Living Child PNG, backed by living child Australia, is dedicated to advancing sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in the Greater Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. We provide comprehensive health training, innovative health promotion initiatives, and essential health equipment to empower local communities and improve health outcomes.
who we are
Living Child Inc. operates as two distinct entities: Living Child Inc. Australia (LCAU) and Living Child Inc. Papua New Guinea (LCPNG). Supported by LCAU, LCPNG focuses on enhancing health outcomes by providing health training, health promotion, and essential health equipment. Their initiatives aim to advance sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in the Greater Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Through these efforts, LCPNG seeks to improve the overall well-being of vulnerable populations and empower communities with the knowledge and resources they need to thrive.
what we do
At the invitation of community leaders, LCPNG work in remote villages in the Greater Sepik region to provide maternal health training and equipment to volunteer Village Birth Attendants, and disseminate basic, life-saving health education on hygiene, nutrition, family planning, and general community cleanliness to keep mamas, pikininis and their villages healthy. We also partner with the East Sepik Provincial Health Authority to provide midwifery upskilling programs to their qualified community health workers, nurses and midwives. LCAU supports the initiatives of LCPNG, strengthening the PNG-Australia Partnership. Their operations encompass fundraising, promotional activities, project management, and the provision of high-quality training materials and expert consultancy. Together, we aim to empower communities and enhance health outcomes across the region.
our achievements
Together, we have educated over 6,000 people from six villages on basic health topics such as hygiene, nutrition, family planning, and general community cleanliness through our Care Groups program, trained over 80 volunteer Village Birth Attendants from 31 villages, supplied over 20,000 clean birth kits to rural health facilities and VBAs, trained 12 health staff to administer 6,000 contraceptive implants to village women and trained 75 community health workers, nurses and midwives in essential maternal and neonatal care.
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