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Soroptimist Projects
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Every two years, clubs have the opportunity to put forward a proposal for a new Federation Project. Members vote to accept a particular project at the biennial Conference of Clubs. Once accepted as a Federation Project, funds are raised by clubs throughout the Federation and the project is overseen by Soroptimist members.
Birthing in the Pacific
The current SISWP Federation Project – Birthing in the Pacific (BIP) was established in 2010. The World is 10 years into a 15 year action plan known as the Millennium Development Goals. The BIP project will focus on Goal 5 – Improve Maternal Health. One of the biggest killers of children under five is the failure of neonatal care, partly due to the lack of skilled birth attendants and appropriate maternal advice. The initial focus of this project will be upskilling and professionally developing midwives as a way of reducing the very high rate of infant and maternal mortality in PNG.
Past Projects
Previous Federation Projects have resulted in:
- Hands across the Borders a project to bring health, education and economic opportunities to Sampovloun, Cambodia. The initial focus of the Project was to improve sanitation and infrastructure as well as provide a number of basic supplies for the School and Hospital. Upgrade of the hospital and upsilling of nurses.
- establishing the first clinic in Papua New Guinea for victims of domestic violence;
- research into and support for issues related to care for Alzheimer's sufferers;
- a library and education centre for street children; and
- provision of simple cost effective devices for oral rehydration and controlled nutrition of children.
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