Motivation Australia has partnered with the Papua New Guinea Assembly of Persons with Disabilities (PNG ADP), and is working closely with the Department of Health and Department of Community Development and Religion to draft National Guidelines on the Provision of…
In February – March 2015, Motivation Australia, Fiji National University (FNU) School of Medical Sciences and Nursing Physiotherapy department and the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) of Fiji worked together to successfully deliver the World Health Organisation (WHO) Wheelchair Service Training…
The Samoan Mobility Device Service (MDS) continues to move from strength to strength. Four wheelchair service personnel are providing competent, quality services to Samoans with a mobility disability. More than 200 people with a disability have received appropriate mobility devices…
When Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu this month, our partners in Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Society for Disabled Persons (VSDP) were amongst those who lost so much. Fortunately all of the staff and volunteers of VSDP; and their families were un-harmed. However…
Motivation Australia and our partners in Vanuatu – the Vanuatu Society for Disabled Persons (VSDP) have been exploring ways to act on the recommendations from our 2012 joint feasibility study. This year we are delighted to have received funds through…
Motivation Australia and the Fiji Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) has launched a Peer to Peer programme in Suva. Peer to Peer programmes are about people with a disability training, mentoring and supporting other people with a similar disability. Our Peer…
The Motivation Australia team is thrilled to launch our It’s My Right series of short films that were created with our Papua New Guinean partners the National Orthotics and Prosthetics Service (NOPS) and PNG Assembly for Disabled Persons (ADP). These…
The Samoa Mobility Device Service (MDS) has reached an important milestone this week – with 100 mobility devices rolling and walking out the door! 100 appropriate wheelchairs or walking aids that have been provided by trained, local personnel. The MDS…
Motivation Australia is pleased to report the successful completion of the 2014 Basic Level Wheelchair and Walking Aid training course. The training was held at the new Mobility Device Service (MDS) in Apia, Samoa, and was completed by 16 personnel from…
Motivation Australia’s six week wheelchair and walking aid training course is in its final week; the Level 2 Service Provision training course has focused on the knowledge and skills required to provide basic level wheelchairs and walking aids for adults with a mobility disability. 16 trainees from…
Peer to Peer training means the provision of training, support and basic rehabilitation for people with a disability by those with a similar disability. In the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) context this covers wheelchair mobility skills, health, disability awareness, relationships…
In many developing countries, there is a lack of access to Urinary Management Products (UMP). For people with a permanent disability that results in urinary incontinence; a lack of UMPs results in an inability to participate actively and an increased…
Using World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, there are an estimated 8,700 people who require a wheelchair for mobility in Fiji. The International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics statistics suggest a further 4,290 people require prosthetics and/or orthotics. There is no…
Preparations for the delivery of the first Motivation Australia wheelchair and walking aid training in Samoa continued this week with the arrival and unloading of two shipping containers of equipment and devices. One 20 foot container arrived from Adelaide with…
Motivation Australia recently completed filming for an It’s My Right video resource in PNG. As part of this resource, a series of eight posters have been developed: Four posters featuring Papua New Guineans and their families – focused on the importance…
The Samoa Integrated Mobility Device Services (SIMDES) project has reached the first six month milestone! The four year project (2014 – 2018) is a collaboration between the Samoa National Health Service (NHS), NOLA (Nuanua O Le Alofa) and Motivation Australia,…
Lauren and Ray just completed a week of filming and recording wheelchair users’ stories around Port Moresby, PNG. The women and men involved shared their experiences of being wheelchair users in Australia’s nearest neighbour. The footage will be edited into a series…
Motivation Australia is pleased to publish the PNG Equitable Access Research (EAR) report. The EAR project was one of the activities that has been completed though the Access to Mobility programme, with partners PNG Assembly for Disabled Persons (ADP) and…
In early March 2014, Motivation Australia personnel Ray Mines and Lee Brentnall visited Samoa to continue working towards the establishment of the Mobility Device Services (MDS). You can download the project summary from the Recent Publications section of the Resources…
We are pleased to announce the beginning of the Samoa Integrated Mobility Device Services (SIMDES) project. This new project will be a four year (2014 – 2018) collaboration between the Samoa National Health Service (NHS), NOLA (Nuanua O Le Alofa)…