places and burned them up. With the presentation of torches as a donation from Caring for Kiriwina (CFK) will enable and equip the committee to be more effective in undertaking their tasks. Also met with them on the morning of June 8 and presented the torches to them. The committee expressed their gratitude and appreciation to CFK for the donation of torches.