our work
Where we work
The focus of our work is in the villages that make up the Keram River area of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea (marked in black pen on the map below). These villages are extremely remote, and face many challenges to access health services and skilled professionals.
This area is renowned for its wood carvings and the people are called the River People. They live on the many river systems that empty into the mighty Sepik River delta. The River People are strong and resourceful, surviving on local produce of fish, wild pigs, cocoa, betelnut, coconuts and bananas. Accessing basic services such as health, education, clean water and sanitation are severely impacted by poor infrastructure, a high water table, no telecommunications and long travelling distances over difficult terrain.
WHAT WE DO
We work in partnership with the East Sepik Provincial Health Authority, and travel to the remote villages at the invitation of local District and church groups. We facilitate a variety of projects that contribute to our goal of strengthening maternal and newborn health services.
Our mission is to reduce the maternal and infant death rate in remote villages of Papua New Guinea through health training, health promotion and health equipment. Our vision is that women in the communities we work in will be able to choose when and how many children they have, that they will be able to give birth safely and their children will have every opportunity to grow and thrive.
