Caring For Kiriwina Ltd

Our brilliant midwife educators…

Jodi Lawton
February 25, 2019
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Shea Caplice and Jacqui Andrews in action training the VBA’s. All Beautiful women all the way down to their souls. Love always the CFK Team.

CFK Dim Dim team meeting to work out 2019 training logistics.

Jodi Lawton
February 21, 2019
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Exciting but challenging, CFK dim dim team face logistical and scheduling issues on our road to VBA training 2019. Photo from left: CFK Midwives Shea Caplice, Jacqui Andrew, CFK Co-director Doug Lawton and CFK Co-director VBA program Vanessa Palfreeman.

The headlamps were distributed on Kiriwina directly to the VBA’s at the beginning of this week and the water pump should have been fixed, we will let you know. All direct communication to the Island has been difficult for months and months due to the lack of internet connection, so we will wait patiently to receive the photos documenting these events.

Thank you DFAT and our other sponsors and supporters for allowing us to continue this essential aid program.

Thank you DFAT for the fantastic boot camp!

Jodi Lawton
February 8, 2019
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Thank you DFAT and the Friendship Grants team Lorraine, Kate, Gus and Helen … and now to start organising our VBA training for 2019. Yay!

Thanks Shea and Doug for joining me for the two day intensive workshops.@dfat.gov.au #FriendshipGrant#AustralianAid#AusSDGs @AusHumanitarian

Finally, the water pump is about to be fixed!

Jodi Lawton
February 5, 2019
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We have been desperate to find a solution to the damaged water pump that serviced approx 5,000 people from the main Kiriwinan Village of Kavataria and have spoken to many organisations about possible solutions. At last we have managed to manufacture the missing part and we are now sending a Kiriwinan from the mainland, with the necessary skills, over the Kiriwina to fix the pump. Yeah!

Water pump in better times, CFK’s Mary Jonmundsson at the pump in 2017.

Helping to Combat rubbish on Kiriwina…

Jodi Lawton
February 4, 2019
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In an attempt to combat the rubbish issues on the Island we have started to include washable, reusable menstrual pads into the birthing kits (disposable pads only add to the rubbish problems on the Island).

One of the most effective ways we have to protect ourselves and others from illness is good personal hygiene and CFK focuses on training the VBA’s in these techniques.

CFK dim dim VBA coordinators training meeting…

Jodi Lawton
February 2, 2019
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Our intrepid CFK Team met this morning to discuss our years training options. (Midwife Jacqui there in spirit and rearing to go.) Go team CFK!

CFK VBA training co-director Vanessa Palfreeman, her ever supportive husband Andrew Sweeney, CFK co-director Doug Lawton and CFK Midwife trainer Shea Caplice.

Latest photo of our wonderful VBA’s and our CFK training Team at the October 2018 training camp…over 210 attendees…yah!

Jodi Lawton
February 1, 2019
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Photo 2: CFK AUSSIE Dim Dim Team hut: CFK facilitators: Jodi Lawton and Vanessa Palfreeman with Midwife Educators: Jacqui Andrews and Shea Caplice and our on Island head VBA, Ruth Boaz. (Jacqui looks a bit shell shocked here :))

…another and another box of supplies winging their way to our Wonderful VBA’s.

Jodi Lawton
January 25, 2019
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This box contains birthing kits, lanterns, batteries for lanterns and headlamps, muslin wraps, acupuncture needles (for the experienced acupuncturist on the Island), Panamax and infant Panadol handed personally from CFK to the medical staff at Losuia Health Care Centre. Still no medicines on the Island 🙁 .

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Another box of VBA supplies on their way to Kiriwina thanks to our wonderful Birthing Kit packers, Diana and Kylie Adams and all our fabulous donors. Thank you from the Caring for Kiriwina Team.