The Motivation Australia team has been working on a Walking Aid Training Package, aiming to increase safe and effective provision of walking aids by hospital and community based health and rehabilitation workers. The package has been developed as part of a broader program…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Papua New Guinea now has its first national wheelchair service training team! Nine personnel from the National Orthotics and Prosthetics Service (NOPS) and Cheshire Disability Services have completed a Training of Trainers (TOT) course in Lae, PNG. This training was…
Motivation Australia would like to congratulate eight staff from the PNG National Orthotics and Prosthetics Service (NOPS) and one physiotherapist from Cheshire Disability Services who have just completed the second stage of their intermediate level wheelchair service training. Intermediate level…
Intermediate level wheelchair training was recently held in Lae, Papua New Guinea. Ten staff from the National Orthotics and Prosthetics Service (NOPS) the Department of Health and Cheshire Homes Services were joined by two staff from Kiribati’s Tungaru Rehabilitation Service…
Motivation Australia recently completed a training and support visit to our partners in Papua New Guinea. One of the key activities of the visit was training; 19 local staff members successfully completed Basic Wheelchair Service Training. Trainees learned how to…
The PNG Access to Mobility programme is a partnership between Motivation Australia, PNG Assembly of Disabled Persons (ADP) and the National Orthotics Prosthetics Service (NOPS). The programme is focused on creating equitable and sustainable access to appropriate mobility device services…
