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By any means
If I had known a health trip for a mobile immunisation activity to a remote inland Rigo community in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea would be a gruelling 10-hour foot journey, I might have had second thoughts about going along.
Eric the helicopter baby
Four-year-old Eric Raphael is known as the helicopter baby by everyone in his remote Goutakomana village in inland Rigo, Central Province
Remote Rigo inland villagers get immunised
When I caught sight of 37-year-old mother of five, Iamo Bagu, cradling her new born baby in a CRC church hall at Kwaiva Iruka village in inland Rigo, Central Province, I immediately wondered if she gave birth in a health facility.
Six-month old Toshie Fiunakot kicks off special immunisation campaign in Papua New Guinea
Six-month old Toshie Fiunakot is the centre of attention at a packed hall in Caritas Technical School in Port Moresby and he has no idea why he is surrounded by so many people fussing over him.
Addressing gender based violence in Minj
Margaret Yalo has lived the past four years of her life in wretched dejection and often wonders why she was spared her life.
Never too old to learn
Thirty-year old mother of three, Susan Mai is perhaps the oldest student in Papua New Guinea's basic education system.
FBOs work with Government to address child protection issues
Eric Waisu was only six years old in 1985 when his mother passed away from a major illness.
Kundiawa opens its Family Support Centre
Little did Sister OpaTugo know that her perfunctory remarks to a challenge after a two-day workshop on child protection in August of 2007 would trigger a chain of events ...
