Papua New Guinea Women's Association of Victoria Inc 2019 Annual Report

January 24 2020

Prepared, Compiled and written by Ms Leesa Timbi

Papua New Guinea Women’s Association of Victoria

Our Mission

PNGWAV aims to create a one stop shop for the needs of PNG women and their families in Victoria. The association also seeks to preserve our cultural heritage by creating programs for our children and showcase our rich cultural tradition when we participate in events with other organizations. Our main objective is to empower our members to help them become productive and eventually help PNG women back in PNG (through selective organizations).

Our Vision

Our long-term vision is facilitate programs and opportunities that will empower PNG women living in Victoria. We aim to help PNG women be financially secure enough to contribute to not only to Australian society but eventually build a meaningful bridge between PNG and Australia. These bridges can be in terms of trade and providing support to NGOs who are on the ground in PNG making a difference in the grass roots level.

Our History

Recently between 2012 to date there has been an influx of women coming into Australia from Papua New Guinea seeking refuge on domestic violence grounds. A majority of these resilient women ( the exact number has yet to be confirmed as we don't have access to an immigration registry) are strong family women who have endured years of abuse and some have had to leave their children and everything behind and flee for their lives to Australia. Their stories are amazing. Some are incredibly sad, courageous, dangerous and heart wrenching. You would not be able to tell if you met them as they are such strong women who just want to get on with it and live happy normal lives.

Many of the PNG women are spread all across rural and urban Victoria. Some have settled in well and others not so well as language barriers, understanding of how systems work, paperwork etc is daunting for them as they are thrown into a new system and way of life.

The idea behind the PNG women's Association of Victoria is to empower the women who are residing in Victoria. PNGWAV aims to provide a one stop shop for the needs of PNG women in terms of referral services, holding workshops to upskill the women, facilitating opportunities that will empower the women, preserve the culture for the women and eventually help women back home who are not as fortunate to have found a way out like the women here.

PNGWAV was an informal group for 2-3 years until we incorporated the association in March of 2019. So far there are 16 financial members, including their family members makes it 35.

There are still many unaccounted women whose immigration case haven't been decided and some are in hiding so for now we are using the preliminary numbers as representative of the other women until all feel confident enough to join us.

MEMBERSHIP DESCRIPTION

Some members of PNGWAV are highly educated skilled women who had their own local businesses, who managed their households, who managed to put food on the table for their families and now are like a fish out of water in Australia. Some women are in their middle ages, no education, could minimally read and write English. These women have a lot of skills that are transferable but have no formal qualifications to recognize those skills like gardening, cleaning, sewing etc. These women are resilient and determined to do what it takes to better themselves, become productive and add value to the new country that has given them a second chance.

Our mission page 02

Our vision page 02

Our history page 02

Section 1 – An overview of PNGWAV Our people page 05

Our members page 07 Our supporters page 08 Section 2 – Governance Structure & management page 10

report page 11 Our Objectives and Activities page 13 Section 3 – Our Finances

Adding value to each other’s lives.

OUR PEOPLE

Patron

Cr. Victoria Borg has a PhD in Psychology in mental health across cultures. She is passionate about youth and education, both of which encompass her former career as an educator at Victoria University where she was a tutor, lecturer, and researcher.

Through her work she has identified a heightened need for engagement with education and training as this leads to qualifications and employment.

She presented at Victoria University at the National Youth Commission Inquiry into Youth Employment and Transitions, which was just the right forum to talk about these vital issues for young people in Brimbank. Last year she attended a number of community events including the In2Tennis opening, the Brimbank Australia Day Ceremony, Westvale Soccer Club Family Day, Waitangi Day celebrations, the 50th annual Polish Sports Festival, a range of art exhibitions celebrating culture and diversity, the West Sunshine Multicultural Senior Citizens Centre 28th anniversary, the Papua New Guinea Women’s Association of Victoria fundraiser and other open days.

Cr.Borg also serves on a number of committees including the Brimbank Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Reconciliation Action Plan Consultative Committee, Safety Roundtable, Social Justice Coalition – Strategic Implementation Group, Brimbank Disability Advisory Committee, and the Collective Action Committee.

