This project is to assist locals in Vella in the west of the Solomon Islands to start work on a dictionary in their own language. Solomon Islands is a country with many small islands and more than 70 languages, many of which are under threat of extinction. The Vella language community is very eager to…
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This project is for the purchase of an x-ray machine for a small hospital.
The heart of our partner organisation is to assist remote communities in its area to thrive – especially minority groups that do not have easy access to the resources available to majority communities. Having a small but well equipped hospital and mobile clinic is one of the main ways that our partner is able to provide this assistance at a reasonable cost.
On Saturday, 16 March 2019, a flash flood swept through the town of Sentani in the province of Papua, Indonesia. Storms and rain that continued for several days caused massive damage to the area, with landslides occurring down the main mountain and surrounding areas. More than 100 people lost their lives and around ten thousand…
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In the remote areas of PNG small communities often struggle to achieve education and literacy goals. This project aims to support the literacy of the Kanite people in the Eastern Highlands. Low literacy has a significant impact on the well-being of the community with reduced access to employment opportunities, poor health and communities feeling powerless…
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How do you provide literacy training for leaders when they are unable to attend physical classes? In Togo, Africa, face to face literacy training can only occur in the dry season, which runs for five months. To meet this need, Wycliffe Relief and Development sponsored staff in an existing literacy program in the Moba language…
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The head of a partner organisation in India reports that the province of Kerala in India is in crisis after recent flooding. The floods have had an impact from Kasaragod in the north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south. A red alert has been declared in all 14 districts. News reports indicate that 800,000 people have…
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On February 26, parts of PNG were impacted by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that caused tragic loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, particularly around Komo, Tari, and Mendi. This project will enable us to consolidate and forward funding to key organisations that we know well, and who are involved in delivering critical help effectively…
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For over 15 years a group of Australian volunteers has been travelling to Africa to provide medical care to remote and isolated minority people groups. These volunteers have included Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, and Dentists, as well as non-medical personnel, who provide free basic medical treatment for those who do not have access to help or…
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Cervical cancer is the number one cancer among females in Papua New Guinea. The project will provide gynacological screening and treatment which has not previously been available in and around the Aiyura valley of PNG, using existing staff at the SIL clinic at Ukarumpa. We expect to see a 50 percent reduction of cervical cancer in local…
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