Seeking medical equipment (donations) for rural aidposts in Papua New Guinea

In the Land Down Under (Australia), there is a patriotic Papua New Guinea who has a burning desire and a big heart for the grassroots people living in the remote areas of Papua New Guinea. To show his love for the people, he needs some assistance or donations of medical equipment to use during his break in Papua New Guinea starting next year.

A young pregnant mother gave birth to her first child along the side of the road leading to a nearby hospital. She was assisted by a group of bystanders using a makeshift shelter infront of curious onlookers

Here is what he says, My name is Luke Anthony and I am from Wabag, in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. I am a Surgeon working in Darwin, Australia but I will be in Mendi General Hospital starting in January, 2010.

I am very impressed with what you are doing on your blog (KANGE NGA KONA).
There is heaps of information on the site which is very impressive and helpful for many Papua New Guineans and foreigners alike. Thank you for doing that and I hope more Papua New Guineans can do more to promote Papua New Guinea to the world.

I support your opinions on how the economy is currently run, politics, and most importantly speaking on behalf of our voiceless, especially in the remote parts of our country (PNG). As a person in the health profession, I wish to emphasis on the health of this nation especially curative health. A new Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scan/CT Scan) machine was recently purchased to relieve doctors and nurses off their workload at the Port Moresby General Hospital (POMGH)

There is more we can do. People are dying every day of potentially curative disease in the remote parts of Papua New Guinea. I wish to link up with any hospitals for donation of used or outdated consumable, surgical instruments, suture materials etc.

I think Mr. Anthony would appreciate if any hospital or health organization around the world wish to help this energetic young man to carry out his mission in some of the remote parts of Papua New Guinea. You can email Luke Anthony at lukesurg@yahoo.com.au or leave a message on the blog. For questions or comments, email me

Thanks a bunch for your help!

Seeking medical equipment (donations) for rural aidposts in Papua New Guinea

In the Land Down Under (Australia), there is a patriotic Papua New Guinea who has a burning desire and a big heart for the grassroots people living in the remote areas of Papua New Guinea. To show his love for the people, he needs some assistance or donations of medical equipment to use during his break in Papua New Guinea starting next year.

A young pregnant mother gave birth to her first child along the side of the road leading to a nearby hospital. She was assisted by a group of bystanders using a makeshift shelter infront of curious onlookers

Here is what he says, My name is Luke Anthony and I am from Wabag, in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. I am a Surgeon working in Darwin, Australia but I will be in Mendi General Hospital starting in January, 2010.

I am very impressed with what you are doing on your blog (KANGE NGA KONA).
There is heaps of information on the site which is very impressive and helpful for many Papua New Guineans and foreigners alike. Thank you for doing that and I hope more Papua New Guineans can do more to promote Papua New Guinea to the world.

I support your opinions on how the economy is currently run, politics, and most importantly speaking on behalf of our voiceless, especially in the remote parts of our country (PNG). As a person in the health profession, I wish to emphasis on the health of this nation especially curative health. A new Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scan/CT Scan) machine was recently purchased to relieve doctors and nurses off their workload at the Port Moresby General Hospital (POMGH)

There is more we can do. People are dying every day of potentially curative disease in the remote parts of Papua New Guinea. I wish to link up with any hospitals for donation of used or outdated consumable, surgical instruments, suture materials etc.

I think Mr. Anthony would appreciate if any hospital or health organization around the world wish to help this energetic young man to carry out his mission in some of the remote parts of Papua New Guinea. You can email Luke Anthony at lukesurg@yahoo.com.au or leave a message on the blog. For questions or comments, email me

Thanks a bunch for your help!

Seeking medical equipment (donations) for rural aidposts in Papua New Guinea

In the Land Down Under (Australia), there is a patriotic Papua New Guinea who has a burning desire and a big heart for the grassroots people living in the remote areas of Papua New Guinea. To show his love for the people, he needs some assistance or donations of medical equipment to use during his break in Papua New Guinea starting next year.

A young pregnant mother gave birth to her first child along the side of the road leading to a nearby hospital. She was assisted by a group of bystanders using a makeshift shelter infront of curious onlookers

Here is what he says, My name is Luke Anthony and I am from Wabag, in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. I am a Surgeon working in Darwin, Australia but I will be in Mendi General Hospital starting in January, 2010.

I am very impressed with what you are doing on your blog (KANGE NGA KONA).
There is heaps of information on the site which is very impressive and helpful for many Papua New Guineans and foreigners alike. Thank you for doing that and I hope more Papua New Guineans can do more to promote Papua New Guinea to the world.

