by Kyra Leos | Oct 18, 2019 | News & Stories
A forty year old mother, Oani, had her sight restored in Abau District, Central Province this month thanks to a collaborative eye surgery patrol between YWAM Medical Ships Australia & Papua New Guinea (YWAM MS), Port Moresby and Hagen General Hospitals and the...
by Sarah Morgan | Sep 24, 2019 | News & Stories
As a child growing up in the Simbu Province, Miriam Maua never expected to become a seafarer. It was a motivational speech delivered by a woman at Miriam’s high school, Goroka Grammar School, in 2015 that inspired her to pursue a career at sea. “Working at sea...
by Kyra Leos | Sep 3, 2019 | News & Stories
Essential health care is again starting to reach one of the most remote regions in Western Province thanks to an initiative emphasising the vast Lake Murray area of Middle Fly District. Part of this began with an intensive collaborative patrol conducted earlier in the...
by Kyra Leos | Sep 3, 2019 | News & Stories
Teapopo is a small village with smooth mud shores and bright green mangroves on the Fly river of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It is like many small villages along the river that the MV YWAM PNG, visits each year with medical services and training. The...
by Kyra Leos | Aug 9, 2019 | News & Stories
Puma Energy, Papua New Guinea’s leading fuel and lubricants supplier have announced an extension of their sponsorship support for YWAM Medical Ships Australia & Papua New Guinea’s (YWAM MS). The Funding Agreement was signed between YWAM Medical Ships and Puma...
by Kyra Leos | Aug 9, 2019 | News & Stories
YWAM Medical Ships’ volunteers gathered at the Port of Townsville bright and early this morning to wave goodbye to the YWAM Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, as she sets sail for another deployment to Papua New Guinea. The MV YWAM PNG has been in her home-port...
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