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Period of Change: Menstrual Health Education Transforms Tapias Primary School in PNG

Posted on Monday, May 27, 2024 11:49 AM

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Stella Mahare, Head Mistress of Tapias Primary School, has witnessed a remarkable transformation in attitudes towards menstrual health within her school and community

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Children gathered in front of a river in rural Papua New Guinea facing the camera and smiling while holding their thumbs up. Some older children at the rear are wearing palm leaf adornments on their heads.

WAVE of change: Du’ug Village’s WASH transformation

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 05:17 PM

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 Children from Du'ug Village give the thumbs up to their clean and safe water supply (World Vision PNG / Abbegail Wafi)

Situated along the Pahoturi River in South Fly District...

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Australia’s Ambassador for Global Health, Dr Lucas de Toca, and Ata Vagi, Pari Village Water Service Manager, standing in front of a water kiosk in Pari Village. Dr de Toca is holding a mobile phone to video their conversation and they are both smiling looking towards the camera. A raised water tank can be seen beside the water kiosk building in the background and a woman is sitting at a table below it.

Ata Vagi: Pari's pioneering water service manager

Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2024 12:45 PM

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In February, Dr Lucas de Toca, Australia's Ambassador for Global Health, visited Ata Vagi in Pari Village to learn about the water kiosk system (Dr Lucas de Toca)

Meet Ata...

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A group of women from Papua New Guinea are seated around a table in a shared space, you can see lush tropical plants out the open windows behind them. There are older style sewing machines and materials to make reusable pads on the large table they are seated around.

Sewing seeds of change in Papua New Guinea

Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 02:58 PM

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These women from Savon community, Kunua in Papua New Guinea are taking part in a sewing practical - learning how to sew reusable pads and learning about and discussing...

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