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Healthcare Partners Unite To Reach Under Served Region In Western Province
Essential health care is again starting to reach one of the most remote regions in Western Province thanks to an...
Be the Change | How a Local Healthcare Worker Was Able to Help His Community
Teapopo is a small village with smooth mud shores and bright green mangroves on the Fly river of Western Province,...
Puma Energy Fuels YWAM Medical Ship for Next Two Years
Puma Energy, Papua New Guinea’s leading fuel and lubricants supplier have announced an extension of their sponsorship...
Bon Voyage MV YWAM PNG! Medical Ships Returns to PNG for Next Deployment
YWAM Medical Ships’ volunteers gathered at the Port of Townsville bright and early this morning to wave goodbye to the...
Rural Nurse Driven by Love For Her Community
“Where there is a need, send me” This was Sister Baida Sika’s prayer when she completed her nursing training over 20...
Pair of Glasses Improves Fisherman’s Sight
It’s a beautiful, sunny day for YWAM’s team to visit the scenic village of Gauri. Gauri is a remote fishing village...
Patient and Eye Worker Reunited in Western Province
It’s a wet day in March when the YWAM team visits a tiny village off the coast of Western Province, Papua New Guinea....
“It’s like waking up from a dream!” | Umami’s journey to Sight
An elderly man stood on the sidelines of the impromptu basketball game, observing the mix of YWAM volunteers and...
“I never lost faith”: Young Mariner Achieves Dream
Ayrton Damong fell in love with the ocean as a young man, during a year when he worked as a fisherman based out of a...
A Valentine’s for Townsville after flooding disaster – sending love from PNG
In the spirit of Valentines Day, over 100 volunteers aboard the YWAM Medical Ship have sent their love to their home...
Successful Patrol Completed in Central Province
Abau District Health Services and YWAM Medical Ships – Australia and Papua New Guinea (YWAM MS) completed a successful...
National Department of Health Boost Medical Ship
Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS, The Honourable Sir Dr Puka Temu, has re-affirmed his support of YWAM Medical Ships’...
Morobe re-affirms support for YWAM
Today, the Morobe Provincial Government presented a cheque for K500,000 to YWAM Medical Ships, fulfilling a pledge...
YWAM Honoured for Service at Buckingham Palace
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne honoured two of Townsville’s own last week at a very special and significant...