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The March 2013 News Update

Posted by lucya - March 13, 2013 - News
MarchShipNewsletter

Read about two exciting weeks in Port Moresby and discover how our ship renovations are going as we prepare to sail!

Read More adventure, Breakfast by the Sea Fundraiser, Clinic, crew, dental procedures, dragging the chain, Expansion, Hon MP Titus Philemon, Horizon, Ken Mulligan, May 1st 2013, Milne Bay, Oro Province, Pacific Link, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, renovations, Ship Crew, The Hon Mike Reynolds, The Right Hon Sir Rabbie Namailu, Volunteers, ywam msa

Ship Crew Dragging the Chain

Posted by lucya - March 13, 2013 - News
Some of the ship crew at the dock having just pulled out two tonnes of anchor chain

The past several weeks our ship crew have been literally dragging the chain. The sounds of sawing, drilling, hammering and clunking of anchor chains have filled our ears. On board the medical ship, clinic refurbishments and ship maintenance are well underway in preparation for outreaches this year. We are currently modifying the ballast carriage on [...]

Read More 2 tonnes, 2010, accomplishment, adventure, anchor chain, ballast carriage, beautiful, Clinic, clinic refurbishments, coasts, comfortable environment, dental procedures, dentists, dock, dragging the chain, efficient, engine room, functionality, health, Hope, life, lives changed, Medical Ship, operating theatre, outreach, Papua New Guinea, Papuan, patient flow, People, Pete Moody, remote, renovations, restored, rivers, sail, service capabilities, Ship Crew, ship maintenance, storage, weight, window, YWAM Medical Ship, ywam msa

Expansion on the Horizon

Posted by lucya - March 13, 2013 - News
The Hon. Mike Reynolds, Milne Bay Governor Hon. MP Titus Philemon, the Right Hon. Sir Rabbie Namailu and Ken Mulligan meeting in Port Moresby

It was a wonderful moment in our history as Ken Mulligan, YWAM Medical Ships Australia (YWAM MSA) Managing Director, and Patrons, The Right Honourable Sir Rabbie Namaliu, Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Former Prime Minister and the Honourable Mike Reynolds AM, Former Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, along with a team of YWAM support staff, travelled [...]

Read More 153, 2013, Achievements, Central Province, Christian Values, Corruption, Expand, Expansion, Governors, Healthcare Workers, Hon MP Titus Philemon, Hope, Horizon, Human Development Index, Ken Mulligan, Milne Bay, Ministers, Oro Province, Pacific, Pacific Link, Papua New Guinea, Parliament House, Partner, PNG, Port Moresby, Provincial Governments, Provincial Governors, Queensland Parliament, Social Indicators, The Hon Mike Reynolds, The Right Hon Sir Rabbie Namailu, Unique, Vision, YWAM Medical Ships, ywam msa

YWAM Medical Ships adds to the 32 dentists in Papua New Guinea

Posted by lucya - February 22, 2013 - News
YWAM Medical Ships adds to the 32 dentists in Papua New Guinea

Article courtesy of Critical Dental News, 1300SMILES

Read More 1300SMILES, 2010, 32 dentists, AusAID, childhood immunisations, communities, Critical Dental News, dental assistants, dentistry, dentists, doctors, education, general volunteers, John Phillips, Medical Ship, midwives, nurses, ophthalmology, optometry, orthoptists, Papua New Guinea, physiotherapists, PNG, PNG national, PNG National Health Plan, primary health care, remote areas, scrub nurses, teeth, Townsville, United Nation'd Millenium Development Goals, YWAM Medical Ships, ywam msa

Sailing Unchartered Waters

Posted by lucya - February 4, 2013 - News
Sailing Unchartered Waters

Article featured in Kings Pointer Magazine. Winter 2012-2013. Pages 18-19.

Read More Canoes, Captain Jeremy, Captain John McDonnell, children, Gulf Province, Kings Pointer, Medical, Nautical, Pacific Link, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Sago, Sailing, volunteer, Water, YWAM, YWAM Medical Ships, ywam msa

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

Kim Cooper Onboard the YWAM Medical Ship

Posted by erin - July 25, 2012 - News
KimCooper

Former Australian Idol finalist, Kim Cooper, has jumped onboard the YWAM Medical Ship (MSA) for a one weeks tour of PNG’s capital city, Port Moresby. “I am so excited to see first hand the amazing work that YWAM Medical Ships Australia (MSA) are providing to the remote villages of PNG”, Kim said in anticipation of [...]

Read More blog, Former Australian Idol Finalist, Kim Cooper, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Port Moresby, ywam msa

The June 2012 News Update

Posted by lindseyc - June 4, 2012 - News

Check out our latest newsletter here! Why not forward it onto a friend after you’ve finished reading.   Open publication – Free publishing – More dentistry

Read More dentistry, Health Care, june newsletter, Papua New Guinea, volunteer, ywam msa
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