Jan 25, 2017 | News & Stories
Alotau Puma Energy staff and their families toured the YWAM Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG over the weekend, before the vessel set sail for its next deployment to Oro Province. Puma Energy has been a major supporter of YWAM Medical Ships since 2015 through the...
Jan 24, 2017 | News & Stories
YWAM Medical Ships signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kwato Church of Papua New Guinea last week in Alotau. The purpose of the MoU is to establish a respectful and collaborative working relationship for the purposes of engaging and empowering young...
Jan 24, 2017 | News & Stories
As the boat pulled onto Emo’s shore, the first people to greet the team were two familiar faces that the YWAM team had come to know and love – Dura and his brother, Bray.* Bray was one of YWAM Medical Ships miracle patients from 2016. When we first met Bray at...
Jan 18, 2017 | News & Stories
YWAM Medical Ships is working together with YWAM – University of the Nations Kona Hawaii to expand their operations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) this month by exploring the feasibility of establishing a youth training campus in Alotau. YWAM has been invited to...
Dec 28, 2016 | YWAM Blogs
“Each year I ask God for a word for the year. Just one word – no sentence, list, or paragraph – just one word! You may be thinking, “how can my whole year rest on just one word?” It’s something that I’ve been doing for the last three years of my life and...
Dec 22, 2016 | News & Stories
Papua New Guinea is known as the Land of the Unexpected, for one grandmother, that unpredictability turned out to be an excellent thing. Igabi Cadio travelled from her village in Parama to Daru with her daughter, Lucy. A keen footy fan, Lucy was hoping to watch the...
Dec 20, 2016 | YWAM Blogs
How To Survive in the Tropics Every three months we make our way to the airport for a new group of DTS students to arrive. With new DTS students coming in and out every quarter, we’re pretty much pros at helping internationals make it through tropical summers....
Dec 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Villagers of Bamio, Western Province, were thrilled to hear rotor blades coming their way last week as Manolos Aviation flew in an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) and nurse to join the YWAM Training and Medical Ship anchored close by. A local man, introducing himself as...
Dec 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Water is a vital source of life, but in Papua New Guinea, it can also be a cause of disease. Moerk Water duo, Martin Brezger and Madeleine Brezger, joined the YWAM Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, on a two-week outreach to visit villages along the rivers and learn more...
Dec 14, 2016 | Volunteer Stories
Meeting Paul Biama for the first time, I immediately noticed his wide smile, his white grizzled beard and his gentle manner. When he tells me that he is a midwife, I can easily imagine tiny babies in those wide, strong capable hands. Paul- a father of three and...
Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Central Province Governor, Honorable Kila Haoda, came good on a pledge of K100,000PGK 2016 operational funding to support the work of the Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, with the presentation of a cheque in Port Moresby yesterday. This followed up on...
Dec 12, 2016 | YWAM Blogs
We’re all looking for love I don’t know who you are, and I am taking a chance here to assume I know anything about you – but I reckon we have something in common, and that’s that we are all looking for love. We all have a deep desire to love,...
Nov 29, 2016 | YWAM Blogs
After a 16 hour bus ride… After a 16 hour bus ride through the mountains I was feeling weak, car sick, and hungry. The fish sandwich and probiotic drink they gave us on the ride wasn’t doing my stomach any favours, but I could either eat that or nothing....
Nov 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Townsville Youth Ambassadors, Emily and Mia We love seeing young people taking action in making a difference! Emily and Mia have been incredible so far as YWAM Medical Ships Youth Ambassadors. Read below to hear what the experience has been like for them....
Nov 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
A blind six-year-old girl from the Trobriand Islands had her sight restored this week following a successful cataract surgery aboard the YWAM Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, during their collaborative outreach patrol to the Kiriwina-Goodenough District. The young girl,...
Nov 21, 2016 | YWAM Blogs
I’m thinking of deleting my Facebook account… I remember when Facebook became “the thing”. I remember not being in university and being jealous of all the older kids who were part of the privileged that got to have their own account. From the...
Nov 10, 2016 | YWAM Blogs
The Importance of Deep Foundations Growing up as a missionary kid, I always knew that the world was my oyster. I met people from all over the world! I travelled the world and had awesome experiences. I also did well academically and so I had many career paths open to...
