Bel isi PNG wins recognition at Santos EHSS awards ceremony A program committed to changing attitudes towards and supporting family and sexual violence survivors in Papua New Guinea has topped an exceptional list of nominees for the inaugural Santos Foundation Project or Program of the Year. The Bel isi PNG program received the recognition at…
An exciting milestone under the Youth Opportunities program was completed Kutubu Local Level Youth Development Council. The Kutubu Local Level Youth Development Council (KLLYDC) successfully completed a consultation workshop with youth leaders representing Thirty-nine participants made up of nine KLLYDC executives and 30 representatives from 18 wards attended a week-long consultation workshop. The representatives were…
Santos Foundation celebrated Universal Children’s Day with close to 300 students, teachers, parents, representatives from the provincial education office staging a march raising awareness on children’s rights at Kikori town in Gulf Province recently. Kikori Literacy Library students and teachers were joined by United Church and Kikori Hospital elementary schools and older students from Kikori…
Santos is pleased to have supported a community-led initiative to walk through the North Whagi district of Jiwaka province to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW). Santos Team handing over the EVAW walk banners and shirts to the Monrose group witnessed by the K-N-K community. Kongambil village in Banz,…
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Santos are bringing lifesaving electricity to a rural community in Southern Highlands Province. In partnership with the Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority, Santos through the Santos funded Oil Search Foundation (OSF) and USAID launched the Pimaga Rural Hospital…
Dobi introduces new learning opportunity for women in her village. Dobi Morea, International Travel Officer with Santos, introduced a tailoring and sewing project for women and girls in her community at Porebada, Hiri-West District, Central province. Benefiting from the Santos funded Oil Search Foundation’s Small Grants fund, Dobi is giving women and girls a second…
The Santos-funded Oil Search Foundation (OSF) has introduced a Youth Opportunities Program in the Nipa – Kutubu District of Southern Highlands province in partnership with the National and Provincial Governments. One of the key objectives of the Program is to address youth empowerment by creating pathways that will lead to sustainable employment or income options including…
Santos funded OSF has sponsored a group of ten dedicated teachers from rural communities in Hela and Gulf provinces to attend the annual Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) teacher refresher training in Port Moresby this week as part of the Foundation’s commitment towards investing in early childhood education in PNG. The group comprising of seven women…
In 2020, Oil Search Foundation (OSF) provided scholarships for four elementary school and early childhood education teachers from Tari in Hela Province and Kikori in Gulf Province, to study childhood education pat the University of Goroka. On Tuesday 19th April 2022, the four young people graduated as qualified early childhood education teachers. With a great…
The Gulf Provincial Health Authority (PHA) is partnering with the Oil Search Foundation (OSF) to integrate routine immunisation (RI) with COVID-19 vaccination across the province. As the world celebrates Immunisation Week, partners are doing their best to make sure that children receive the recommended doses of childhood vaccinations to prevent unnecessary deaths and severe illnesses…
Deep in the heart of Southern Highlands Province, in the remote Nipa-Kutubu District, lies Pimaga Rural Hospital. It is a government run rural health facility delivering health services to around 10,000 people. In 2021 one determined group of health workers fought against the pressure of the pandemic to ensure Pimaga hospital could provide services. There…
Meet Puri Saka, a teacher at Magarima Secondary School in Hela Province, is better known to his students as Mr Saka. Mr Saka is a determined young man from Dei district in Western Highlands Province. He believes education is a tool that enables a person to have a better future. This belief and his life…
Chalton Andale is one of 28 five (5) year old children who recently benefited from the Oil Search Foundation (OSF) funded Habare Literacy Library, an early childhood learning centre on the outskirts of Tari town, Hela Province. Like the other children, Chalton has big dreams, and hopes to for his future. To help him and…
Family and sexual violence (FSV) is a complex and very serious issue across the world. It mostly affects women and girls in every country; there is not one place anywhere which is free of this type of violence. The World Health Organisation estimates that globally, around 30% of women experience FSV. In PNG, the Demographic…
Almost 60,000 routine vaccination doses have been administered to children in Gulf Province over the last two years, protecting them and their communities against a range of vaccine-preventable diseases. The encouraging results were identified by the Gulf Provincial Health Authority (PHA) and the Oil Search Foundation (OSF) at a recent health facilities review, which included…
Senior officials from the Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority (SH PHA) and Nipa-Kutubu District Development Authority, Officers in Charge (OIC) from the Kutubu Health facilities, church managers, and representatives from Oil search Foundation (OSF) recently participated in a week-long workshop in Mendi. This event was the first time for all these partners to be in…
Hela Provincial Hospital staff explains to OSF rep the purpose of the GeneXpert machine in the X-ray and Pathology unit.
