Mar 12, 2017 | News & Stories
YWAM’s Training and Medical Ship, the MV Pacific Link, has just completed a successful 6-month deployment to East Sepik Province. In collaboration with the East Sepik Provincial Health Authority, Samaritan Aviation and local health providers, the MV Pacific Link, and...
Mar 7, 2017 | Volunteer Stories, Watch Videos
The MV YWAM PNG visited Barim Village during their recent patrol to the Tewae Siassi District, Morobe Province. In addition to providing healthcare and training, the YWAM team were able to deliver a very special delivery from Trukai, a solar rice mill. Hear from the...
Mar 3, 2017 | News & Stories
Since Kulang was a small girl, she would cover her mouth when she laughed or smiled, she was ashamed of the big holes in her two front teeth. Kulang’s “before” smile Kulang, who is now a mother of two, saw a dentist for the very first time in her...
Feb 28, 2017 | News & Stories
The YWAM Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, and her team of volunteers have just completed a successful voyage to the Tewae Siassi District, Morobe Province. In partnership with Morobe Provincial Health, the YWAM Medical Ships team delivered healthcare and training to over...
Feb 24, 2017 | News & Stories
A land-based healthcare team was deployed by YWAM Medical Ships for a 1-week patrol to Kerema, Gulf Province. In partnership with Kerema General Hospital, the team delivered optometry services, dental procedures, and health education. The team is made up of 22...
Feb 23, 2017 | News & Stories
Over 15 children sit cross-legged on the floor of the YWAM Alotau Campus classroom with their eyes focused on their teacher and their violins resting under their chins; they are hungry to master the art of such a foreign instrument. These are the first children in...
Feb 17, 2017 | News & Stories
Located on the northern border of Oro Province is Manau – one of the most populated villages in Tamata Rural LLG. When one approaches the shores of Manau, there to welcome the visitor is a big white cross located at the foot of a narrow path that leads to an Anglican...
Feb 13, 2017 | GAP Year, YWAM Blogs
Step Two There are a few things I know about myself. I like to tell stories, I like to feel wanted, I want to make a difference and I don’t want to wake up in my forties and wish I had become something that I wasn’t. I know now is the chance to shape my...
Feb 13, 2017 | News & Stories
Over 70 people in remote areas of Oro Province have regained their sight over the last two weeks, thanks to a YWAM Medical Ships’ ophthalmology (eye surgery) patrol, with specific assistance from New Britain Palm Oil Limited, Pacific International Hospital and the...
Feb 10, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
Are you failing at time management? No matter where my family went, who we were with, or who we were meeting – we were ALWAYS late. It wasn’t like we were late enough to have an excuse really. Nothing like a flat tire or one of us kids were vomiting just...
Feb 10, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
At the age of fifteen I was living a life crippled by insecurities, sadness, brokenness, bitterness, fear, and overcome by anger. I was held down by depression and chained up by anxiety. I started living life in search for what I believed would bring me some kind of...
Feb 10, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
So we live in a pretty difficult world hey? We live in a world that’s constantly changing and shouting at us on how to live our lives just as it ebbs and flows. We are expected to just go with the flow as they tell us. I remember the moment I stopped going with...
Feb 10, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
The other day when someone asked me “Are You Living Your Dream?” I didn’t know what to say. I honestly had to think. When you are trying to be at so many places, at the same time, everyday, and everything is cluttering up your mind. You...
Feb 3, 2017 | News & Stories
Husband and wife duo, Stanley and Borna, are more than just life-long companions, they are teammates on a mission to save lives. Stanley and Borna met at Barnabas School of Nursing and have faithfully served as healthcare workers in Tufi, Oro Province for the last 18...
Feb 2, 2017 | News & Stories
Oil, gold, coffee, and cocoa – just some of the amazing natural resources that makes Papua New Guinea famous, but anyone who has spent much time in the country at all knows that by far the most amazing resource is her people. With notable hospitality, joy, and...
Feb 2, 2017 | News & Stories
We were honoured to operate on 11 year-old, Peter* in the Western Province last month. Peter had a cataract that caused him to go blind in his right eye. After surgery aboard the MV YWAM PNG, Peter now has restored vision! *Name...
Feb 1, 2017 | News & Stories
When YWAM Medical Ships volunteer optometrist, James Fuss, first met Nico in Oro Bay, his eyes were squinting as if he was looking directly into the sun. It seemed Nico was in pain, but James soon came to realise that the squinting was Nico’s way of trying to overcome...
Jan 31, 2017 | News & Stories
Sitting patiently in the waiting room of the MV YWAM PNG’s day procedure unit is YWAM Medical Ships oldest patient, Felix. Felix is 103 years old, and is about to undergo a cataract surgery on his right eye. Felix sits with his granddaughter, Nancy, who calms his...
Jan 30, 2017 | News & Stories
Oro Province Deputy Governor, Honourable Evartius Bori, presented a cheque for K130,000 to YWAM Medical Ships last week on behalf of the Oro Provincial Government, fulfilling the second part of a pledge toward annual operational expenses for YWAM’s Training and...
Jan 26, 2017 | News & Stories
Perched on the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea, lies Alotau; capital of Milne Bay Province and home to 15,000+ people. Though there are no main roads that lead to Alotau, the friendly, coastal town is the gateway to some of the most remote island communities in the...
