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Community Health Volunteers

HIV is no Barrier to Live Life in All its Fullness

Peer workers like Lina based in Lae City, Markham, and Bulolo are working tirelessly to support Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals and that is Goal 3: Ensure Healthy Lives.

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Climate Smart Farming in Usino - Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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Livelihoods

Farmers hopeful that CPB-tolerant cocoa improves livelihood

Our intervention is timely as climate change continues to have a massive negative impact on all traditional ways of farming – in this case, the cash crop farming of cocoa.

Janet says, project staff and farmers are currently working on her daughter's cocoa block and will eventually move to her block. She says she's been advised to clear her block and plant vegetables under overgrown cocoa trees to prepare for pruning to be done with a chainsaw.

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LIVELIHOODS

Peace Project gives out-of-school youths a second chance

Life for young youths Joshua and Stanley, both 24 -years old has not always been easy after they both dropped out of school in 2020, later that year they found themselves on the streets of Lae, joining gangs and getting involved in illegal activities to make ends meet.

Empowering youths to inspire change in communities
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COVID 19

Community Leaders in NCD Leading the Way

World Vision through the MRAC project supports the National Vaccine Roll-Out Plan through various means, and one of them is by supporting Community Leaders around the National Capital District to carry out COVID-19 awareness in their respective communities.

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The Dawn of a Healthier Ngariawang

Ngariawang village was recently declared an Open Defecation Free (ODF) community.

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

WASH FIT Approach lessens water burden in Awaba Hospital

Run down hospital now improved through WasH Project.

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Projects may end but humanitarian work continues

Bernadine and Roselyn are attached to the Caring for Nutrition project which has ceased implementation; however, the duo pledged to continue helping women in their communities.

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Building Livelihood and Resilience

CACAO Project offers hope for downhearted Farmers

At the current price rate, 1 kilogram of cocoa is equal to 1.75 Great Britain Pound (GBP) which translates to around 7 PGK. In the case of Marex, his 5 kilograms would earn around 30 PGK. (6.98 Pound sterling) or (12.17 Australian Dollars).

In local currency, 30 PGK cannot sustain a family for more than a day.

Although Marex was dissatisfied with his current rate of production and income earned, he is also excited and believes that the current project will steer farmers in the right direction considering their production rate and the CPB scare.

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Climate Smart Farming

Clone Cocoa Introduction expected to improve cocoa farming in Usino

As a mother who works in more than three food gardens to earn an income for the family, Janet is grateful for this project and believes that it can help improve their lives and enable women to shift from gardening to other income-earning opportunities through this cocoa project.

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BREASTFEEDING

Tandem Breastfeeding: Caring for Nutrition Project saved my life

When I first found out that I was pregnant, I was so worried that I just cried my heart out. I felt very sympathetic for my 10-month-old son, Stevenson. I had mixed emotions; uncertainty about how to look after my son and I felt ashamed because my situation contradicted what we trained mothers in the communities. 

Caring for Nutrition Project saved my life
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Livelihoods

Margaret Empowered through S4T

The Bougainville Economic and Health Resilience (BEHR) Project is implemented in 5 Districts in both Central and South Bougainville by World Vision with funding support from the New Zealand Government.

Women empowered through Savings For Transformation
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Male Engagement

Male engagement proves beneficial for undernourished child

In his role as a Village Health Volunteer (VHV), Francis identified 11-month-old Julian, a severely malnourished child born to a teenage mother, who also has a second child.

Francis says he gathered the villagers and encouraged them to help the child and his mother by making a backyard garden for the family.

Village Health Volunteer inspires community
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Encouraging Positive Gender Roles

Negative gender norms can be changed: Hilda

The GESI component comes along to educate men and women in these communities to better understand their roles and how they can support each other in their homes, as well as counter any negative gender issues that may arise in the family hence benefitting the most important group, the children.

Encouraging positive gender roles in families
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Community Led Total Sanitation

Community-Led Total Sanitation is key to addressing open defecation in communities

As a result of the cooperative work between project staff and members of Rumba village, the village has reached its open defecation free (ODF) status and has been declared as ODF on 21st May 2021.

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Community Health Workers

Norman's contribution in beating malnutrition

Norman is affectionately known as “the doctor” in his community at 9mile Jimi Block. He does not have any formal medical qualifications, and dropped out of school after year 12, however empowered and equipped with his knowledge gained through the World Visions ‘Caring for Nutrition’ (C4N) Project, Norman has been accorded the title by the residents  of his community.