Cr. Victoria Borg Grasslands Ward Councillor Brimbank City Council

Chaplain

Ms Sally SaIli Vuli Business woman Philanthropist Community developer

Ms Sally Salli Vui is originally from Fiji but has lived and worked in Papua New Guinea from 2002 –2018. Sally established numerous non for profit organizations and businesses in PNG during the 17 years that she has lived there. Many of these non for profit organizations have made a big difference in the lives of struggling Papua New Guineans. From helping struggling mothers to reforming criminals –her organizations and businesses in PNG continue to make an impact till today.

As a Christian, Sally is passionate about teaching, preaching and living the WORD of GOD. She uses her organizations and businesses to impart Godly teachings and principles through structured training to change the mindset of people so they can learn to see opportunities where they would not have done so before in order to improve their lives.

Sally has helped transform the lives of well over 8000 women through her powerful program: “Mindset Training”. If you include men in there - it is well over 10,000. One of her many highlights is that she started a social enterprise, Telikard Solutions, in partnership with Digicel PNG to help 150 unemployed street boys run their own small business through street vending mobile recharge cards. Through this enterprise she helped the youth raise over K3 million. She also helped the disability community in Morobe province through her non for profit organization, Women of Destiny.

Businesses Sally owns:

Fijian Bure (consulting business specializing in upskilling)

Blooming Flowers (Exotic Flowers)

Bure Chemicals

Red Carpet Events (PNG Fashion week – promoting PNG designed clothes)

Organizations Sally founded:

Gulf Women’s association for business

Kavieng Women’s association

Women of Destiny (Morobe Province)

Telikard Solutions

OUR PEOPLE

MEMBERS

Interim Committee Members (02/02/2019 – 02/06/2019)

Name Position

Leesa Timbi President

Ayesha Henry Vice President

Cecelia Moses Treasurer

Faith Popna Secretary

Committee Members

Name Position

Leesa Timbi President

Rose Tom Vice President

Faith Popna Treasurer

Rebecca Popna Secretary

Formal Members

Name Name Name

Tessy Komunga Ceslie Cove Veronica Kurufher

Faith Popna Leesa Timbi Ana Varea

Cecelia Moses Priscilla S. Phillip Lucy Fox

Ayesha Henry Rebecca Kupil Leonie Kara

Maria Goimba Rose Tom

Non Formal Members

Name

Mavis Kay Mori

Veronica Kiwa

Julie Wani

Sally Napolini

OUR SUPPORTERS

Kirralee Myers

Active Communities Development Officer | Leisure and Community Facilities

Brimbank City Council

Councillor Victoria Borg

Councillor for Grasslands ward for the Brimbank Municipality

Councillor Georgina Papafotiou

Councillor for the Taylors ward and current Mayor for the Brimbank Municipality

Peter Andrianakis

Program Manager for Social Enterprise & Community Development

Good Shepherd

Sara Aygur Project Officer, School Focused Youth Service

Noelene Morran Financial Capability Coach (Has since left the organization)

Improving and Promoting Community Health (IPC)

Nuredin Hassan Community Development Officer

Football Empowerment

Eangano Singehebhuye Community Liaison Officer

Mobratta Yabio (Tom) Founder and CEO

Teddy Yabio Founder and CFO

Eangano Singehebhuye Founder and President

Acts of Random Kindness

Ellen Kessler

Team Leader Westvale Community Centre | Community Learning & Participation

Loy Singehebhuye Vice President / programs coordinator

Nana Singehebhuye Treasurer / community liaison officer Westvale Community Centre

Fernanda Lawrence

Program Development Officer | Community Learning & Participation

SECTION 2 GOVERNANCE

STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT

Incorporation

The Papua New Guinea Women’s Association of Victoria incorporated as an association with Consumer Affairs Victoria in March of this 2019. The association also received its Australian Business Number and Tax File number.

Bank Account

The PNGWAV bank account was opened immediately after with the Commonwealth bank with four (4) signatories on late March of 2019.

Membership conditions

During this period membership criteria and fees were decided for members who had their families here and those who are single.

Social Media

A PNGWAV website with GoDaddy domain name was setup along with a Facebook page and YouTube channel to document programs and events that we took part in or initiated. The website and domain name were set up in May of 2019.

Committee Members

An interim committee was formed in February of 2019 for formalities sake. Our first formal elections of committee members took place around June of 2019. Committee members are also signatories for the bank account. Committee members are to proactively seek out ways to bring opportunities, facilitate programs to empower the women.

Public Liability

PNGWAV purchased public liability as a community group in January of 2020.

