Christ-centred services for remote communities in Papua New Guinea
Gulf Christian Services operates two mission hospitals in remote Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea — Kapuna Hospital and Kikori District Hospital — serving 80,000+ people with Christ-centred health, education and community care since 1949.
Mercy Manu’s journey from a coastal village in Kikori District to continuing her education in Port Moresby is a powerful story of faith, perseverance, and support through Kapuna Life School.
Maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea remains among the highest in the Asia-Pacific. This article explains why, and how rural mission hospitals in Gulf Province are working to change outcomes for mothers and babies in some of the most remote communities on earth.
It was the eve of PNG's 50th Independence, but for Mirriam Brown, a 32-year-old from Irimuku village, it was just the day for her routine check-up at Kikori Hospital.