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YWAM Volunteers Receive Community Volunteer Awards for Townsville
Two of YWAM’s own, Jennifer Rentsch and Rebekah Hoover, were honoured with a Community Volunteer Award last weekend as...

YWAM MEDICAL SHIPS CELEBRATES CHANGED LIVES THIS CHRISTMAS
YWAM’s Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, has just completed a successful year of outreach in remote areas of...

Young Woman Regains Her Sight
At 32 years of age, Selita's sight was restored after a successful cataract surgery aboard the MV YWAM PNG. Watch the...

Mother Regains Sight after 10 Years of Blindness
A forty year old mother, Oani, had her sight restored in Abau District, Central Province this month thanks to a...

University of Goroka Midwifery Students Gain Experience in Rural Communities
“We will name the baby, Jennifer.” These were the words from a young mother shortly after she gave birth to a baby...

Young Mariner Blazes the Trail for Women in the Maritime Industry
As a child growing up in the Simbu Province, Miriam Maua never expected to become a seafarer. It was a motivational...

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...