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Peer to Peer Approach

Case Finding Officers complete HIV counselling training

Previously, counselling and testing has been left to clinicians but this will be changed because, members of the Key Population are now equipped with skills to counsel their peers in communities that they work with.

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Addressing Climate Change in Madang - PNG

Children plant mangrove trees to address climate change

600 school children who took part in planting 700 mangrove seeds along the coastline of Riwo in Madang Province to celebrate World Environment Day on June 11, with the theme - Ecosystem Restoration.

“Planting mangrove is important because it can protect us from rising sea level…
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COUNTERING FOOD SECURITY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Rice farming in building more resilient communities

 Stirring a thirst for rice farming in Madang province - 

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Village Health Volunteers in Buin, South Bougainville

Nutrition program helps William recover from malnutrition

Much smaller in stature than your average 2-year-old, we met William and his father Lawrence outside their family home in Pariro village, Buin District of South Bougainville. A couple of months shy of his 3rd birthday, you would not think anything wrong with this bright-eyed little boy.

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Caring For Nutrition

10,000 lives improved through Caring for Nutrition Project

Backyard gardening is an initiative of the Caring For Nutrition (C4N) project in Port Moresby communities of 9 mile and Hanuabada. According to Project data (2020), it has inspired an improved livelihood of an estimated 10,000 people.

The project is supported by the PNGAus Partnership and implemented by World Vision who work closely with the National Department of Health (NDoH), PNG Women’s Microbank and the Department of Agriculture of Livestock.

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Tuberculosis Treatment Support

Tuberculosis survivor becomes a treatment supporter

She was inspired and motivated by other health workers treating her at the clinic and shared her interest with one of World Vision's TB Treatment Supporter Supervisors that she loves the job he is doing and would like to do that same after completing her medication.

She remained faithful with her daily medication and was declared cured on December 18, 2020.

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Water Hygiene and Sanitation Project empowers woman to lead

Inspired by intervention from the Klinpela Komuniti project, Angela rallied a charitable donation from the community members to support the purchase of cement for the construction of toilet slabs.

The plastic compound now has an entire household of over 30 households with safe toilets, installed with Sato pans.

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Separate school toilet keeps girls in school

Situm primary school is the biggest primary school in Nawaeb District of Morobe Province with an estimated one thousand student’s enrolled and 30 teaching staff with a limited amount of access to sanitation facilities.

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Together for Education

Changing community's perspective through education

They were using a semi-permanent classroom where the students sat on the floor during classes. Ms. Kwanean did not know how to create a School Learning and Improvement Plan (SLIP) for her school and had no experience in school administration. So the thought of building a classroom seemed like an impossible task.

This was until Together for Education's intervention brought to them the SLIP training. Ms. Kwanean together with the school Board of Management Chairman Michael Kupik and the PNC Chairman Paul Magan were trained on how to create a SLIP and how to execute their plans. This training was an eye-opener for Ms. Kwanean and her community representatives.  

Changing community's perspective through education
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Morobe health workers upskilled and ready for immunisation push

More than 90 Morobe health sector workers have completed practical training to boost immunization coverage and reduce the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases in the province.

Participants improved their ability to administer new vaccines and manage the logistics of immunization outreaches, which will help to reduce illness, disability, and death caused by vaccine-preventable diseases like polio, measles, tetanus, and others.

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Morobe families are happy with improved immunization access

By 2020, the Accelerating Immunization and Health Systems Strengthening program aims to increase national immunization coverage from 30 percent to more than 80 percent – the recommended rate to reduce and prevent illness, disability, and deaths.

The impacts of diseases like polio, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and measles can last a lifetime and for new mother Sophia this was a major motivation to get her baby immunized. 

Vaccine-preventable diseases can lead to disabilities or death – depriving people of the ability to fulfill their potential as contributors to their families, communities, and country.

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COVID-19 Emergency Response

World Vision works with government to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea

World Vision in Papua New Guinea (WVPNG) has joined the government of Papua New Guinea to prevent COVID-19 in the Western Province of the country. The Western Province is border province where Papua New Guinea shares a sea border with Australia.

