We are delighted to share that we have found a new home in Altona! Stay tuned for working bee dates, because (as our dedicated Mother and Baby Pack Coordinators can already attest) relocating calls for a lot of cleaning and sorting donations. Many thanks to Williamstown Rotary for their ongoing support in helping us move. #movinghouse #newlocation #relocation #moving #newbase #nfp #melbourne #altona #rotary #png #donations #staytuned #watchthisspace #workingbee
In honour of National Volunteers Week we’d like to send a great big thank-you to the incredible volunteers who make our work possible! #nvw #nationalvolunteerweek #volunteers #volunteer #nfp #give #thanks
We strive to decrease maternal mortality in PNG, making every day a day about mothers to our team of volunteers 🙏 #mothersday #png #pngmothers #nfp #notforprofit #papuanewguinea #maternalmortality #midwifery #obstetrics #globalhealth #mothers #pngmothers
📷: Posted @withrepost • @christianbosch11 KUNDIMAN VILLAGE (EAST SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA). #xfviajes @xfviajes #streetshot #travelphotography #portraitshoot #papua #people #karawari #sepik #streetview #travelphotographer #portraitphotography #papuanewguinea #karawaririver #tribe #streetphotographer #travelpics #portraitphoto #peopleofpapua #kundiman #villagepeople #streetphotography #papuatribe
Hope you're all enjoying time with loved ones this long weekend. Happy Easter from the Highlands Foundation team. #easter #wellwishes #easter2019 #highlandsfoundation #eastereggs #happyeaster
A documentary taking a look at how athletes are fighting to change the fate of women and girls in PNG by challenging stereotypes and highlighting the strength and innate worth of women. Posted @withrepost • @bai.mi.kisim * ‘Power Meri follows Papua New Guinea’s first national women’s rugby league team, the PNG Orchids, on their journey to the 2017 World Cup in Australia. These trailblazers must beat not only the sporting competition, but also intense sexism, a lack of funding, and national prejudice to reach their biggest stage yet. Proud, strong and hopeful, the pioneering women in the PNG Orchids team have overcome more challenges than most to play their much-loved national sport. But after years at grassroots level, they have just three months to transform themselves into a competitive national team. Power Meri takes audiences on a journey through rarely-seen corners of PNG and behind the scenes of women’s sport. It follows the Orchids through selection trials, arduous training and diverse personal struggles as they face the world champion Australian Jillaroos and compete at the world cup in Sydney. But their mission is greater than winning. In a country with appalling rates of domestic violence, sport is one of the few arenas in which PNG women can show their strength. If they can perform like men on the rugby field, can they change attitudes about the treatment and status of women back home?’ To find out more about the film, alternative screenings or request one at your local cinema, go to #linkinbio . . . #powermeri #power #pawa #women #girlsrule #melanesians @powermerifilm #png #papuanewguinea #rugby #athletes #powerwomen #womenspower #womeninsport #womeninrugby #pngorchids #jillaroo #genderstereotypes #endviolenceagainstwomen #evaw #pngwomen #globalhealth #womenaroundtheworld #neverthelessshepersisted #thisgirlcan #becauseofher
#Repost @papuanewguineans with @get_repost ・・・ Credit to from @wandergal - The story goes that the men in Asaro village went to war with a neighboring tribe. They hid in muddy water and when they emerged, covered in mud, their enemies thought they were spirits and got scared off. They continue to this day covering themselves in mud and wearing these mud headdresses (which can weigh upwards of 30 pounds). . . . #WanderTours #BeBold #PapuaNewGuinea #PNG #Wanderlust #Wandering #Goroka #Asaro #Mudmen #Mudman #SingSing #NewGuinea #Tribes #Travel #PNGtourism #adventuretravel #discoverearth #travelingram #travelphotography - #regrann
This was our President’s view at the meeting on Sunday. VP rocking her teething baby back and forth 💞 . . Our priorities for 2019 are finding a new home base, 3 of our committee heading to PNG later in the year & a cultural fundraiser. Plus tonnes of admin we won’t bore you with! Watch this space & please spread the word about our need for a new location! (See last post for details). #png #melbourne #melbournenfp #nfp #notforprofit #charity #globalhealth #pnghealth #babywearing #mumlife #committeemeeting #midwifery #baby #babysling #sling #rainbowsling #volunteer #mothershelpingmothers #maternalhealth #papuanewguinea #rainbow
***URGENT*** We are in desperate need of a home base. Currently all our donations are in a 40ft storage container & we have a limited amount of time it can be parked at our old location. Ideally we need a space (in Melbourne or surrounds) where: • we can safely sort/store our donations (clothing, medical equipment, mother/baby essentials) • host our pack making days. • a shipping container can fit in the driveway for packing with donations • a truck can fit into the driveway in order to collect and transport the shipping container. Please chase any leads you might have and message us! 🙏 #globalhealth #pngearthquake #melbourne #pngdoctors #pnghealth #pngmedicine #midwifery #globalmidwifery #globalnursing #nursing #doctorswithoutborders #png #papuanewguinea #nfp #notforprofit #melbournenfp
A very productive committee meeting was had yesterday, even with the oxytocin inducing addition of our youngest supporter 💕 #volunteer #melbourne #nfp #notforprofit #highlandsfoundation #png #papuanewguinea #globalhealth #maternalhealth #infanthealth #committee
