It was 7:30 one night on board the ship. The medical teams were back from a long day in the village, tummies were filled with dinner, dishes were cleaned, and popcorn was being made for a competitive games night in the lounge when a dingy pulled up beside the sea door. We recognized the man [...]

Droves of people, streams of branches and gorgeous flowers greeted doctors, nurses and primary health care workers as they arrived on the shore of Veraibari on Wednesday.   But beneath the surface of celebration, a great mourning was happening as well. Only hours before arriving an elderly woman in the village, mother and grandmother, had [...]

It was day one at the YWAM clinics in Gauri when Alai* arrived with her parents.  Alai had been sick with a critically high fever for two days and her parents were paddling in their dugout canoe to the nearest aid post to seek help. On their way, they saw the YWAM Medical Ship stopped [...]

  At five months old, baby Pateur was struggling with diarrhea and high fever. With no health care worked in their village they hopped in their dug out canoe and paddled to their closest aid post. When they arrived, they found that the YWAM health care team visiting that there working alongside community health workers.  Dr [...]

An Australian by birth, Dr Doug spent several years of his childhood living in PNG, so he was thrilled when his tok pisin (local pidgin) came back to him easily.   That’s why, when he handed a man he was examining a cup and instructed him to bring back a urine sample, he anticipated all [...]