And the help keeps coming… next sending sopu deli sopi… thanks to all our sponsors and donors that allow us to move with such urgency. #covidpng, #covidhelp
And CFK is sending over more sanitizer, facemasks and soap and PPE immediately 🙂
Help is coming. Australia will send a team of doctors including an infectious diseases expert to Papua New Guinea and consider fast-tracking vaccine supplies for the country as it battles an out-of-control coronavirus outbreak.
Remember to keep safe and wash you hands. See safety posters in Kiriwinan below:
Caring for Kiriwina wishes a Happy International Women’s Day to all those women who Choose to Challenge. RESPECT! #ChooseToChallenge. #InternationalWomensDay, #women, #respect, #CaringforKiriwina
There has been an increase in pregnancies on Kiriwina and the lack of lighting during night deliveries is a huge problem for our VBA’s. CFK is happy to announce another x 50 lanterns are on their way. Yay team!!!
Thanks to all our volunteers, donors, and sponsors 🙂 x
#Caringforkiriwina, #womenandchildrenshealth, #pngcharity, #VBAlights, #mothers, #babies, #birth
There is still no help for VBA’s by the Health Department, however, they are very committed to their work and doing their work with kindness and generosity, helping pregnant mothers deliver their babies safely.
Birthing kits were delivered to Fellows, Luba 1, Kilivila 1, Kaileuna and Kula circuits VBA’s.
The birthing kits were delivered to the following villages VBA representatives:
There are currently a lot of pregnancies and the VBA’s require many more birthing kits. The VBA’s also request more torches or lights to help them to attend to deliveries at night as well as batteries. We are currently purchasing another 30 lanterns and more batteries.
We have also distributed condoms’ to our village health volunteer as well as Losuia Health Centre to encourage males to use condoms to promote family planning.
Rebecca and Winniefred, two of the four top students of Kiriwina Secondary School selected to do Grades 11 and 12 at Aiyura National High School in Eastern Highlands Province.
The families of both students were farewelled at Jackson’s terminal last week.
Both arrived in Nadzab, Lae and school vehicles were not available for pick up, so the school arranged accommodation for them at Lae to spend a night and the school truck picked them up in the morning and took them to the school.
Best wishes girls. We understand this will be a very different culture to get used to 🙂
#caringforkiriwina, #educationsupport, #education, #highschool
#mothers&babies, #caringforkiriwina, #birthingkits, #kiriwinatraditions
Thank you to all our donors and volunteers.
#caringforkiriwina, #charity, #benevolentsociety, #women, #children, #birthingkits, #dignitykits, #health, #acupuncture, #education.
Photo of Rebecca and her parents and guardian (CFK sponsored student from Kilivila 1 Circuit) who passed her grade 10 exams and was selected to attend Aiyura National High School in Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) to do her grades 11 and 12 studies. CFK has encouraged her parents to give support to Rebecca and allow her to continue her studies out of Kiriwina.
Both parents were illiterate and for Rebecca to make it to Grade 11 is a really a great achievement for the family.
Toks Bwaina (CFK in-country manager)
The parents expressed their appreciation to the CFK donor for assisting to pay Rebecca’s school fees, (thank you Lyn W xxx). Our In-country manager met with Rebecca in Port Moresby and assisted her to travel to her new school in EHP.
#caringforkiriwina, #education, #charity.
PNG free school fees policy has changed between 2020-21. As you can see in this PNG facts news article CLICK HERE the PNG Marape/Steven government has introduced a fee for parents of 37% of the cost of schooling which equates to (for Kiriwina Secondary School) $150AUD for Day students and $220AUD for Boarding students.….
A BIG thank you to everyone who has Sponsored so far xxx.
We have managed to send funding for some of our 20 students for the first 6 months of the 2021 year, however, we need more support :). We have 14 boarding students: Dorcas, Talitha, Rebecca, Olive, Jane, Benny, Shekinah, Rebecca, Masory, Isaac, Sylvia, Edward, and Matthew. If one of these students is your student or if you would like to pay the second half of their 2021 school fees please donate at either of these links.
