Archive for August, 2011
At the sight of one of the young women walking through the door of the health center, the dentistry team could immediately sense something was terribly wrong. Her jaw was very swollen, and her body looked frail. An older woman was right behind her and explained that she would translate between the young woman and …
Read MoreAugust 22, 2011 Tags: canoe, Dentist, health center, YWAM, YWAM Medical Ship
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The YWAM Medical Ship has been partnering with Rotary Against Malaria (RAM), an organisation based in Port Morseby that helps deliver mosquito nets to families in Papua New Guinea. Tim Freeman, Manager of RAM, has been working with the Medical Ship by supplying nets for the Primary Heath Care team to …
Read MoreAugust 16, 2011 Tags: Malaria, Port Moresby, RAM, Tim Freeman, YWAM, YWAM Medical Ship
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August 16, 2011 Tags: Growing Up In PNG, NIE, Papua New Guinea, YWAM, YWAM Medical Ship
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It was a late Sunday afternoon in Karati Village when the YWAM Medical Ship had arrived. The Primary Health Care Team had started to bring supplies ashore to the Health Centre to set up the clinic when Clinic Leader, Alana, noticed a woman sitting on a metal bed with a tiny bundle …
Read MoreAugust 15, 2011 Tags: Clinic, Kapuna, Local Nurse, Malnourished, Molly, Papua New Guinea, YWAM, YWAM Medical Ship
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Maira, age 41, from Oumaumere village, had been having breathing problems since 1990. She came to the primary health care clinic with her husband, two children, daughter-in-law and grandchild, to see whether she could get help.
Breathing problems were extra inconvenient for Maira because she …
Read MoreAugust 11, 2011 Tags: asthma pump kit, Breathing Problems, Kikori, Oumaumere, primary health care clinic
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Being part of a team on the YWAM Medical Ship can often mean meeting lots of interesting people! It was no different for the ophthalmology team when they decided to go to church together in the village of Buri during the fourth outreach. While they were …
Read MoreAugust 10, 2011 Tags: Blind, Cataract Surgery, Dugout Canoes, Eyes, Karati Village, Paddling, YWAM, YWAM Medical Ship
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When faced with health problems in a place with limited care, many learn how to live with pain and hardships. But for 42 year old Albert, living in Daru of the Western Province in Papua New Guinea, his small infection turned dangerous after years of …
Read MoreAugust 8, 2011 Tags: Albert, Craig Waterhouse, Dentist, Jonathan Broadbent, Papua New Guinea, tumour, Western Province, YWAM Medical Ship
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