Teacher saves his school

Teacher saves his school

Originating from the small village of Tangu in Bogia District, Paul Taguti says that he wanted to be a teacher because there are not many educated people in his village. After completing his primary and secondary levels of education in Madang, Paul earned a Diploma in...
Midwifery is an amazing profession

Midwifery is an amazing profession

“Midwifery is an amazing profession,” says Dennie Mellie Dising. “Being with a mother at the time of agony with labour pain is so stressful, however it is joyful and amazing seeing and assisting a new life emerging into the world.” Dennie worked in rural and remote...
Midwife reaches out to communities

Midwife reaches out to communities

Penny Kipalya’s desire to become a midwife awakened in the labour ward at Enga Catholic Health Service where she was working as a General Nurse. “I see mothers coming to the hospital to give birth with complications that may have been prevented with earlier and better...
Nurses saving lives

Nurses saving lives

It was only two months into her job as a nurse when Mecklyn Elakane saved an emergency patient who almost died. “The guardians and relatives of the patient surrounded him and were crying, but I managed to save him,” she says. Mecklyn, from Kompiam District in Enga...
Passion of a male midwife

Passion of a male midwife

Even though midwifery is a female-dominated profession, Clinton Danny Saupere decided to become a midwife after seeing his sister-in-law’s untimely death following childbirth. Clinton is an awardee of the Australia Awards PNG Scholarship and a native of Hauna Village...