Accountability

A needs assessment was held in May of 2019 to determine the needs of the women and to categorise them in list of priorities. This annual report will assess whether we met these all the needs and if not, we will evaluate why.

This is the first annual report prepared as a precedent for good governance for when grants are given for programs and projects. This report is to be prepared by the president and the treasurer annually. Details of the annual report are to be contributed by the committee to assist the president and treasurer in compiling the report.

This report will be given at towards the end of every year to our members and donors. This will help us improve as an association, as we reflect on the year gone by and see if we have delivered on our annual goals and programs and if not - assess in the report why that is the case and what could have been done better.

Programs

It is the committee’s responsibility to designate, organize and facilitate opportunities and programs for the members. Once grants are given for programs, the committee will organize subcommittees to co-ordinate each respective program

Partnerships

PNGWAV is introduced to as many relevant organizations as possible to see if there is a fit to work together as affiliates or as partners. Partnerships create strong relationships and easy access to facilities and services.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

I write this report with heartfelt appreciation and great respect for all our PNGWAV founding members I also acknowledge our supporters who were also unwavering and saw the transformative potential this platform could have in the lives of its members.

I would like to share some of the challenges, milestones, lessons and values of the year gone past of our newly incorporated association. It has not been as easy I thought it would be to form an organization from scratch. In summary I see the year 2019 as a year of laying the foundations, refining the vision and preparing to implement.

I would like to thank the very first pillars of this vision who stood firm in the early stages to make this work despite the odds. Maria Goimba, Ceslie Cove, Faith Popna, Ayesha Henry, Ana Varea, Tessy Komunga, Leonie Kara, Lucy Fox, Julie Wani and Mavis. We were later joined by the dynamic Veronica Kurufher, Rose Tom, Rebecca Kupil, Cecelia Moses, Vero Kiwa, Priscilla Phillip, and Sally Napolini. All you ladies have had an impact on the early stages of this organization by contributing your time, finances, talents, and I acknowledge that in all sincerity. Thank you so much for being the founding members of this association.

Challenges

I want to highlight three (3) main challenges. (1) We found out very quickly that it is not as easy to deliver proposed programs as there were many prerequisites and we had to work backwards to go forwards. This was not easy as it was time consuming and proved difficult given everyone had varying schedules and many other priorities to attend to. (2) Another challenge that I found that may not necessarily be unique to our culture was that it was quite easy for misunderstandings over minor issues amongst members themselves and this seemed to have a slight adverse effect on the solidarity of the association. (3) The last challenge I observed was that the association was not yet adding value and thus interest in attending gatherings and meetings died down. Setting up the backend, networking, creating events and holding meetings was time consuming but necessary to lay down the foundation so that relevant programs can be implemented in the future.

Milestones

There have been many small milestones along the way but there are seven (7) pivotal milestones that are worth mentioning. (1) Incorporating the Association (2) Choosing a logo (3) Electing our first committee members (4) Opening our bank account (5) setting up our social media platforms (6) Getting recognized and supported but our City Council Mayor and councillors (7) Creating partnerships with supporting organizations who support our vision and mission.

These milestones create a springboard to not only give us confidence but to also give us the foundation, tools and network to confidently move forward with implementing programs that may have been difficult prior.

Lessons

There were a few lessons that are noteworthy as they can be used in future. (1) I have learnt that anything worthwhile doing takes a lot of time, effort, and patience. (2) Another valuable lesson that I learnt in terms of the members of the association was the need to have at least 2-4 annual social events in-between to keep the momentum going as we as human beings are social creatures and love a good time. Having a lot of meetings and doing paperwork that seemingly did not produce immediate results should have been balanced out with social events to keep the momentum going. (3) Another lesson is learning to manoeuvre the complexity and fragility of human beings. Our strong PNG women are also vulnerable and have been through a lot and I have found that each person is unique and comes with their own experiences that influences their perception of people and situations. It is important to be considerate of this. (4) The lesson that I think really made a difference was to learn to constantly reflect to see if any course of action is indeed the best way forward or if there is a better way. I found the better way was not always the easiest way, but it ensured long-term success.

Values

This association has the potential to be a platform that can transform each woman’s life if we make full use of the openings that are available to us. It is a platform that can give you access to opportunities that as an individual you may not have had access to. I have seen first-hand that if we are organized – we can draw people in to make things happen for us. The value of being organized, committed, and disciplined will reap long term benefits not only for ourselves and our youth who are our future but also eventually we can be of help to our communities back in PNG.

