Our Story
On Sunday, March 23, 2014, we were invited to a meeting with the Grass Roots ladies of Margarima, Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. They took us out to a garden to see a rusty 1940s wood stove covered with a tarp. Together they were trying to cook shared food in it- about 20 of them!!. And how did the women obtain water? The river was down a steep slope from the village. We decided that this, cookhouses, stoves and water tanks would be our number one priority on our return to Australia. When the region was subject to a severe drought a short time later, we became all the more determined. And so began the cookhouses project as an informal partnership with the people of Papua New Guinea. We Australians supply the architect plan, building materials, tanks and tools. The local villagers provide the site and construct the cookhouse. They appoint a women’s committee to manage its various communal uses and short courses.
In the intervening five years, three cookhouses were fully funded and constructed. The sites are Ouamug village in the Western Highlands, Pumakos in Enga province, Goglme in the Chimbu and the next is at Posulim village in the Southern highlands province. We hope to begin there early next year once we have the funds to begin. So your donations are very welcome.
In the intervening five years, three cookhouses were fully funded and constructed. The sites are Ouamug village in the Western Highlands, Pumakos in Enga province, Goglme in the Chimbu and the next is at Posulim village in the Southern highlands province. We hope to begin there early next year once we have the funds to begin. So your donations are very welcome.
The official opening of the Ouamug cookhouse, September 2019
Our Aim
To assist (Papua New Guinea) PNG women and their families to be
well nourished and supplied with safe and accessible water supply.
To fight gastro-enterities and tuberculosis.
Far too often these preventable diseases kill young PNG children.
well nourished and supplied with safe and accessible water supply.
To fight gastro-enterities and tuberculosis.
Far too often these preventable diseases kill young PNG children.
Celebrations at the grand opening of the Cookhouses, September 2019
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Click the icon to the right for video footage from the group's
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Would you like to participate in this partnership with our nearest
neighbours, the people of Papua New Guinea?
- Join our newsletter circulation either by e-mail or postal address or become a Facebook friend.
- Become a volunteer. Volunteers are needed for technical assistance, office administration, multimedia communication, public speaking and fundraising. You would be very welcome.
- Make a donation to contribute to our next site for a village cookhouse and water tank. You will always know exactly where your donation is going to assist and for what you are contributing. Donors are an essential part of the CTAL team
- Please pass on the message to your friends. Person to person contact is the very best way of engaging contemporary Australians with the real lives of our neighbours in Papua New Guinea.
Contact Us
Institute of Sisters Of Mercy Of Australia and Papua New Guinea
CTAL Office: PO Box 504
Mercy Action & Spirituality Hub
617 Nicholson Street, Carlton North, Vic 3054
CTAL Team Leader: Margaret Ryan RSM AO
0407 684 445
[email protected]
Donations: ISMAPNG-CTAL
CTH BANK
BSB: 063141
Acct No: 10504279
CTAL Office: PO Box 504
Mercy Action & Spirituality Hub
617 Nicholson Street, Carlton North, Vic 3054
CTAL Team Leader: Margaret Ryan RSM AO
0407 684 445
[email protected]
Donations: ISMAPNG-CTAL
CTH BANK
BSB: 063141
Acct No: 10504279
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