Digicel PNG Foundation – Papua New Guinea

Funded

The last financial year saw us venture into our first double-storey double classroom in Port Moresby for a Secondary School, while maintaining momentum in achieving our targets in on-going areas of health and education infrastructure projects. To date, we have completed 466 projects, and these include:

318 primary school and elementary school double classrooms
2 two-storey double classroom
1 inclusive education classroom
34 libraries
54 community learning centers
35 mobile health clinics
12 rural Health Aid Posts
3 women’s resource centers
1 mess & kitchen facility
1 WAVES initiative
Co-funded 5 family support centers in partnership with UNICEF and National Department of Health
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Our Recipients:

35,111 people treated with the help of air ambulances through our partnership with Samaritan Aviation
1,169 optical health beneficiaries through our partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation
243 home care-givers trained as physiotherapists through our partnership with the Cheshire disability Services
20 health workers trained through our partnership with Samaritan Aviation
347 community-based teachers trained
32 new teachers upgraded through FODE
83 men of honour award recipients through our Men of Honour Campaign program