The core service providers meeting is an important quarterly activity that brings together family and sexual violence (FSV) service providers to discuss challenges and successes, and learn from each other to improve service delivery to … Read more
From 5 to 9 March 2018, in partnership with the Morobe FSVAC, we hosted a visit from Dr Judy Putt (ANU) and Mrs Eve Ball from the Domestic Violence Crisis Service in Canberra.
The Pilgrim Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Limki donated garden food and clothes to Femili PNG to assist its clients at the safe house in Lae on 27 August 2017
From 4 to 6 July 2017, Femili PNG conducted training on gender-based violence and trauma-informed care in Daru. The training was organized by the Burnet Institute who is working with stakeholders to reduce the impact of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Western Province.
In March 2017, China Town and Tent City Police Stations in Lae received a computer and printer each from Femili PNG to assist with cases relating to family and sexual violence.
Femili PNG coordinated ‘Gender Mainstreaming Training for Health Managers’ from 20-24 March 2017 at Nenege Lodge in Tari, Hela Province. The 24 participants were from the Hela Provincial Hospital and the Hela Provincial Health facilities.
Femili PNG and the Oil Search Foundation (the Foundation) have entered into a partnership to strengthen referral systems in Hela province to respond to Gender Based Violence.
Attending training is an opportunity for an individual to learn new things and also to unlearn the things that they are used to doing. Service providers who have been working for a long time may sometimes forget to follow certain protocols because of their overwhelming number of cases handled. On the other hand, new service providers may lack some of the knowledge and skills required to handle and manage cases.
Some staff came on horse-back, others in their farm work-wear and also mothers and their curious toddlers came together to listen and learn about the issue of family and sexual violence.
During the final Lae FSV Service Provider Group meeting for the year, Femili PNG donated more than K14,600 worth of office equipment, stationery and computers to partners in Lae.
