None of Caring for Kiriwina’s success would have been possible in the past 10 years without the incredible organisational and managerial skills of our CFK in-country manager Toks Bwaina. Without his skillful management of the extremely difficult logistical tasks undertaken by CFK none of our wonderful results would have been possible. Toks Bwaina is a wonderful soul who has volunteered hours of his time for the benefit of his people. Caring for Kiriwina would like to take this opportunity to thank you Toks from the bottom of our hearts!!!
Toks and Vanessa on KiriwinaToks running VBA meeting on Kiriwina
One of our beautiful VBA attendees Edie Moses from Gumilababa at the CFK Birth Attendant Training in September 2019.
After the Kiriwina High School had to be closed for several weeks due to water shortages, CFK AusAid came to the rescue and installed water pumps to the High School to ensure a more reliable source of potable water for students and teachers alike. We also installed three other water pumps across the Island and repaired three others.
CFK completed our third successful Village Birth Attendant Training in September, which included a small group intensive training program, followed by two days where 210 participants attended. PNG women are 33 more times likely to die in childbirth than those in developed countries, and our aim is to improve this terrible statistic.
We have managed to extend our help and provide much needed school equipment to several schools on the Island. The final year exams could not have been completed without CFK providing hundreds of pens and other essential school equipment.
We help save the lives of the women and children on Kiriwina
Caring for Kiriwina/ PNG AusAid VBA Training group, Oyabia Station, Kiriwina, September 2019.
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the passing of the beloved founder of Caring for Kiriwina, Margaret Lawton. She is forever in our hearts and minds. We are sure that she would be thrilled with the progress her charity has made. She and her husband Ralph dedicated their lives to helping the people of Kiriwina and we have pledged to follow on with this good work in their footsteps.
Purchase this gorgeous photographic recycled plastic zip storage case calendar and you will be receiving, and potentially giving, a wonderful gift that lasts all year and the Kiriwinan people will receive the help they need. Win, win for everyone :).
Purchase one, or many of our wonderful CFK photo reflection 2020 Desktop Calendars. Only $50.00 including desktop recycled zip case stand and free postage within Australia, with all funds going to our ongoing CFK work that is helping to save lives. Did we mention all donations are tax deductible. Plastic covers created from upcycling CD/storage disk cases. Very ethical.
We are so grateful to mid wife extraordinaire Shea Caplice for hosting this wonderful fundraiser and the bands that volunteered and preformed to raise funds for Caring for Kiriwina: The last born: Midwife Sheryl, Sally and Jason – kicked us off and Lionel Robinson and the in crowd took us out. Just brilliant!
The last born: Midwife Sheryl, Sally and JasonLionel Robinson and the in crowd
Another 400 birthing kits and 100 Dignity Kits heading to the Losuia Heath Centre, our VBA’s and the Kiriwina High School. Hopefully they will arrive with the other three boxes that we sent last week as an early Christmas present. Thank you to all our sponsors and donors and volunteers and Australia Aid for making all this lifesaving work possible. @DFAT, @AustraliaAid, @FriendshipGrants, #DFAT, #AustraliaAid, #FriendshipGrants.
More of these invaluable resources are winging their way to the Losuia Health Clinic volunteer Jansen and more VBA’s. Thanks to our donors and sponsors and Australia Aid @DFAT, #DFAT, @FriendshipGrants, #FriendshipGrants.
Thanks to our volunteers at UNSW and St Vincents College Potts Point we are luckily sending boxes and boxes of kits over to a very desperate Health Clinic and VBA’s. Also thanks to the support of Australia Aid. @DFAT, #DFAT, @FriendshipGrant, #FriendshipGrant.
Thanks to St Vincent’s College St Vincent’s Day Birthing Kit initiatives. Thank you so much Simone and Susan and everyone who helped at SVC. You are all so wonderful!!!
