We were excited to receive both a phone call congratulating Caring for Kiriwina, followed up by this letter of support. We are pleased to receive such high level government endorsement for our activities and thank Tony Abbott for his engagement with Caring for Kiriwina.
Founder of Caring for Kiriwina.
ANU Emeritus Professor Andrew Pawley BA (NZ), MA, PhD (University of Auckland), FRSNZ, FAHAEmeritus Professor, School of Culture, History & LanguageANU College of Asia and the Pacific) and the Rev. Dr. Ralph Lawton editing the latest draft of the Dictionary. Thank you so much Professor Andrew Pawley and colleagues for continuing to support the final publication of this epic project.
On our recent trip to Kiriwina we realised that other than the torches we had recently sent over there was no other available lighting source for the VBA’s work. The VBA’s use burning sticks to check the progress of births at night… a seemingly precarious practice. We are sending x 75 headlamps (which are a triumph of German engineering) over to our wonderful CFK VBA’s, thanks to a 75% off sale and the continued generosity of our wonderful sponsors and donors. We will strive to light the way for our Kiriwinan VBA’s, Mother’s and Babies.
Although this Rotary Video is from 2009 the state of the hospital remains desperate.
A constant stream of supplies are being shipped over to Kiriwina for our VBA training week at the end of October. As the network has been down for weeks our fabulous in-country manager is flying over to Kiriwina next weekend to help co-ordinate the arrangements for our visit. It is all getting very exciting… and close, only 23 more sleeps…
We are in need of some extra funds for this trip to the Island. Please Donate Here
Our intrepid CFK Team members Vanessa and Shea (mid-wife) discussing the training materials required for our October workshops.
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