Cross border catch ups

Cross border

catch ups

Market day on Saibai Island was a great

opportunity for some of our staff to have

an informal chat with Papua New Guinea’s

Sigabadaru village cross border residents.

Sigabadura village residents are able to come

to the cross border islands of the Torres Strait.

Sigabadura is the central village to Kiwai and

Agob tribal land and people.

Saibai Island is the closest Torres and Cape

Primary Health Care centre to PNG’s Western

province.

Marsat Ketchell (Social and Emotional Wellbeing-

ATODS Program Manager), Dion Uku (Operations

Manager) and Dunstan Peniyamina (Cross Border

Communications Officer) chatted to locals about

their health issues.

“We had to use three languages to communicate

with the locals,” said Marsat. “We have a few

languages between us.