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Thank you to the people of Mulosaida Village and the United Church of PNG. We are truly grateful for this wonderful honour in memory of the late great Rev Dr. Ralph Lawton. A magnificent church building now stands in testament to his lifelong service for the Kiriwinan people.

Ralph dedicated his life to the Kiriwinan people. Realising the need for Kiriwina language material he and his wife Margaret dedicated their lives to the translation of the Old and New Testaments, Hymn books, and the Kiriwina Dictionary.

His love for Kiriwina and her people was on display until the end. His engagement with Caring for Kiriwina’s activities and the knowledge that the work of this charity helping the Kiriwinan people still provided him with a source of strength and great comfort. This is also his legacy.

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There is an immediate need for used prescription reading glasses on Kiriwina. Many people have vision issues with no means of obtaining prescription glasses.

We would like to thank our wonderful regular supporter Leonie, for her latest generous donation of reading glasses to Kiriwina. Leonie is uniquely aware of the needs of the Kiriwinan people as she lived on Oyabia station from the late 60’s early 70’s, with her school teacher husband Ian.

Thank you Leonie, your generous donation will be a great relief to the Kiriwinans.

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!!!

Header photo: VBA’s trying on the glasses we took with us on our VBA training trip in May 2017. Glasses donated by the generous Hughes ACT Capital Chemist. Photo above: Donated glasses being tested by our wonderful late friend David Antonio and our marvelous On-Island Manager Lepani Ahab.

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Here are excerpts from the letter we sent to our newly appointed Foreign Minister over the weekend. Let’s get this quality aid intervention reinstated as a priority!!!

In 2018 CFK received an Australian Government Friendship Grant which funded our delivery of several midwifery education sessions on Kiriwina for the local VBAs. This was undertaken by two wonderful midwife educators from the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick NSW (for details see this link: https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/nsw_-_caring_for_kiriwina.png.) Our experience and feedback from these short and intensive sessions highlighted the importance of ongoing training and education for the VBA volunteers whose work in the community is literally lifesaving.

Unfortunately, COVID put a hold on the Friendship Grants and therefore the continuing of these in-country training activities over the last few years. While CFK continues its core commitment to the Kiriwina people, we are extremely aware of the critical need of trained and educated personnel overseeing midwifery and birthing support both at the local Health Clinic and in the community.

We ask if DFAT is proposing to reinstate the Friendship Grants scheme. It was an excellent mechanism for providing important aid to our closest neighbour, amongst others. Small and focused charities such as ours are well placed to provide quality overseas aid at a grass roots level to vulnerable communities, and the reinstatement of such a scheme would greatly improve the health and well being of some of our poorest neighbours, not to mention be a great thing for our countries as well.

Yours sincerely etc

Header image source: China-Solomons deal: US, Australia to boost PNG ties (smh.com.au)

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Some of our incredible VBA leaders need to be recognised for their tireless and selfless work. Recently widowed head VBA, Dulcie Toposoma has been an incredibly wonderful friend to the Lawton family over the 65 years we have been working side by side with the Kiriwinan community. Here pictured with a slightly miserable baby of the week. We really miss Nelson and love you Dulcie!!!

We are forever grateful to you Dulcie, Thank you!!!

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We are thrilled to announce that after a COVID enforced two year break, UNSW Population Health in the Faculty of Medicine & Health is again supporting Caring for Kiriwina by packing hundreds of life saving birthing kits on their UNSW Gateway Winter Program’s on-campus Experience Day run on the 6th July.

GOOD LUCK FOR THE EVENT AND HAPPY PACKING 😍 !!!

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Featured photo: Losuia Health Centre nurse Linnesse (centre) photographed with our brilliant midwife educators, Jacqui Andrews (left) Shea Caplice (right). CFK and the Kiriwinan’s will be forever grateful for their servant hearted generosity of spirit. This photo was taken during our 2019 training trip.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank one of the trained midwives at Losuia HC, Bokawau who has now retired (left, next to Linnesse). During her time at the Losuia HC, Bokawau was a trusted leader with the VBAs and the community, providing valuable knowledge and experience to the VBAs, as well as encouraging mothers to give birth at the Losuia HC instead of their villages. Her retirement is a loss to the community in the area of womens’ and babies’ health that is constantly in need of support.

Above: Losuia Health Centre nurses Raymond and Linnesse. Happy International Nurses Day. Thank you for all the work you do.

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

#team #management #people #caringforkiriwina #cleanwater #villagelife #villagebirthattendants, #kiriwina, #trobriandislands #papuanewguinea #mothers #mothersandbabies #babies #safebirths #covid

Mother in traditional attire and with new born baby.

To all our Kiriwinan Mother’s and Mother’s everywhere, our heart felt gratitude for all your love and devotion.

Have a very Happy Mother’s Day!

#mothersday, #caringforkiriwina, #charity, #papuanewguinea, #australia, #partnership

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