Debbie Hammond-Watson, an RN from the Newcastle area, has been on board the YWAM Medical Ship for two outreaches now- one in 2010, and Outreach 4 this year in the village of Karati, Gulf Province, PNG. If you were to ask Debbie last year at the …
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Doctor on board for Outreach 5, Nyree Swan, shares a story of when the ship was in the Western Province:
Above: Clinic Leader, Jennifer Perry, and volunteer doctor, Nyree Swan, on their way to a village in the Western Province
Our visit to the village of …
Read MoreIt’s a great thing that the medical ship gets to help so many people every day. It’s even better when one of those people walk away with the skills needed to continue caring for themselves or others once the ship has gone.
While the ship was in the village of Abam, there was a long line …
Read MoreA 60 year old man was carried by his daughter to the YWAM Medical Ship last week because he couldn’t walk. The woman brought him to a clinic to see if the YWAM health care team could assist.
The man, who hadn’t been able to walk or sit …
Read MoreJeffrey Wall, CBE graciously wrote this article “Neighbourly Hand”, printed in the Townsville Bulletin 11 July 2011:
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Alex Norris, an optometrist from Cairns recently joined the ship for an outreach and was surprised at what he found:
“I have been amazed at how many people we have been able to help out. Many of the people we help by supplying spectacles to know full well they have vision problems but simply can’t afford …
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