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Kokoda Health for the Kokoda Track Foundation
Andrea Barbante
Kokoda Health for the Kokoda Track Foundation
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Hi all!
Almost everybody who has visited Papua New Guinea or even trekked the Kokoda Track has been struck by the lack of medical supplies and qualified health care workers.
Last September, we were a group of 20 acquaintances who hiked the track. Today we are a group of 20 great friends and we want to make a difference for the wonderful people of PNG.
Did you know:
1. Papua New Guinea has 0.58 health workers per 1,000 people – The World Health Organisation recommends 2.5 per 1,000 people to maintain primary care
2. Tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases cause 62% of deaths nationwide
3. Diarrhoea is the seventh bigger killer of people in Papua New Guinea – 173 children died in 2010 due to diarrhoeal disease
4. There has been a 42% increase of cases of Tuberculosis over the past 10 years
5. 5.5% of babies will die before the age of 2 years
6. In 2010, there were 551 child deaths overall due to acute respiratory infections.
Kokoda Health group aims to raise $20,000 which will provide training for four or five of health care workers in PNG plus ongoing wages and supplies to Health Care Stations for the provinces along the Kokoda Track.
Please pop onto our Facebook page to check out how we're going with our fund raising.
Your donation will make a difference!
Thanks for stopping by and looking at our page.
You can also follow our story at our Facebook page : www.facebook.com/KokodaHealth
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KTF (Kokoda Track Foundation)
We're an Aussie NGO that works with people and communities to improve lives, livelihoods and futures of Papua New Guineans, keeping the spirit of Kokoda alive.
Expanding beyond our original focus region of Kokoda in Oro Province, KTF now works with communities across 16 of PNG’s 22 provinces....and we have big plans for 2021 and beyond.
We operate programs in the vital areas of education, health, equality and leadership.
Over the past decade, we have delivered a range of projects including the construction of school and aid post infrastructure along and around theKokoda Track, delivery of educational supplies to 20 schools and drugs and medical supplies to 15 aid posts, postings of 15 teachers and over a dozen communityhealth workers, distribution of over 32,000 solar lights across the country, installation of 1,000+ household solar units in the Kokoda catchment, establishment of businesses by Women’s Groups in five provinces and the design and delivery of the Archer Leadership program to find and foster PNG’s future leaders for 10 years.
600+ students currently have a second chance at education, studying Grades 9 to 12 via Flexible Open Distance Education at Kokoda College, Balimo College and the Motu Koita FODE Centre. We have trained 3,685 elementary teachers via our Teach for Tomorrow project and supported the ongoing professional development for teachers via Teach for Tomorrow II, upskilling 220+ teacher trainers. Teach for Tomorrow, the Early Years is developing and implementing Early Childhood Education frameworks in conjunction with provincial Departments of Education. Our network of coaches in Western Province is also working with a core group of 37 elementary teachers to build their teaching skills.
Check out our work at www.ktf.ngo
We're a member of the Australian Council for International Development and has full accreditation with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trades’ ANCP program; their high standards for operation are integral to everything we do.
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