I want to encourage us to stay the course and complete what we have started. Many failures and broken promises we have left behind with our past lives and let this organization be a proof of our commitment to unity and solidarity with each other. The network and opportunities that this association has built in 2019 will benefit each member - I firmly believe that.

In closing I would like to pay tribute again to each one of our members and our supporters. We achieved our objectives for 2019 by building a strong foundation that is now ready to implement some good programs for 2020.

I ask God to have mercy and guide each of our lives to the best course of actions and to steer the direction of this association in this year and beyond.

Leesa E.

Timbi President of PNGWAV (2019)

OUR OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objective

Our main objective in 2019 was to understand the needs of the women, to get the formal structure and backend of the association in place so we could meet these needs in 2020.

The needs of the women were understood when we conducted our first Needs Assessment on the 19/05/19. The assessment was facilitated by Veronica Kurufher at the Good Shepherd Community House St., Albans.

The result is tabled below in list of priority:

Personal Development

Driving Lessons

Family Violence counselling

Health, beauty & wellbeing

Financial literacy

Walking Group (woman’s fitness)

Legal information

Public speaking

Professional Development

Resume writing

Basic Computer Skills

Job search

Job interview Skills

Driving lessons

Legal information

Family day care

I am pleased to say we have accomplished most of the required backend objectives that would enable us to meet the needs of the women as listed above for this upcoming year.

Activities of 2019

1. Harmony Day 2019 . In March we held a traditional earth cooking (mumu) and cultural dance in conjunction with the Brimbank City Council via the Westvale Community centre. Also participating was the Eritrean Women of Brimbank Associations who held their coffee making ceremony. It was our first event as an incorporated association in 2019. As an informal group we had several activities from 2017 – 2018 (details of these past activities can be found on our website: www.pngwav.com.au).

2. Many Rivers Microfinance Ltd and Thrive Refugee Enterprise. These two organizations were engaged to assist our members who would be interested to set up their own business. Many Rivers and Thrive are organizations that work with people who are either on or were on a humanitarian visa or who are on the lower end of the socio economical rung. Within this process a separate Franchise Company was engaged as an option for women who would be interested in the franchise business model. So far, we have had six (6) women who have already engaged with these organizations and are in the process of setting up their businesses. They will be assisted with mentoring and finance options via these organizations.

3. Dinner with Brimbank Councillors and Community leaders. We were invited to an Iftar dinner with the Brimbank Council in which we had a chance to network with our local councillors and other community organizations.

4. Fundraising. We fundraised to pay for our public liability (financial report in the following pages). This was our first fundraiser and was attended by Cr. Victoria Borg, Deputy Mayor Cr Kim Thien Truong, Mayor Georgina Papafortiou and representatives from ARK Inc (an organization that works with youth via sports)

5. PNG Youth (Young Kumuls Rising). We held several meetings to help facilitate our PNG youth to set up their own organization to meet their needs, but it proved to be difficult for various reasons. We will revisit this in a different angle in one of our upcoming programs for 2020.

6. Backend activities . There were many meetings with councillors, business leaders, other organizations, and charity groups. Attendance of seminars, writing up emails, phone calls, networking, and research that the committee did to get the back end of the organization up. There are too many to list here but these smaller activities are ongoing and vital to keep the organization moving in the front end.

Success Story of 2019

Introduction

My name is Veronica Kurufher, I am from East Sepik Province of PNG. I am a sole parent of four children. I have master’s in international development. I worked as a Community Development Officer, Manager and Senior Advisor for Division of Community Development with East Sepik Provincial Administration for 18 years prior coming to Australia. I heard about PNGWAV from a Sepik sister (Veronica Kiwa) who invited me to a PNGWAV meeting in Mambo, Sunshine.

How has PNGWAV facilitated you getting back into Business?

I was inspired and motivated to get back into my vanilla business after attending a meeting organised by PNGWAV with Many Rivers. Gina from Many Rivers spoke about mini loans and how to access credit from Many Rivers to start our businesses and handed out Business Plan templates. I needed capital to redo my business and Many Rivers was able to provide small loans, so I took the opportunity and prepared my Business Plan. I presented my draft Business Plan in our second meeting with Gina and since then Gina has been working with me on my Business Plan. I would not have heard of this opportunity had it not been for PNGWAV, tenkyu tru.

