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…and the boys have it! Clean drinking water at last for the boys at Kiriwina High School.

Jodi Lawton
September 16, 2019
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Thanks for the kind donation. Our students have access to fresh water supply. God bless you.
ET Tops, Deputy Headmaster, Kiriwina High School

Installation completed 8.9.2019. Thank you to all our volunteers, sponsors and donors our third full installation water pump is now up and working, a constant clean source of drinking water supplied to hundreds of school kids. The plumber will now move onto installing the 4th pump at Kuluwa Village (a village close to the airport). These are all shallow well pumps and we are now sourcing deeper well water pumps, like the one we repaired in Kavataria Village, to continue this great work! Thank you so much!!! @DFAT, #DFAT, @Friendshipgrant, #Friendshipgrant, @AustraliaAid, #AustraliaAid for allowing this great work to continue.

Just loving these amazing women!

Jodi Lawton
September 12, 2019
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Our last CFK VBA planning meeting before we leave in one weeks time. That’s right… can you believe it…only 7 sleeps and then we are Kiriwina bound.

Thank you everyone for making this third training trip a reality, including our volunteers, donors and sponsors as well as our incredible support from DFAT and the Friendships Grant. @DFAT, @FriendshipGrants, @AustraliaAid, #DFAT, #FriendshipGrants, #AustraliaAid.

Present at our last meeting: from left Vanessa Palfreeman, Shea Caplice, Jacqui Andrews, Doug and Jodi Lawton and Andrew Sweeney (in the room).

UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM) Open Day Birthing Kits winging their way to our training week…

Jodi Lawton
September 11, 2019
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Thank you again UNSW for this amazingly generous initiative. Birthing Kits on way!

A great alliance – UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM) and CFK

Jodi Lawton
September 7, 2019
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Thank you to UNSW for organising a mass pack of Birthing and Dignity Kits with 100’s completed. The timing is perfect as we can now take them with us on our 19th September Training Trip. Thank you to Dr Sophia, Dr Holly, Kate and all the volunteer packers. You have helped save the lives of Kiriwinan mothers and babies. @UNSW Medicine, @UNSW, @CaringforKiriwina.

UNSW helps save Kiriwinan Mothers and Babies

Jodi Lawton
August 26, 2019
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Are you interested in public health as a career? Come and join us at the UNSW open day stall, Saturday 7th September 2019, 9am to 4pm, Anzac parade walk. UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM)are supporting Caring for Kiriwina by donating the material and organising a mass packing session for the birthing kits and dignity kits. What a wonderful life saving initiative!!! Thank you so much to the team at UNSW’s SPHCM. Just brilliant! For more information go to openday.unsw.edu.au. @unswmedicine, @unsw, #unsw, #unswmedicine, #CaringforKiriwina.

Photo courtesy of CFK’s mid-wife extraordinaire Shea Caplice.

…and more CFK Birthing and Dignity kits are winging their way to Kiriwina…

Jodi Lawton
August 24, 2019
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Thanks to all of our sponsors and donors and volunteer packers Diana and Kylie Adams and Lila Lawton another 100 kits are on their way. Australian Aid at work @DFAT, @FriendshipGrant, #DFAT, #FriendshipGrant.

Feeling loved! Receiving many thank you letters from Kiriwina High School girls for the Dignity Kits.

Jodi Lawton
August 22, 2019
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CFK received many letters of thanks from the Kiriwina High School Girls, a sample is shown below. Thank you to our volunteers, sponsors and donors and @DFAT, @FriendshipGrants, #DFAT, #FriendshipGrants for enabling us to continue this empowering work.

AND MORE BOXES OF BIRTHING AND DIGNITY KITS ON THEIR WAY….

Jodi Lawton
August 14, 2019
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Thanks to the wonderful generosity of our volunteers, sponsors and donors and Australia Aid Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, #DFAT, @FriendshipGrants, #FriendshipGrants

Kiriwina High School Well, water level reached at last…

Jodi Lawton
August 12, 2019
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The first well dug at Kiriwina High School has reached the water level. Hopefully pump installation will commence this week.

Most desperate in-land villages receive first new CFK water pump installation.

Jodi Lawton
August 7, 2019
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This photo is one of the new CFK water pumps installed at Kenobasi Village. The population of this village is approximately 130 people. The nearby village known as Wagaluma Village is about 80 people another village Okasikasi is’about 80 people has well to benefit from this water pump. This is the first of 5 pumps bought by CFK and to be installed by Mr Koega. The basement will be cemented during next week. The video of the woman pumping water is one of the VBA’s surrounded by local people. The people expressed their appreciation and gratitude to CFK’s sponsors and donors and the Australian Aid program for this life saving initiative.
In-country Manager Toks Bwaina