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We are extremely honoured to be invited by the Bishop to an event celebrating Ralph and Margaret Lawton’s work with the Kiriwinan people scheduled for the last two weeks of April.

And after three long years, we will also take this opportunity to meet up with our wonderful CFK in-country and Island volunteers, our fabulous VBAs and the Losuia Health Centre to check on the progress of all our projects on the Island and to deliver much-needed support. Please be sure to look out for further updates.

Thank you to all our donors and sponsors for allowing this life-saving work to continue🙌.

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Thank you so much to all our sponsors and donors who made this food security donation possible; this donation has helped avert a humanitarian crisis on Kiriwina that the recent conflict has generated.

Photos of basic food staples such as rice, sugar, tinned food, noodles, teabags, flour, and cooking oil distributed to Kavataria, Mulosaida and Oyabia/Rabesi communities.

Further distributions of rice and sugar have been delivered to Losuia, Kwemtula and Osesuya communities.

A thousand thanks to all who contributed !!! 👏👏👏👏😍

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A call out for life-saving medical equipment such as baby weighing scales, blood sugar and blood pressure measuring equipment has been answered—more on their way. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our wonderful sponsors and donors 👏.

Anyone with this type of equipment that they would like to donate please contact us at: donations@caringforkiriwina.org.au

STRONG WOMEN, STRONG BABIES!

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Thank you from us…

Smiles all around at the distribution of donations by the VBA’s 1.1.2023.

Thanks to all our sponsors/donors, Australia post and the mammoth efforts of our in-country manager, our donations finally arrived on Kiriwina for distribution. Yay!

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Photo of the CFK VBA’s, excited to receive their donations on the first day of 2023 :).

Due to shortage of basic drugs and other medical items the only health Centre on an Island of over 55,000 people, Losuia Health Centre, has closed to all but the most life threatening cases, it is currently closed for out patients.

The people of Kiriwina are in a serious health threatening situation if Health Authorities and local MP do not address the issue.

Please donate or contact us if you have any supplies you wish to donate:

Photo of our CFK Australian Mid-wife training team & our PNG partners, the Losuia Health Care Centre team in the Oct 2018 training session.

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Thanks to Postman Andy, another 150 birthing kits, donated prescription glasses and sunglasses have started their long journey to Kiriwina. Unfortunately, the lifesaving airstrip created by the ANZACs in WW2 has fallen into disrepair, only small charter planes can land and there is no other transport to this remote Island other than a two-day boat ride :0. Could the authorities please look into repairing this essential airstrip as an urgent priority!!!

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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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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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Here is the photo of our latest delivery of Basic drugs especially pain killers continue to b donated to Janson Toposona (pictured). A former Health Extension Officer and retired public servant with the Health Department. Janson operates a dispensary clinic and helps a lot of sick people with his experience and expertise. He is an expert in acupuncture and CFK has provided him with hundreds of acupuncture needles. He uses them to assist many people to recover from pain and disease.

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