Australia Awards Alumni Archives - Australia Awards in PNG

Signing to make a difference

1 Dec, 2023 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni, GEDSI, Inclusion, Success Stories

On International Day for Persons with Disability (PWD), we celebrate the journey of Clare Guria, an Australia Awards alumna and champion for PWDs. Clare’s story is a remarkable one, depicting strong determination to achieve goals despite having a hearing impairment....

Nurses saving lives

6 Jun, 2023 | In-PNG

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...

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...

A Journalist’s Mission to Amplify Community Voices

15 May, 2023 | Australia Awards

In remote Kabwum district in Morobe Province, Kevin Dayonga grew up fascinated by the mysteries of the world. From the vanishing sun to the prospect of rainwater filling the ocean, his curious mind pondered it all. But it was the mechanics of radio voices that truly...

Agents of change

15 May, 2023 | In-PNG

Helen Thomas says that she wanted to be a teacher so that she could educate the children in her society to become agents of change in the country. For her, teaching is like a parental role. “It is all about nurturing children, both physically and spiritually.” As a...