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...
1 Nov, 2024 | News, Success Stories
The 2025 cohort of the Australia Awards PNG scholarship program has been co-badged the Australia Awards Somare-Whitlam 2025 Scholars, in honour of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) 50th anniversary of independence. The co-badged name was launched on 24 October in Port...
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...