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COVID-19: Ruthie misses going to school

The PNG Government passed a bill to extend the PNG's state of emergency for another two months due to COVID-19 outbreak. “I'm feeling bored at home. I miss my friends. It's been so long already, when will this end,” says 12-year old Ruthie.

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Child-focused disaster risk reduction

World Vision's Child-focused Disaster Risk Reduction project in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea works with children in schools to educate them on how to protect themselves during disasters.

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Edward leads the way through cocoa farming

Edward Kamuai is a lead cocoa farmer, buyer, and distributor in World Vision's Productive Partnerships in Agriculture project in Bougainville. 

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Frontline TB workers Musato

A day in the life of a TB treatment supporter: Musato

As a TB treatment supporter, our role is to take care and love our patients, smiles Musato. She was once a TB patient who was cured and now works as a TB treatment Supporter with World Vision in Daru, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Bringing hope to earthquake survivors inspires me to do more

In March 2018, a month after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake devastated the Highlands Region in Papua New Guinea, I was deployed as an Emergency Logistics Officer to assist in the relief efforts of World Vision.

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Our light in the dark

In 2018, World Vision responded to the call to assist survivors of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. One year after, with funding support from the New Zealand Aid Programme, World Vision was able to address the water, sanitation and hygiene needs of 22 communities around the Mt. Bosavi area, protecting the health and well-being of men, women and children in the affected areas.

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Francisca's dreams now within reach

This year’s theme for the UN certified International Day of Rural Women is, “Sustainable infrastructure, services and social protection for gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”. Gender equity and the empowerment of women and children is a priority area for projects initiated by World Vision and its partners in PNG, to in turn support the development aspiration of the Government of PNG.

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Papua New Guinea

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Community Health Workers

Maria’s story radiates as a beacon of hope, inspiring those who face adversity to embark on their own path of transformation.

 

Maria's story is a reminder that with determination, education, and unwavering community support, individuals can overcome even the most depressing challenges and emerge as powerful agents of change.

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Climate Smart Farming

The Climate Smart and Inclusive Cocoa Project in Madang Province's Usino District is timely, as Climate Change continues to have an immensely negative effect on traditional ways of cash crop farming.

The Climate Smart and Inclusive Cocoa Project in Madang Province is being implemented by World Vision in Papua New Guinea with much-appreciated funding support from the Australian NGO Cooperation Programme.

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Livelihoods

 With the establishment of 16 active Impact Clubs and the overwhelmingly positive outcomes, the project is looking at extending into other communities to form stronger ties.

The RESPECT project under World Vision is partnering with three local NGO organizations Ginigoada, Anis Foundation, and Ward 2 Youth Association.

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See the ways that we are making a positive change in the lives of children and their families in Papua New Guinea. 

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9.1 million

Population, total

Port Moresby

Capital City

22.7 billion

GDP (current US$)
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WASH FIT Approach lessens water burden in Awaba Hospital

A run-down hospital now improved through WasH Project.

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#RealLifeHeroes

Roselyn and her sister, Bernardine Mongko have been serving as World Vision’s VHVs since the Caring for Nutrition project's inception in 2017. The sisters have been instrumental in helping to reduce the high maternal and birth deaths in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

VHVs like Roselyn and Bernardine are humanitarian volunteer workers acting as first responders during emergencies in the community. They conducted their household visits throughout the COVID pandemic. The VHVs have been encouraging parents to immunize their children and mothers to go for antenatal checks.

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Building Livelihoods and Resilience

Although Marex was dissatisfied with his current rate of production and income earned, he is also excited and believes that the current project will steer farmers in the right direction considering their production rate and the CPB scare.

Marex recently harvested 5 kilograms of wet beans from one of his cocoa blocks, much to his disappointment as he had previously harvested and sold actual bags of dried cocoa beans earning enough income to support his family.

At the current price rate, 1 kilogram of cocoa is equal to 1.75 Great Britain Pound (GBP) which translates to around 7 PGK. In the case of Marex, his 5 kilograms would earn around 30 PGK. (6.98 Pound sterling) or (12.17 Australian Dollars).

In local currency, 30 PGK cannot sustain a family for more than a day.

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Building Resilience

Janet is a mother of four boys and her husband is now a Teacher in Charge at a nearby elementary school. The family now relies on their father’s paycheck and from selling garden food, but Janet wants her children to be able to work in their cocoa blocks and earn their own income as was done in the past.