I support your opinions on how the economy is currently run, politics, and most importantly speaking on behalf of our voiceless, especially in the remote parts of our country (PNG). As a person in the health profession, I wish to emphasis on the health of this nation especially curative health. A new Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scan/CT Scan) machine was recently purchased to relieve doctors and nurses off their workload at the Port Moresby General Hospital (POMGH)

There is more we can do. People are dying every day of potentially curative disease in the remote parts of Papua New Guinea. I wish to link up with any hospitals for donation of used or outdated consumable, surgical instruments, suture materials etc.

I think Mr. Anthony would appreciate if any hospital or health organization around the world wish to help this energetic young man to carry out his mission in some of the remote parts of Papua New Guinea. You can email Luke Anthony at lukesurg@yahoo.com.au or leave a message on the blog. For questions or comments, email me

Thanks a bunch for your help!

Dead-end future for too many Papua New Guineans

From the Post Courier editorial

We have brought some gripping accounts of human tragedy into the pages of the Post-Courier in recent times. These are true stories of the growth of deadly illness in people and their efforts to find help in their time of desperation.

These are the dilemmas of life for average Papua New Guineans, those who are afflicted with life-shortening diseases and are finding out how difficult it can be to find a way through. The victims in these situations usually encounter medical experts who tell them their only hope is to go to another country where machines and expertise exist to help them.Almost inevitably, they find out that such a course of action to save their life or to prolong it for a lengthy time will cost K100,000 or more.

Among many other sick patients, Saka Tauloi (above) is 54 and suffers from Hodgkins lymphoma or commonly known as Hodgkins disease and she needs urgent treatment overseas

In most cases, they have no hope of finding that amount. The paralysing truth that is obvious to many is that they need to go overseas quickly, within months or weeks, for the salvation to work.Very, very few Papua New Guineans can scrape up the money to do that.Many resign themselves to dying in a short time.

Their nearest and dearest family members go through mental torture, once they know the grim scenario. To see your loved one going through physical pain and knowing there is no hope can be a dreadful thing for people to cope with. That is when people start to feel bitter about the public health system in our country.

We feel for many professionals, including Health Secretary Dr Clement Malau, who complained publicly in recent weeks about the tendency for people to recite the bad side of health instead of giving the positive developments a go.

We in the media realise that we cannot be too critical of health professionals who are attempting to do good things, but we are critical of the government system that leaves those professionals with woefully inadequate resources to help our people. After a decade or two of struggle to get the sole cancer unit going again, we hear that the effort is still plagued by shortcomings of funding and staffing.

In the meantime, those who can find K100,000 or more, are jumping on the plane to Singapore or Brisbane. We don’t blame those individuals for being able to do so. But we do resent those in positions of power who do so, while those who pay their salaries, the taxpayers, are unable to make that flight.

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Dead-end future for too many Papua New Guineans

From the Post Courier editorial

We have brought some gripping accounts of human tragedy into the pages of the Post-Courier in recent times. These are true stories of the growth of deadly illness in people and their efforts to find help in their time of desperation.

These are the dilemmas of life for average Papua New Guineans, those who are afflicted with life-shortening diseases and are finding out how difficult it can be to find a way through. The victims in these situations usually encounter medical experts who tell them their only hope is to go to another country where machines and expertise exist to help them.Almost inevitably, they find out that such a course of action to save their life or to prolong it for a lengthy time will cost K100,000 or more.

Among many other sick patients, Saka Tauloi (above) is 54 and suffers from Hodgkins lymphoma or commonly known as Hodgkins disease and she needs urgent treatment overseas

In most cases, they have no hope of finding that amount. The paralysing truth that is obvious to many is that they need to go overseas quickly, within months or weeks, for the salvation to work.Very, very few Papua New Guineans can scrape up the money to do that.Many resign themselves to dying in a short time.

Their nearest and dearest family members go through mental torture, once they know the grim scenario. To see your loved one going through physical pain and knowing there is no hope can be a dreadful thing for people to cope with. That is when people start to feel bitter about the public health system in our country.

We feel for many professionals, including Health Secretary Dr Clement Malau, who complained publicly in recent weeks about the tendency for people to recite the bad side of health instead of giving the positive developments a go.

We in the media realise that we cannot be too critical of health professionals who are attempting to do good things, but we are critical of the government system that leaves those professionals with woefully inadequate resources to help our people. After a decade or two of struggle to get the sole cancer unit going again, we hear that the effort is still plagued by shortcomings of funding and staffing.

In the meantime, those who can find K100,000 or more, are jumping on the plane to Singapore or Brisbane. We don’t blame those individuals for being able to do so. But we do resent those in positions of power who do so, while those who pay their salaries, the taxpayers, are unable to make that flight.

