New Vehicle for the mothers at the Waniati Maternal Waiting Home!

The support of the vulnerable women of the Papua New Guinean highlands has always been at the centre of what we do here at the Waniati Maternal Waiting Home. Including the dignified transport of mothers in labour to hospital, for a supervised and safe birth to ensure their baby gets the best start in life possible.

Our ability to carry out our mission is entirely dependent on the generosity of our donors, our partners and our community supporters, and this amazing network of individuals, businesses, and government entities came together in December to help us fundraise at our inaugural Charity Gala Dinner - the singular focus of this event was to help us raise enough money to modernise our primary transport vehicle.

We are very excited and thankful today to announce that this dream has been realised. With the direct support of Kanda Hire Ltd, and through the money raised we have been able to secure a new 10-Seater Land Cruiser for the mothers at the Waniati Maternal Waiting Home!

This is a life changing event for us and our mothers, and we wanted to sincerely thank from the bottom of our hearts everyone who donated to this cause and was able to join us on the night for our charity dinner. The list is a long one, but we wanted to acknowledge everyone who supported us and continues to support us in our mission to serve the unserved. We would like to thank the following individuals, companies, not-for-profit groups and Government entities for their generosity:

Arabicas Coffee Company

BSP Financial Group Limited

Bird of Paradise Hotel

Blue Misty Mountains

Brisbane Broncos

Colbran Coffeelands Ltd.

Digicel PNG Foundation

Fayantina Construction

Goroka Coffee Roasters

Kalapi Transport

Kanda Hire Ltd.

Kara Jewellers Port Moresby

K92 Mining Inc.

Monpi Coffee

Pacific Helicopters

PNG Coffee Exports

Sun Engineering PNG

Eastern Highlands Provincial Health Authority

Fresh Produce Development Agency

Office of the Hon Simon Sia - Eastern Highlands Provincial Governor

Office of the Hon Aiya Tambua - Member for Goroka

PNG Institute of Medical Research

Mr Ben Francis and Mrs Cindy Francis

Mr Bokie Lohia

Mr Justin Wellington

Mr Marcus Bai

Ms Margaret Biruwe

Mr Michael Slater

Ms Molly Hazame

Mr Ryan Pini, MBE, OL, OLY

Mr Stanley Gene

Ms Valda Kereu

Waniati would also like to make a special mention of Orpah Daisy Peter - President of the Rotary Club of Goroka, Alisa Bate - Conference Coordinator at the Bird of Paradise Hotel, and Cindy Francis - Australian Volunteers Program for their unwavering dedication to helping us achieve this goal.