📷: @geneaw_mochilero #repost ・・・ A participant at the Goroka Show. #png #papuanewguinea #gorokashow #goroka #singsing #traditionaldress
Hope your International Women’s Day was fab. How beautiful is this artwork by @bearvaquero in honour of IWD?! A circle of support, women holding women together 💗 Here at the Highlands Foundation we spend every day of the year doing what we can to improve the health of women in PNG #iwd #iwd19 #iwdart #iwd19art #png #papuanewguinea #maternalhealth #globalhealth #womensday #women #circleofsupport #empoweredwomenempowerwomen
Happy International Women’s Day #Repost @iwdaorg with @get_repost ・・・ This is Brenda, a women’s human rights defender from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Brenda works for Voice for Change (VfC), an IWDA partner. She takes women facing violence into her own home, giving them counselling, shelter & support. “I sometimes get criticism from the community or husbands. I faced a problem by two husbands who threatened me...but I said, I have to help the women going through all these problems” VfC is a women’s human rights organisation that empowers and mobilises women to address gender-based violence and women’s economic empowerment. We’re proud to partner with them. 📷 Gemma Carr / IWDA #humanrights #png #papuanewguinea #iwd #womensrights
As of Saturday the Highlands Foundation has officially moved out of the shed in Footscray into a container on site. Thank-you to our fabulous volunteers for their hard work making this move possible! We are still in need of an assembly site for our future pack making days. If you know of some possibilities for our future location please contact Kylie at Secretary@highlandsfoundation.org.au or shoot us a message here or via Facebook #melbourneNFP #nfp #notforprofit #png #papuanewguinea #globalhealth #maternalhealth #infanthealth #charity #ilovemelbourne #movingday #volunteer #highlandsfoundation #obstetrics #paediatrics #midwifery #nursing
It’s 1yr on from PNG’s massive earthquakes and people in the highlands region are living with the aftermath. @sydneymorningherald published a detailed update today: https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/survivors-still-contend-with-the-fallout-of-papua-new-guinea-s-earthquake-20190228-p510wa.html #png #earthquake #naturaldisasters #papuanewguinea #pngearthquake #unicef #unitednations #globalhealth #globalpolitics #smh
We have a busy month ahead and would appreciate your help if you have free time between 10:30am and 2:30pm on Wednesday’s and Thursdays this Feb. . . Please help us relocate 🙏 #ilovemelbourne #nfp #notforprofit #globalhealth #png #maternalhealth #midwifery #infanthealth #papuanewguinea #obstetrics #paediatrics #melbourne #footscray #notforprofit #volunteer #february #helpinghands #midwiferycause #medicalcause #help #helpusmove
👏 Calling all volunteers 👏 We have to move! As such we cannot accept more donations at this time or host a pack making day on March 2. But we still need your helping hands this month! . Help us load our current donations into a storage container while we search for new location. . 10:30-2:30 Feb: 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 27 & 28 . The Shed 3 Cross street Footscray 3011 #ilovemelbourne #nfp #notforprofit #globalhealth #png #maternalhealth #midwifery #infanthealth #papuanewguinea #obstetrics #paediatrics #melbourne #footscray #notforprofit #volunteer #helpinghands #midwiferycause #medicalcause
We need all hands on deck 🤗 Footscray 2 March come help us pack our donations for shipping to PNG 🚢 🇵🇬 Hope to see you there! #ilovemelbourne #melbournenotforprofit #nfp #notforprofit #australiannotforprofit #australiannfp #papuanewguinea🇵🇬 #papuanewguinea #png #melbournecharity #footscray #give #donate #volunteer #melbourne #globalhealth #maternalheath #infanthealth
📷 by @papuanewguineans #repost ・・・ Credit to from @wandergal - The story goes that the men in Asaro village went to war with a neighboring tribe. They hid in muddy water and when they emerged, covered in mud, their enemies thought they were spirits and got scared off. They continue to this day covering themselves in mud and wearing these mud headdresses (which can weigh upwards of 30 pounds). . . . #WanderTours #BeBold #PapuaNewGuinea #PNG #Wanderlust #Wandering #Goroka #Asaro #Mudmen #Mudman #SingSing #NewGuinea #Tribes #Travel #PNGtourism #adventuretravel #discoverearth #travelingram #travelphotography - #regrann
In 2019 we’re also collecting children’s reading materials on behalf of Hela Orphans Hope Centre in Tari. 📚 Princes Hill Secondary College in Carlton were happy to get us started 🙏 Thank-you. #png #papuanewguinea #bookstagram #childrensbooks #reading #library #pngkids . . #Repost @phsclibrary with @get_repost ・・・ Hundreds of our wonderful weeded books off to PNG. This warms our 💕 BIG thank you to Marie and Moale for collecting from us 💪 All the best to @highlands_foundation #phsclibrary #librariesofinstagram