Tell us a little bit about your business.

I started a small vanilla import and supply business in 2016 after raising my start-up capital through crowd funding. My business is called ‘Sepik Vanilla’, I operate as a Sole Trader. I import vanilla beans from my home Province of East Sepik in PNG and sell to customers in Australia. I sell online at retail price and supply wholesale directly to customers. I traded for a year and was not able to continue due import funds being misused by family members as I imported vanilla through family members. With assistance and inspiration from Many Rivers, I am back into my vanilla import and supply business. This time I am importing directly from farmers instead of family members. My long-term goal is to operate a Sepik Vanilla warehouse and down process vanilla into vanilla extract, vanilla sugar, vanilla paste etc.

What is your advice to other women who are interested to start their own business?

Starting a business may not be for the faint hearted, as there are risks and challenges involved. But if you have the will and courage to do something, anything is possible. You have to believe in yourself that you can do this. I would like to encourage PNGWAV sisters to take advantage of opportunities and resources that are available and are facilitated by our PNGWAV group.

In what way does PNGWAV benefit PNG women in Victoria?

PNGWAV provides value and opportunity in this space for PNG women to develop and harness their skills and knowledge to better themselves and their families and in return give back to communities here and in PNG.

Ms Veronica Kurufher Community Development Officer Businesswoman

Sepik Vanilla Samples of Veronica’s product.

Upcoming Activities for 2020

1. Walkathon: “walk wi th purpose.” We plan to hold a monthly walkathon throughout the year. The aim of this is to keep our women fit and also to raise awareness for different issues affecting our community. We have been given a grant of $1500 from IPC to help us plan and implement our walkathon for this year.

2. Finishing and Deportment Course. We plan to hold a deportment course for the women by the Suzan Johnston Training Organization. They have given the PNGWAV members a discounted fee for our training. We have yet to get a grant for this. This course will cover: Deportment and Body language ● Social Etiquettes ● Communication Skills ● Job Interview Skills ● Practical Beauty Sessions ● Wardrobe planning (dress for success).

3. Young Kumuls Rising. We plan to facilitate an annual event that will celebrate the achievements of our PNG youth living in Victoria. This will be an event similar to the successful event of “Young Kumuls Rising” held in Glengala Community Hall early this year that was hosted by the Kara and Wani family. This event will be held to honour, acknowledge and inspire our PNG youth in Victoria. At this family friendly event, we will invite special high achieving guests, have light entertainment and good food.

4. Driving Lessons. We plan to find funding to help our members who would need assistance with their driving lessons.

5. Youth & Children cultural activities. We will start to plan programs for starting cultural activities for our children and youth. These activities will very much depend on volunteers who are passionate about passing down our cultural heritage to our younger generation. We are still looking for volunteers for this activity that could be held once every month.

6. Inter - organizational event. We aim to have an annual inter-community event with other similar minded community organizations where we can come together and exchange ideas and share experiences.

7. Meeting with Mayor. We have an upcoming meeting with Brimbank Mayor, Cr. Georgina Papafortiou and Kath Brackett the Director of Community and Wellbeing on Tue Mar 10. They have given us an exclusive audience to talk about PNGWAV’s needs and long term goals and how they can assist us reach these goals.

8. Independence celebration . We plan to collaborate with PNGAA for the upcoming independence celebrations.

9. Ongoing backend activities. We will continue to strive to facilitate opportunities in business and personal development for our members so they can continue to self-realize.

* A few of these events planned depend on us receiving funding and volunteers

TREASURER’S REPORT

It is my pleasure to report to the members and our supporters on the state of the Finances of the Papua New Guinea Women’s Association of Victoria

You will all appreciate that this is our first formal AGM since our incorporation as an association in March 2019 (last year). It has been a busy year for all of us women who are working, trying to build up our skills, support our children and simultaneously deal with estranged partners Congratulations for still being here despite the challenges of last year, our presence here is proof that we seek to do better for this year as individuals through being part of this association.

PNGWAV did not have a budget in 2019 as we had just opened our bank account and were relying solely on building up our members and getting membership fees to get our bank balance up. Most members had paid their membership fees as of November 2019 and our members also made generous donations in good faith.

There are a few expenses that will not be reflected in our bank account as these are the monies spent by donors to set up and maintain our social media platforms and incorporate our association. These ongoing expenses will have to be maintained in future by the association itself if possible.

