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Partnerships Key to the Future for Townsville and PNG

Posted by lindseyc - February 18, 2013 - News
Partnerships Key to the Future for TSV and PNG

Last week, YWAM Medical Ships was featured in an article published on EMTV in Papua New Guinea. Article courtesy of EMTV  To view full article online visit http://www.emtv.com.pg/news-app/item/partnerships-key-to-the-future-for-townsville-and-png

Read More Australia, benefits, EMTV, Gulf Province, Gulf Provincial Government, health services, Health Workers, InterOil, Ken Mulligan, Key, life, Mike Reynolds, National Department of Health, Ok Tedi Fly River Development Program, Partnerships, PNG, PNG Sustainable Development Fund, Provincial Authorities, remote, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, Steamships, Townsville, Western Province, Western Province Provincial Governement, YWAM Medical Ships

The January 2013 News Update

Posted by lindseyc - January 17, 2013 - News
January News Update

Check out our current newsletter featuring PNG Nationals and highlighting stories from 2012!

Read More Australia, Cataract, dentistry, Gulf Province, Jounralist, Lymphatic Filariasis, Malaria, Nationals, Papua New Guinea, PNG, volunteer, Western Province, YWAM Medical Ships

PNG Nationals Serving On Board

Posted by lindseyc - January 17, 2013 - News
Fleming and Phil prepare the Zodiac to leave a village near Daru on Outreach 7.  Fleming was one of the    17  PNG nationals to serve on board the Medical Ship this year.

With the fresh spray of salt water came peels of laughter on the bow of the Ship. The sail into the Western Province was a long one, but it started well with the wind whipping hair as feet dangled off the bow, dolphins jumped in and out of the water, and land left view. The [...]

Read More Australia, Captain Jeremy, culture, Dentist, Felix, Fleming, Franklin, Gulf Province, journalist, marine crew, medical team, Papua New Guinea, PNG Nationals, Vasiti, volunteer, Western Province, YWAM Medical Ships, YWAM Townsville

Dentists cut teeth on overseas mission in remote PNG

Posted by lindseyc - October 18, 2012 - Volunteer Stories
Nirooban Sivarjah and Zaid Wall were two of only three dentists on board the YWAM medical ship which travelled to Papua New Guinea earlier this year.

To view the full article and watch a video of Nirooban Sivarajah and Zaid Wall click HERE. YOU might only be waiting a couple of weeks to see a dentist in Gladstone, but deep in the remote villages of Papua New Guinea, most people never see a dentist their whole life. In a nation of 6.25 [...]

Read More 1300SMILES, dentistry, Gladstone, Papua New Guinea, The Observer, YWAM Medical Ships

PNG Child Mortality on Rise

Posted by lindseyc - October 15, 2012 - News
Mother-of-six, Wendy Daniell, with her one-year-old son, pictured next to the log she used to prop her legs up while giving birth in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Supplied  Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/png-child-mortality-on-rise-20120929-26skf.html#ixzz29KUiYjnE

MOTHER-of-six Wendy Daniell is typical of women in remote areas of Papua New Guinea – she gave birth to her children without help. Her most recent labour caught her by surprise so she propped her legs up on a log and gave birth in a garden. But the most extraordinary thing is that she lived [...]

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Medical Ship Transports Aid to Starving Papua New Guinea Flood Victims

Posted by lindseyc - August 3, 2012 - News
Jennfier Rentsch, YWAM MSA volunteer, helps arrange a small portion of the donations

  Flood victims in Daru in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are still desperate as they wait for food, water, clothing, and supplies. According to an article on ABC Radio Australia, Papua New Guinea villages are starving as they wait for relief. On July 24th, ABC Radio Australia reported that “flooding around [...]

Read More ABC Radio, Alice Honjepari, Councilor Kebei Salee Koeget, Daru, donations, Flood Victims, fly river, PNG United Church, Rural Health Services, Sigabadru village, Western Province, ywam msa

PNG Trade Talks Mixed With Visit by YWAM

Posted by lindseyc - July 30, 2012 - News
25 July 2012

Article courtesy of the Townsville Bulletin

Read More Chamber of Commerce, Dawson Wilkie, Ewen Jones, Federal Member for Herbert, networking, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Townsville Bussinesses, YWAM Medical Ships

The July 2012 News Update

Posted by lindseyc - July 13, 2012 - News
July 2012 News Update

Here is a look at what the YWAM Medical Ship has been up to over the past month. Open publication – Free publishing – More australia

Read More Australia, build, care, community development, connect, dental chair, dentistry, healthcare, july news update, Papua New Guinea, serve, YWAM Medical Ships

Interested in YWAM as a Career Choice?

Posted by lindseyc - June 8, 2012 - News

Our very own Jennifer Perry, clinic leader and University of Waterloo Alumni, has been featured by her University describing YWAM as a career choice after graduation.

Read More career choice, Health Care, YWAM Medical Ships

The First Outreach of the Year

Posted by lindseyc - June 5, 2012 - News

Outreach Stats  Primary health care patients – 745 Optometry patients – 256 Dental procedures performed – 785 Presented health education to – 1,160 

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