Ashlee Chapman, Author at Australia Awards in PNG

More midwives could reduce maternal mortality

31 May, 2023 | In-PNG, Midwifery Scholarship

Lois Namia, a midwife and Australia Awards alumna thinks the best approach to reducing the maternal mortality rate in Papua New Guinea is to train more midwives and conduct more health education on sexual reproductive health and family planning. She says, “Midwives...

Woman with a mission

23 May, 2023 | In-PNG

Tracy Mwadayna is a woman with a mission. Born and raised in Sagarai Village, Milne Bay Province, Tracy’s early years were spent helping her small-holder farming family with the harvest of oil palm. Despite completing her secondary education in 2004, Tracy was...

Delma follows her dream

18 May, 2023 | In-PNG

“You never know that what you do could inspire someone to become like you. Do it with heart and diligence,” says Delma Stanley Bata, a midwife and Australia Awards alumna. When Delma was a child, she loved watching closely how health workers treated patients and saved...

Rewarding experience of a teacher

17 May, 2023 | In-PNG

“The most exciting moment of my teaching career was when eighteen of my students scored A grades in the biology subject in the 2020 Grade Twelve National Examination,” says Junin Masam Nasi, an agriculture scientist and Australia Awards alumna. “I am proud of the...

Dual vocations of servitude

16 May, 2023 | In-PNG, Midwifery Scholarship

As a child growing up in a bustling household with 10 siblings, Sr Annabel Loseman discovered her passion for nursing and the religious order. With a sister who was a nurse and a brother who became a Catholic priest, she was inspired by their dedication and sought to...