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Dead-end future for too many Papua New Guineans

From the Post Courier editorial

We have brought some gripping accounts of human tragedy into the pages of the Post-Courier in recent times. These are true stories of the growth of deadly illness in people and their efforts to find help in their time of desperation.

These are the dilemmas of life for average Papua New Guineans, those who are afflicted with life-shortening diseases and are finding out how difficult it can be to find a way through. The victims in these situations usually encounter medical experts who tell them their only hope is to go to another country where machines and expertise exist to help them.Almost inevitably, they find out that such a course of action to save their life or to prolong it for a lengthy time will cost K100,000 or more.

Among many other sick patients, Saka Tauloi (above) is 54 and suffers from Hodgkins lymphoma or commonly known as Hodgkins disease and she needs urgent treatment overseas

In most cases, they have no hope of finding that amount. The paralysing truth that is obvious to many is that they need to go overseas quickly, within months or weeks, for the salvation to work.Very, very few Papua New Guineans can scrape up the money to do that.Many resign themselves to dying in a short time.

Their nearest and dearest family members go through mental torture, once they know the grim scenario. To see your loved one going through physical pain and knowing there is no hope can be a dreadful thing for people to cope with. That is when people start to feel bitter about the public health system in our country.

We feel for many professionals, including Health Secretary Dr Clement Malau, who complained publicly in recent weeks about the tendency for people to recite the bad side of health instead of giving the positive developments a go.

We in the media realise that we cannot be too critical of health professionals who are attempting to do good things, but we are critical of the government system that leaves those professionals with woefully inadequate resources to help our people. After a decade or two of struggle to get the sole cancer unit going again, we hear that the effort is still plagued by shortcomings of funding and staffing.

In the meantime, those who can find K100,000 or more, are jumping on the plane to Singapore or Brisbane. We don’t blame those individuals for being able to do so. But we do resent those in positions of power who do so, while those who pay their salaries, the taxpayers, are unable to make that flight.

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A Papua New Guinean mother appeals

By PETER KORUGL

A mother appeals . . . She is slowly going blind and will die

A mother of seven is slowly going blind and will surely lose her life if she does not have an operation to remove a growth at the base of her skull.Mujawe Banzinga left her village Dumbola in North Wahgi in the newly created Jiwaka Province on June 15 for a specialist medical check on her eyes, one that was not working and another that was slowly going, thinking that she would be treated and return home to her children and village eight days later.

Mujawe Banxinga is suffering. Picture: TARAMI LEGEI

At the Port Moresby General Hospital, Mujawe had her check up and what she learned shattered her life and that of her husband Kaman, who fears that he may lose his wife of 29 years and the mother of his children if she does not travel to Australia for the operation. Mujawe is from Hube in the Finschhafen district of Morobe.

She left her home and went to the Western Highlands in 1980. At Banz, she met Kaman, who was working with the young people in the Lutheran Church.The two Lutherans got married and they have been working with the Lutheran Church, Kaman as the Lutheran Youth Coordinator and Majawe as a prayer warrior for nearly all their lives.

“We are praying that a miracle will happen and that she will be saved,” Kaman was telling this newspaper on Friday.Majawe suffers from Pituitary Mass, which has caused the blindness and it was only about four months ago when doctors at the Port Moresby General Hospital told her of her condition after she went from one hospital to another in the Highlands. “In 2003 I started getting the pain in my right eye and I went to see the eye specialist in Mount Hagen General Hospital.

“The doctor there informed me that there was nothing wrong with my eyes and sent me home. As the days went by, the headaches started getting worse. In 2004, my right eye went black out,” she said. In 2006, she returned to the eye specialist in Mount Hagen and was advised again that there was nothing wrong with her eyes but the nerve, from her eyes to the pituitary gland, buried at the bottom of the brain, had “gone white” and she was advised to eat a lot of fruits.

In November last year the headache was worse and she went over to the Mingende Rural Hospital in Chimbu, Mingende referred her to Kundiawa Provincial Hospital and the doctors there referred her yet again to the Goroka Base Hospital.“I was there for eight weeks and the doctors could not do much. I was referred again to Port Moresby. I could not travel down because I had no money.

I lost hope. One day in June, a former Australian volunteer whom we looked after as a son returned to Banz and heard about my plight. He quickly paid for two tickets – one for me and one for my husband. “He also paid the K900 for the test at the hospital.

“I was very happy, thinking that very soon my problems would be over and I would resume normal life again but it was not to be,” Majuwe said.Majuwe said the lives of her children Christina, Roselyn, Saina, Ezekiel and Gidion and Alola are also affected and except for Alola, the others are in school.

