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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Kamo’s Bold Decision for Health and Nutrition

Kamo Kukuwa, a dedicated Village Health Assistant and farmer, opted for a vasectomy to support his wife’s health and prioritize nutrition for their family. As part of the BEAN project, he advocates for family planning and sustainable farming, inspiring his community to embrace healthier practices and improve children’s nutrition.

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HIV is no Barrier to Live Life in All its Fullness

“I cried when I discovered I had tested positive for HIV. The only thought in my head at that time was to commit suicide and end it all”, says Lina, (not...

Local farmer praises livelihood project

Through the intervention of the WOVEN program, Peter now fully understands how to market and save money, he has been applying the knowledge and skills he...

Community transformation through livelihoods project

The S4T project model of the (WOVEN) project establishes and empowers saving groups that are member-owned and composed of a small number of people who save...

Benedict's passion for all things Woven

Benedict Tokura is from Munnu Village. Munnu is one of 10 communities in Kopi’s Constituency of Siwai district and was selected to be a part of the...

Youths in Lae engaged to build a better future

Rispektim Yu Yet Rispektim Narapela Yumi Sanap Wantaim (RYYRNYSW) Project impact story on in school youths. A World Vision International (PNG) project is...

Climate Smart and Inclusive Cocoa project on track

Marex, a passionate cocoa farmer in Papua New Guinea's Madang Province has worked alongside other cocoa and agriculture projects over the years and has...

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Peace Project Making Impact through Impact Clubs

"Growing up in a settlement, I understood the struggles youths faced daily, and the least I could do was lead and be a good example in the community, so I...

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Farmers hopeful that CPB-tolerant cocoa improves livelihood

For Janet, having a thriving cocoa block has taught her to be self-reliant and not depend on her husband's fortnight pay.

Peace Project gives out-of-school youths a second chance

Life for young youths Joshua and Stanley, both 24 -years old has not always been easy after they both dropped out of school in 2020, later that year they...

Community Leaders in NCD Leading the Way

According to World Vision’s monitoring and evaluation data from February to June 2022, the MRAC project has reached over 180, 000 men, women, and children...

The Dawn of a Healthier Ngariawang

An estimated 80 percent of the population of Papua New Guinea (PNG) lives in rural areas. Only three out of ten people in rural areas have access to safe...

Sr. Maureen Damela (left) and a WASH Committee member testing the newly installed tank.

WASH FIT Approach lessens water burden in Awaba Hospital

The deteriorated Awaba hospital in Middle Fly, Western province which serves more than 15,000 population is now revived with proper water, sanitation, and...

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Projects may end but humanitarian work continues

Roselyn and her sister, Bernardine have been serving as World Vision’s village health volunteers since the Caring for Nutrition project's inception in 2017...

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CACAO Project offers hope for downhearted Farmers

Although Marex was dissatisfied with his current rate of production and income earned, he is also excited and believes that the current project will steer...

Maria holding her 4-months' old Lincoln.

Tandem Breastfeeding: Caring for Nutrition Project saved my life

World Vision’s Caring for Nutrition Project gave me the knowledge, insight and strength to overcome the challenge of being pregnant when I still had a...

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Clone Cocoa Introduction expected to improve cocoa farming in Usino

As a mother who works in more than three food gardens to earn an income for the family, Janet is grateful for this project and believes that it can help...

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Negative gender norms can be changed: Hilda

Implemented by World Vision in PNG with funding support from the Government of New Zealand, the project aims to increase knowledge on Financial Literacy...

S4T Empowers Margaret to venture into Poultry Farming (1)

S4T Empowers Margaret to venture into Poultry Farming

By the end of March 2022, Margaret requested and received a K700 loan from their Savings Group and bought a box of hybrid chicks comprising of 52 birds...

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Male engagement proves beneficial for undernourished child

In his role as a Village Health Volunteer (VHV), Francis identiﬁed 11 month old Julian, a severely malnourished child born to a teenage mother, who also...

WasH Project inspires behavior change in 5000 homes (28)

WasH Project inspires behavior change in 5000 homes

The Klinpela Komuniti Projek works with 200 communities in Central Bougainville to improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene facilities and also to encourage...

Child with severe malnourishment improves through Nutrition project (1)

Child with severe malnourishment improves through Nutrition Project

Stella did not know about nutritional balanced diets and was unable to provide Shirley the type of balanced meal she direly needed. This is when Cathy...

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Nutrition project provides life skills in Backyard gardening

As a district they had been performing poorly below 50 percent in the immunization space, however that all turned around last year with the support from...

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Community-Led Total Sanitation is key to addressing open defecation in communities

The KKP approach used to improve Rumba and other communities in selected areas within the 3 districts in Central Bougainville is the Community Led Total...

Global Fund boost Key Population Members with HIV Testing Skills (20)

Global Fund boost Key Population Members with HIV Testing Skills

An estimated 30,000 people living with AIDs in Papua New Guinea are yet to be given counselling, tested and put on anti-retroviral treatment. Hence, more...