As a women’s leader in her community, Janet believes that this project will have positive rippling impacts on the lives of women in her ward, she represents ward 18 which falls under the Gigaso Cooperative Society.

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Negative gender norms can be changed: Hilda

“When I started my education, I wanted to be equal with men”, says Hilda.

She is a certified welder, a field she says is dominated by men in Papua New Guinea but that does not mean women cannot become whatever men aspire to be.

“It’s not only the men who can do these kinds of work but us women too”, she adds.

More emphasis is placed on the S4T component of the project because it has been found that an estimated 200, 000 people in Bougainville of the estimated total population of 300, 000 still lack access to financial services.

It is understood that a household will have the ability to improve its livelihood if it is financially empowered hence improving the lives of the children in that household or family.

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Male engagement proves beneficial for undernourished child

A VHV under the Building Economic and Health Resilience (BEHR) Project’s Nutrition component. Francis was among 9 others from his community who have attended the Positive Deviance Hearth (PDH), Healthy Island Concept (HiC) Training, and the Male Engagement training under the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion component (GESI) of the project.

Projects implemented by World Vision in PNG complement each other as in the case of Francis and others in his community to have the opportunity to learn about the HiC, which is a WASH component and deals with water, sanitation, and hygiene of a community.

“We have to show other communities that through this project we now have healthy, improved living standards”, says Francis.

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S4T Empowers Margaret to venture into Poultry Farming

In the past, most of the money gained from various economic activities go to waste but through our intervention, Margaret and her family have realized that saving money in an S4T group is not a waste of time but an investment.

Thus far, Margaret has earned K600, just from selling 10 full-grown birds. She originally had 52, so, 52 minus 10 will be 42 remaining chicks. All in all, when she sells all her birds, she is expected to earn an estimated K3000. From that amount received, she will repay her loan of K700 leaving her with an estimated K2000 as her profit.

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Community-Led Total Sanitation is key to addressing open defecation in communities

As a result of the cooperative work between project staff and members of Rumba village, the village has reached its open defecation free (ODF) status and has been declared as ODF on 21st May 2021.

The KKP approach used to improve Rumba, and other communities in selected areas within the three districts in Central Bougainville is the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) component of the project.

CLTS is a pioneering approach for mobilising communities to eliminate open defecation (OD) completely.

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Child with severe malnourishment improves through Nutrition Project

 Shirley appeared very weak and was not able to sit, move around or even eat properly; all she did was sleep.

Through the CFN program, food rations consisting of balanced meals were also provided to Shirley per month to help her get enough nutrients in her body. In addition, her mother was taught to prepare different recipes for balanced meals and feed Shirley 4 to 6 times per day.

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WasH Project inspires behavior change in 5000 homes

The Klinpela Kominiti Projek works with 200 communities in Central Bougainville to improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene facilities and encourage proper hygiene behaviour in communities and schools.

The project has reached an estimated 26,000 people.

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Nutrition project provides life skills in Backyard gardening

‘‘Thanks to the CFN project, my family’s life has completely changed. Unlike the past, we can now eat fresh greens and other vegetables right from our backyard! ,’’ says Jude joyously.

The most important skills imparted to Jude were soil sterilisation, spacing, nursery, transplanting, pest and weed controls, plus a bit of innovative gardening. Innovative gardening is applied when there is no good fertile ground for backyard gardening. All of these, Jude learnt through CFN project officers who work with his community.

Jude’s community is one of five project communities under CFN in Central Bougainville.

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Case Finding Officers complete HIV counselling training

In Papua New Guinea an estimated 45, 000 people are currently living with HIV and of that number, only 65 percent are on antiretroviral medication. This means that an estimated 30,000 people are yet to be tested and put on treatment.

This approach will also enable KP’s to reach out to people living with HIV and TB who have defaulted – meaning they have stopped taking their medication so they too can be tested, given counselling and be put on mediation to stop the spread on HIV and TB.

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Countering Climate Change through Resilience building - PNG

Through the Child Focus Disaster Risk Reduction (CFDRR) project, children like Stephanie have the opportunity to learn about the ecological importance and different uses of mangroves as a natural defense of the coastlines, swamps and breading space for fish stocks.

An initiative taken by the CFDRR project to counter climate change impacts through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction by focusing on the most vulnerable – children both able and with special needs in schools; and in their surrounding communities.