“I do not want to die, I want to go home for my children. I want to see them grow up and help them find their lives. There are many of them and I know if I go, their father will not cope on his own,” she said. They need to raise more than K60,000 for the medical and other expenses and this is money they do not have.

*** I just wish that the government of Papua New Guinea could have a trust account to help her citizens who couldn't afford the huge medical costs and probably send them overseas for further testing and treatment. That would be a worthy cause for the government to spearhead for those who are sick and underprivileged. Just my thought!

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A Papua New Guinean mother appeals

By PETER KORUGL

A mother appeals . . . She is slowly going blind and will die

A mother of seven is slowly going blind and will surely lose her life if she does not have an operation to remove a growth at the base of her skull.Mujawe Banzinga left her village Dumbola in North Wahgi in the newly created Jiwaka Province on June 15 for a specialist medical check on her eyes, one that was not working and another that was slowly going, thinking that she would be treated and return home to her children and village eight days later.

Mujawe Banxinga is suffering. Picture: TARAMI LEGEI

At the Port Moresby General Hospital, Mujawe had her check up and what she learned shattered her life and that of her husband Kaman, who fears that he may lose his wife of 29 years and the mother of his children if she does not travel to Australia for the operation. Mujawe is from Hube in the Finschhafen district of Morobe.

She left her home and went to the Western Highlands in 1980. At Banz, she met Kaman, who was working with the young people in the Lutheran Church.The two Lutherans got married and they have been working with the Lutheran Church, Kaman as the Lutheran Youth Coordinator and Majawe as a prayer warrior for nearly all their lives.

“We are praying that a miracle will happen and that she will be saved,” Kaman was telling this newspaper on Friday.Majawe suffers from Pituitary Mass, which has caused the blindness and it was only about four months ago when doctors at the Port Moresby General Hospital told her of her condition after she went from one hospital to another in the Highlands. “In 2003 I started getting the pain in my right eye and I went to see the eye specialist in Mount Hagen General Hospital.

“The doctor there informed me that there was nothing wrong with my eyes and sent me home. As the days went by, the headaches started getting worse. In 2004, my right eye went black out,” she said. In 2006, she returned to the eye specialist in Mount Hagen and was advised again that there was nothing wrong with her eyes but the nerve, from her eyes to the pituitary gland, buried at the bottom of the brain, had “gone white” and she was advised to eat a lot of fruits.

In November last year the headache was worse and she went over to the Mingende Rural Hospital in Chimbu, Mingende referred her to Kundiawa Provincial Hospital and the doctors there referred her yet again to the Goroka Base Hospital.“I was there for eight weeks and the doctors could not do much. I was referred again to Port Moresby. I could not travel down because I had no money.

I lost hope. One day in June, a former Australian volunteer whom we looked after as a son returned to Banz and heard about my plight. He quickly paid for two tickets – one for me and one for my husband. “He also paid the K900 for the test at the hospital.

“I was very happy, thinking that very soon my problems would be over and I would resume normal life again but it was not to be,” Majuwe said.Majuwe said the lives of her children Christina, Roselyn, Saina, Ezekiel and Gidion and Alola are also affected and except for Alola, the others are in school.

“I do not want to die, I want to go home for my children. I want to see them grow up and help them find their lives. There are many of them and I know if I go, their father will not cope on his own,” she said. They need to raise more than K60,000 for the medical and other expenses and this is money they do not have.

*** I just wish that the government of Papua New Guinea could have a trust account to help her citizens who couldn't afford the huge medical costs and probably send them overseas for further testing and treatment. That would be a worthy cause for the government to spearhead for those who are sick and underprivileged. Just my thought!

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A Papua New Guinean mother appeals

By PETER KORUGL

A mother appeals . . . She is slowly going blind and will die

A mother of seven is slowly going blind and will surely lose her life if she does not have an operation to remove a growth at the base of her skull.Mujawe Banzinga left her village Dumbola in North Wahgi in the newly created Jiwaka Province on June 15 for a specialist medical check on her eyes, one that was not working and another that was slowly going, thinking that she would be treated and return home to her children and village eight days later.

Mujawe Banxinga is suffering. Picture: TARAMI LEGEI

At the Port Moresby General Hospital, Mujawe had her check up and what she learned shattered her life and that of her husband Kaman, who fears that he may lose his wife of 29 years and the mother of his children if she does not travel to Australia for the operation. Mujawe is from Hube in the Finschhafen district of Morobe.

