At a glance: Papua New Guinea

Real lives

Schools-in-a-Box give children in Papua New Guinea a chance to study after years of conflict
It is Genevieve’s second day of school. She looks unsure of herself, probably because she is 17 years old and has just started primary school.

A ‘home fit for children’: Empowering families for the best start in life
PARI VILLAGE, Papua New Guinea, 18 October 2004 – Konio Nao, 18, was attending grade 10 at school when she became pregnant. The boy who fathered her child was also a student. Konio says he did not want to have anything to do with the child. Although initially she did not want anyone, including her own family, to know about her pregnancy, Konio plucked up the courage to attend prenatal consultations – six months into her pregnancy.

An identity for Joe's 'bu bu' – birth registration in Papua New Guinea
Alepa is a small village of over a hundred people set in the lush green hills of Rigo district in Papua New Guinea. A joint team, made up of UNICEF and Office of Civil Registration officials, talk to people about the Rigo district birth registration programme.