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YOUNG WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION – GOROKA
Contact: P O Box 636, Goroka, EHP
Tel: Admin Phone: (675) 532 2867
Email:
Persons Present:
1. ................
President
2. Miriam Layton
Vice President
Location: Next to RaunraunThretre, Goroka
Date: 30 th of August, 2010
History
Young Woman Christian Association started in 1984. YWCA Goroka is afiliated to world YWCA. It is
Catholic organisation. The vision of the world YWCA is of a fully inclusive world where justice, peace,
health, human dignity, freedom and through women’s leadership.
It was actually started with gthe following objectives:
1. Bringing togather women and girls of all lasses and creeds by offering them opportunties for
their intellectual, spiritual and physical growth.
2. Encouirage the development of a sense of social responsibilty through service to the
communtiy.
3. To promote religion, recreation, welfare schemes, social cultural progress and good fellowship
for the women of Papua New Guinea in particular and for the people of Papua New Guinea.
Organisational Aspects
The association has 40 permanent staffs of which 20 are specially trained and stay at the project sites.
These 20 people are paid but most of the rest are not paid but work volunteer base.
The association consist of:
Hostel
Kindergarten Elementary
Different Training Programs
Networking and Institutional Relations
Work in network with: Government agenices:
Provincial AIDS Councils exccept Southern Highlands
Goroka General Hospital
Catholic Churches in:
Chimbu province
Eastern Highlands province
Morobe province
NGOs:
CARE International in PNG
Oxfam international
Save the Children
Clinton Foundation
We are not rilly obliged to reprt.
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