She left her home and went to the Western Highlands in 1980. At Banz, she met Kaman, who was working with the young people in the Lutheran Church.The two Lutherans got married and they have been working with the Lutheran Church, Kaman as the Lutheran Youth Coordinator and Majawe as a prayer warrior for nearly all their lives.

“We are praying that a miracle will happen and that she will be saved,” Kaman was telling this newspaper on Friday.Majawe suffers from Pituitary Mass, which has caused the blindness and it was only about four months ago when doctors at the Port Moresby General Hospital told her of her condition after she went from one hospital to another in the Highlands. “In 2003 I started getting the pain in my right eye and I went to see the eye specialist in Mount Hagen General Hospital.

“The doctor there informed me that there was nothing wrong with my eyes and sent me home. As the days went by, the headaches started getting worse. In 2004, my right eye went black out,” she said. In 2006, she returned to the eye specialist in Mount Hagen and was advised again that there was nothing wrong with her eyes but the nerve, from her eyes to the pituitary gland, buried at the bottom of the brain, had “gone white” and she was advised to eat a lot of fruits.

In November last year the headache was worse and she went over to the Mingende Rural Hospital in Chimbu, Mingende referred her to Kundiawa Provincial Hospital and the doctors there referred her yet again to the Goroka Base Hospital.“I was there for eight weeks and the doctors could not do much. I was referred again to Port Moresby. I could not travel down because I had no money.

I lost hope. One day in June, a former Australian volunteer whom we looked after as a son returned to Banz and heard about my plight. He quickly paid for two tickets – one for me and one for my husband. “He also paid the K900 for the test at the hospital.

“I was very happy, thinking that very soon my problems would be over and I would resume normal life again but it was not to be,” Majuwe said.Majuwe said the lives of her children Christina, Roselyn, Saina, Ezekiel and Gidion and Alola are also affected and except for Alola, the others are in school.

“I do not want to die, I want to go home for my children. I want to see them grow up and help them find their lives. There are many of them and I know if I go, their father will not cope on his own,” she said. They need to raise more than K60,000 for the medical and other expenses and this is money they do not have.

*** I just wish that the government of Papua New Guinea could have a trust account to help her citizens who couldn't afford the huge medical costs and probably send them overseas for further testing and treatment. That would be a worthy cause for the government to spearhead for those who are sick and underprivileged. Just my thought!

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Worship Books for Lutheran Churches in Papua New Guinea

Front hard cover of the Lutheran Worship Book used widely in Lutheran Churches

I am willing to send over 300 Lutheran Worship Books (weighs 1.5lb) to Lutheran Churches in Papua New Guinea for their worship services. I found out the need in these churches when I spent two months last year in Papua New Guinea.

Front page of the Lutheran Worship Book

I told the Lutheran Churches that I was going to help them so here I got the books and I am looking for ways to send them to Papua New Guinea. Therefore, I need some help with certain organizations in the shipment process and anything related to this matter.

Middle page showing hymnals

I would welcome comments, suggestions, questions, etc....from anyone or organizations who are willing to offer their insights regarding the above in the shipment process. Please, leave a comment here or email me.

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Worship Books for Lutheran Churches in Papua New Guinea

Front hard cover of the Lutheran Worship Book used widely in Lutheran Churches

I am willing to send over 300 Lutheran Worship Books (weighs 1.5lb) to Lutheran Churches in Papua New Guinea for their worship services. I found out the need in these churches when I spent two months last year in Papua New Guinea.

Front page of the Lutheran Worship Book

I told the Lutheran Churches that I was going to help them so here I got the books and I am looking for ways to send them to Papua New Guinea. Therefore, I need some help with certain organizations in the shipment process and anything related to this matter.

Middle page showing hymnals

I would welcome comments, suggestions, questions, etc....from anyone or organizations who are willing to offer their insights regarding the above in the shipment process. Please, leave a comment here or email me.

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Worship Books for Lutheran Churches in Papua New Guinea

Front hard cover of the Lutheran Worship Book used widely in Lutheran Churches

I am willing to send over 300 Lutheran Worship Books (weighs 1.5lb) to Lutheran Churches in Papua New Guinea for their worship services. I found out the need in these churches when I spent two months last year in Papua New Guinea.

Front page of the Lutheran Worship Book

I told the Lutheran Churches that I was going to help them so here I got the books and I am looking for ways to send them to Papua New Guinea. Therefore, I need some help with certain organizations in the shipment process and anything related to this matter.

Middle page showing hymnals

I would welcome comments, suggestions, questions, etc....from anyone or organizations who are willing to offer their insights regarding the above in the shipment process. Please, leave a comment here or email me.

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