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Improving climate smart farming to counter food security impacts of Climate Change

 The Building Resilient Communities in Madang (BRCM) Project has stirred a thirst for rice farming in the province.

“Magic Marasin is a packaging that began in Yosefstahl (Josephstahl) in the 90’s, we are just using it but we plan to have our own packaging soon, we plan to call ours, All in one rice,” Tonny. Kubos - BRCM Project, Lead Farmer, Rempi -  Sumulkubar LLG, Sumkar District, Madang - PNG

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Empowering male youths to empower train women on maternal Child Health and Nutrition - PNG

known as “the doctor” in his community .He does not have any formal medical qualifications, and dropped out of school after year 12, however empowered and equipped with his knowledge gained through the World Visions ‘Caring for Nutrition’ (C4N) Project, Norman has been accorded the title by the residents  of his community.

The World Vision C4N team conducted various trainings at Jimi Block with Norman and the other CRPs. They undertook Infant & Young Child Feeding (IFCY), Time Targeted Counselling (TTC), Male Engagement and Backyard Gardening.

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Empowering people battling TB in Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea

An estimated 2, 700 patients have successfully completed their treatment

Data show that, despite making up only 5 percent of the nation’s population, NCD contributes to 25 percent of all TB cases in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The overcrowded settlements and transient population have caused widespread infection.

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WasH Voices For Empowerment Project (WAVE)

“I appreciate World Vision for teaching us all we know and now we are living a much cleaner, happier and healthier life compared to the past." 

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Caring For Nutrition Project

Backyard gardening is an initiative of the Caring For Nutrition (C4N) project in Port Moresby communities of 9 mile and Hanuabada. According to Project data (2020), it has inspired an improved livelihood of an estimated 10,000 people.

The project is supported by the PNGAus Partnership and implemented by World Vision who work closely with the National Department of Health (NDoH), PNG Women’s Microbank and the Department of Agriculture of Livestock.

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World Vision PNG - Faith & Development

The MoA is aimed at delivering the ‘Child Well Being Project’ through improved parenting and caregiving practices in the targeted Lae communities of Bumbu, Kamkumung, and 2 – 7 mile settlements in Lae city.

The project is a three-year program funded by World Vision United States (WVUS) and will benefit more than 3000 individuals, including women and children in the selected communities and settlements. 

In Papua New Guinea, we work with various partners in a grant-funded context to improve the well-being of the most vulnerable children, including their families, and communities. We help bridge the gap between basic services and communities’ priority needs, and work to transform people’s mindsets and behaviours to help them take ownership of their own development.  

We work with communities, local civil society organisations, businesses, non-government organisations, faith-based groups, and national and local level government to deliver multiple programs, namely Tuberculosis and HIV treatment and management, maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition (MNCHN), water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), education (early childhood care and development), livelihoods and resilience, child protection, reducing gender-based violence, and disaster risk reduction including climate change adaptation.  

In the past three years, World Vision directly assisted 154,148 people (including 66,933 children) through our various projects across 15 out of 22 provinces in the country.

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It takes you and me

TO END PHYSICAL ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Violence in all its form is the biggest issue affecting children today. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Faith & Development

The MoA is aimed at delivering the ‘Child Well Being Project’ through improved parenting and caregiving practices in the targeted Lae communities of Bumbu, Kamkumung, and 2 – 7 mile settlements in Lae city. Over 3000 people are expected to benefit from this project.

WVPNG has ten active projects in Morobe Province working in WASH, Education, Livelihoods, Health in Immunization, and COVID Response. The Child Well Being Project will bring the entire projects WVPNG operates in the province to eleven.

To ensure the Child Well Being Programs success, WVPNG will train project staff from our Rispectim Yu Yet, Rispectim Narapela Na Yumi Sanap Wantaim program, parents, youths, and faith leaders from the Bumbu, Kamkumung, and Miles settlement using Faith-Based Approaches to benefit more than 3000 beneficiaries.

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WasH Voices For Empowerment Project (WAVE)

“In the past, we did not care about how we lived in our community. Dogs would put waste everywhere and people used the bush as a toilet; we did not have the knowledge until the training came."

WAVE stands for WasH Voices for Empowerment Project – WasH stands for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. The HiC implemented in Samson’s village falls under WasH. The WAVE project covers components of WasH, Gender, Women Empowerment and Disability Inclusion.