24 Jun, 2024 | In-PNG, News
Growing up, Natasha Kema never saw herself in the maritime industry. Today, she is the first marine engineer and seafarer in her family. Natasha, who comes from a mixed parentage of Central, East New Britain and Milne Bay provinces, took a few detours before becoming...
17 May, 2024 | In-PNG, News
A maritime career is possible if you put your heart into laying the groundwork. This rings true for Carol Wallan, an Australia Awards In-PNG Scholarship alumna who graduated from the Maritime Cadetships for Women in 2023. Carol, who comes from East New Britain and...
28 Sep, 2023 | Maritime Scholarship, News
For most coastal people, the sea is part of their way of life – this is true for 29-year-old marine engineer Mary Roroipe. From an early age, Mary was exposed to seafaring through her late father’s small craft business, chartering passengers across the maritime...
28 Apr, 2023 | In-PNG, News, Nursing Scholarship
In the remote and rugged Kassam in the Obura-Wonenara District in Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, nurse Lalu Pepna is making a real difference. Serving at the Evangelical Brotherhood Church (EBC) Kassam Rural Hospital, Lalu is part of a dedicated team of...
28 Mar, 2023 | Australia Awards, News
Anne Lydia Dandava always believed that education was the key to a better future. Growing up in a Runa village, located at the fringe of Arawa town, southeast of Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Anne knew firsthand the struggles that many of her peers faced in...
15 Mar, 2023 | Australia Awards, News
Noelynn Darius’s commitment and qualification through Australia Awards PNG have elevated her from a secondary school teacher to a university lecturer. “I am a devoted alumna of the Papua New Guinea Australia Alumni Association. Being a member of this professional...