X-Ray and Pathology units are important components of health service delivery They enable healthcare providers to diagnose, monitor, and treat medical conditions. Having experienced health professionals to deliver care and treatment is equally important. The…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and treatable disease which remains prevalent in many countries across the world. Papua New Guinea has one of the highest rates of TB in the Western Pacific. Ensuring health centres are well equipped to fight this disease is important in preventing its spread. Identifying potential TB sources and treating individuals…
The Oil Search Foundation (OSF) and Evangelical Church of Papua New Guinea (EC PNG) have renewed a partnership agreement to work together to contribute to health service delivery in Southern Highlands Province (SHP), as governed by the SHP Provincial Health Authority (PHA). It is the mandated role of the Government of PNG, through the National…
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Papua New Guinea is vital because it limits the spread of the virus and saves lives The Oil Search Foundation (OSF) is supporting the Gulf Provincial Health Authority (GPHA) to work with government and development partners to ensure Papua New Guineans have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. In the…
Christabellyn Kapi, a student at Habare Literacy Library (Hela Province) acts out her dream of becoming a doctor one day.
Every year, schools and libraries across Papua New Guinea spend a week celebrating books and the importance of reading them, and there is no better way than to see children draw inspiration from these books.…
Keeping hands clean is important to help prevent viruses and germs from spreading Every day, we use our hands for many activities which exposes them to harmful bacteria that can cause sickness. Good hand hygiene is important, especially during this time. Dentalife Australia (a research and development company in Melbourne specialising in dental and infection…
Students at Fugwa Literacy Library are also taught the importance of social distancing, they put to practice these good values during class.
Education is key to a successful future. Providing children with the opportunity to learn and develop is a vital pathway to them being able to fully contribute to their family, community, and nation.…
The availability of healthcare services is critical to good health and in rural Papua New Guinea there are many barriers to accessing these services including a lack of basic medical supplies. Identifying these barriers, the Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority (SH PHA) in partnership with Oil Search Foundation (OSF) embarked on an activity to revitalise…
Shalom Nouairi, Resident Doctor – OSF Scholarship recipient at Mendi General Hospital
Growing up and living in a rural village situated in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea, Shalom Nouairi, was aware of the complexities of accessing healthcare from an early age. Being a village girl, Shalom often saw people from marginalised communities struggle…
The infographic showing the positive outcomes of the health partnership supported by the Wok Bung Wantaim program in Hela Province. Hela Province has recorded an increase in antenatal clinic visits by pregnant women and supervised births because of the provincial government’s investment to improve health infrastructure and health worker training with the support of development…
Hearing the voice of women leaders and promoting the role they play in society was the aim of the recent Hela Women’s Forum The women of Hela met with their Governor, Hon. Philip Undialu, Provincial Administrator, Public Servants, Head of Security Forces and Development partners in a form that was the first of its kind…
Oil Search Foundation (OSF) today released its 2020 Annual Report with the theme ‘Resilience Through Adversity’. (Yumi Sanap Strong Wantaim, Namel Long Displa Taim Nogut)
The report draws attention to the importance of resilient partnerships and perseverance, to counter the impact of the pandemic now gripping the world.
She thanked the Provincial Health Authorities of Hela,…
Oil Search Limited Vice President Government Affairs & Office of the Managing Director, Wayne Kasou (Left) and Oil Search Foundation Contracts & Admin Senior Manager, Annie Turi (Right) present the face shields to Deputy Incident Manager, National Control Centre (NCC), Dr Melinda Susapo (middle) at the NCC warehouse in Port Moresby.
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Immunisations save hundreds of millions of lives every year across the world and are widely recognised as one of the world’s most successful public health interventions International Immunisation Week was celebrated last week by nations around the globe. Many once deadly diseases have been eliminated or are now well managed as a result of immunisation…
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