One of our financial goals towards the end of 2019 was to raise funds for our public liability to do more fundraising in public spaces to fund our programs.

To fund the fundraiser an amount of $400 was taken out of our bank account to buy food and drinks for our fundraising. We raised a good amount during this time that would adequately cover our public liability quote from TAG insurance. A cheque for $585.51 was presented to TAG insurance in January of this year (2020) to activate our insurance. We did not have any programs that were funded by the association. Programs that we did participate it were usually funded by Brimbank Council or donors.

The current membership stands at 14 financial members, with 4 members still to pay the 2019 membership fees

According to the categories set by Consumer Affairs Victoria for associations, we fall under category, Tier 1, because our total revenue for year was less than $250,000 for the financial year.

In future, our annual general meeting should be held within five months after the end of the Australian financial year (30th June). The financial statement needs to be forwarded to Consumer Affairs Victoria a month after the AGM is held. Our completed financial statements must be presented to members, donors and interested stakeholders at the AGM along with the appropriate signed declarations as a legal obligation by Consumer Affairs Victoria

This Financial Report is a precedent for future reports. It has been prepared, as required by the ATO and Consumer Affairs for Victoria

Faith Popna Treasurer of PNGWAV 2019

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Papua New Guinea Women’s Association of Victoria (PNGWAV) FINANCIAL REPORT – Accrual Method

June 2019 – Jan 2020

(This period is not a fiscal period and reporting periods will be changed when we do our next AGM after June of this year 2020)

FINANCIAL STATEMENT (continued)

Ongoing expenses NOT reflected in the PNGWAV Bank Statement June 2019 – Jan 2020

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & THANK YOU

We would like to thank our members and supporters for their extra support when it was needed.

Donors

1. Cecilia Moses for donating $100 to assist us in our start up

2. Veronica Kurufher for donating $30 towards our public liability

3. Rose Tom for donating $30 towards our public liability

4. Thank you to all who bought food packs at our fundraising!

5. Thank you to Ceslie Kove for allowing us to use her house, Mavis & Ceslie for Cooking and Ana Varea for her artistic touches in decorating for our events

Corporate & community partners

1. Good Shepherd for allowing us to use the Community house on St. Albans for free for any of our meetings and workshops, and the staff for always being helpful to our members.

2. Firmer Foundations for structuring a financial management course for the women earlier on in 2017

3. Brimbank City Council for being helpful in terms of referrals and linking us up with opportunities and relevant people.

4. Westvale Community Centre for giving us the gardening plot to do our gardening, for allowing us use of the outdoor kitchen when we needed to, for helping us display our cultural heritage during harmony day.

5. Many Rivers and Thrive for continually working with our women to set up their businesses.

6. Mambo’s Café for giving our PNGWAV members special discount.

7. ARK for always willing to support our community

Volunteers

Eangano Singehebhuye and Loy Singehebhuye for helping us with various meetings and programs when we needed extra assistance.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

PNGWAV is constantly looking for ways to add value to the lives of our members. If you see an organization, a program or an opportunity that could possibly help the members of our organization(and by extension their families) - please get in touch with us. We are always looking out for ways to add value to the lives of our members.

Become a member

If you are a woman from PNG or have any affiliations with PNG – you are more than welcome to join our association and reap the benefits that come with the membership.

If you have dreams, you got the potential and want to make a difference in your life but may need a little help, whether it be technical skills, advise or a cheering squad - you are more than welcome to join PNGWAV. PNGWAV will endeavour to facilitate opportunities that will enable you to reach those goals.

Our Motto is: “Adding value to each other’s lives”. If we cannot help you – we will make every effort to find someone who can help facilitate your need.

You can pay membership fees during our AGM or you can get in touch with our treasurer and find out how you can make a payment.

$20 for individuals and $30 for families.

Volunteer your time

We are looking for help with writing up proposals, help to set up and run cultural programs for our youth and young children. Please get in touch with us if you believe you can add value to this program.

We also look for qualified professionals in the field of mental health, wellbeing, business, communication to be guest speakers at some of our events.

Donate

We would really appreciate any donations in kind of cash towards our programs. These programs will empower PNG women with skills and opportunities to be more productive not only in Victoria but also will add value to their family and community back in PNG.

Our bank account details are:

PNG Women’s Association of Victoria

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

BSB: 063-132

ACC: 1156 0777

Our contact details are below.