Our Program Partners

WPF funds programs in PNG run by Australian Doctors International, CARE, and ChildFund. These NGOs are accredited by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. These programs embrace:

Delivering appropriate contraceptive devices to women and couples and girls
Training community leaders and couples about planning and equitable decision-making
Training and mentoring Village Health Volunteers who educate and make referrals
Conducting integrated maternal health outreach patrols in remote areas and delivering contraception
Performing and training health care staff to perform non-scalpel vasectomies
Delivering education promoting sexual and productive health rights and respectful, non-violent and equitable relationships to reduce gender-based violence
Funding the development and delivery of curriculum modules for high school and out of school youth promoting sexual and reproductive health rights and respectful, non-violent relationships to reduce gender-based violence
Public health education on family planning and sexual and reproductive health to rural community members - women and couples
Providing onsite training to local health workers.

Dr Penny Uther, ADI

ADI team travelling by boat

CARE-trained Maternal Health Volunteeer with mothers and babies © Patrick McCloskey/CARE

Our Program Partners