3 Dec, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni, GEDSI, News
Growing up in Papua New Guinea and working for over nine years as an advocate and educator for disability inclusion, Maria John has seen firsthand the challenges faced by people with disability in accessing education, employment, and healthcare. In particular, she has...
22 Mar, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni
Meet Dorothy Kenneth, Acting Secretary for the Autonomous Bougainville Government’s (ABG) Education Department. The former secondary school teacher from Buka Island is proof that education can foster a career change. In 2004, Dorothy closed the last chapter of an...
22 Mar, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni
Growing up in Paramana village in Central province, Australia Awards alumna Rakara Raula-Nelson learned early on about culture, particularly the ways a gender divide can be created. She also learned how men too could support gender equality through her father’s...
13 Mar, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni
The Australia Awards PNG Alumni Grant Scheme (AGS) is brightening up the Bewani Health Centre in Sandaun Province with new lights in the delivery room, improved water supply, and a ramp for accessibility. On a visit to the health centre back in 2019, Domi Min, the...
16 Jan, 2023 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni, Short Courses
Presenting a research paper at the 56th Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby in front of doctors and professors was something Winnie Sagiu never expected. The Australia Awards Short Course graduate was surprised to be acknowledged, despite her commitment and...
12 Jan, 2023 | Australia Awards PNG Alumni, News
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our world today, and Australia Awards PNG alumna Lydia Nenai has spent ten years improving how PNGtackles this threat. Originally from Rigo District in Central Province, Lydia’s interest in climate change...
