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Lewis Family in PNG: July 2009
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Lewis Family in PNG. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Thailand Trip Part 3 Koh Samui. After flying out from Chiang Mai in the morning we arrived at the very 'flash tropical' Airport in Koh Samui, ready for a very restful three days. It was pouring rain! About the same as the average wet season downpour in Lae! The taxi drove off and we were stuck at a resort which had no real need to transport us to a competitor! Not the best start to this section of our holiday! It rained basically for another day and a half t...
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Lewis Family in PNG: Final Post for this Blog
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Lewis Family in PNG. Friday, January 15, 2010. Final Post for this Blog. I am writing this in my kitchen in Kathmandu, Nepal. I am sorry that it has been so long since the last posting at this blog. We have moved to Nepal where I will be working as the ADRA Country Director for ADRA Nepal. You can see our new blog at. I just wanted to put in some photos of our one month holiday in Australia. Tiarna and Jenaya were flower girls. Tiarna got a hole in one. Kalon, Jaxon, Ethan, Jenaya, Cooper, Tiarna. The gi...
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Lewis Family in PNG: Samoa Tsunami Response
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Lewis Family in PNG. Thursday, October 15, 2009. On October 9th I travelled to Samoa to assist in the ADRA New Zealand and ADRA Australia response to the Tsunami that occurred on September 29 (local date-Samoa is over the International Date Line). I travelled with Air Nugini. And with Air Pacific. If the plane had gone down I would have been in good company! I met Robert Patton and Sara McBride Steele both from NZ. I went to the IASC (Inter Agency Standing Committee is the organising body) meeting. To se...
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Lewis Family in PNG: May 2009
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Lewis Family in PNG. Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Trip to Rabaul and Kokopo. In October 2008, Raul Schneider (Country Director ADRA PNG), Darin Roberts (ADRA Aust Program Manager) and I travelled to East New Britain for a Monitoring and Evaluation trip. with a little tourist activities thrown in. Here is a sample of the 'Tourist Activities' . Flying out from POM to Kokopo and watching a great sunrise over the Owen Stanley Ranges was amazing. Kokopo main beach and wharf with Mt Tavurvur in the background. Here ...
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Lewis Family in PNG: September 2009
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Lewis Family in PNG. Sunday, September 6, 2009. Update as of Sept 10:. This is just a short update on the numbers of patients involved. There have been 244 cholera patients with 19 deaths (7.7% mortality which is relatively high - probably due to the initial lack of knowledge). There are 6 of the 9 districts in Morobe Province involved with cases spreading to Madang and Eastern Highlands. (Gulf border unknown). Menyama cases in previous post. Update as of September 8:. A survey on Sanitation has been don...
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Lewis Family in PNG: April 2009
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Lewis Family in PNG. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. One of the places we love to visit is Salamaua. It is about an hours travel in our little boat south of Lae and a great getaway. We took our new friends Andrew and Claire Read and their kids Izzie and Caleb for their first visit. Andrew is the new Principal at the girls school. We went snorkelling and tube riding and a little sightseeing. Andrew trying out the other way to get home! Here we are getting ready to try out our tube for the first time. Our road in...
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Lewis Family in PNG: August 2009
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Lewis Family in PNG. Monday, August 24, 2009. Diseases in Menyama District, Morobe. Update as of Sept 10:. There have been 3995 cases of Flu reported with 59 deaths. 698 cases of Dysentery (20 in Huon district) with 38 deaths. This is from only the 25 villages that have been contacted by radio or health patrol visits. There are many more villages in Menyama District (approximate population of 69,000). Latest figures put the death toll at over 70 now. Article in the National. Aug 24, 2009). They suffered ...
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Lewis Family in PNG: January 2010
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Lewis Family in PNG. Friday, January 15, 2010. Final Post for this Blog. I am writing this in my kitchen in Kathmandu, Nepal. I am sorry that it has been so long since the last posting at this blog. We have moved to Nepal where I will be working as the ADRA Country Director for ADRA Nepal. You can see our new blog at. I just wanted to put in some photos of our one month holiday in Australia. Tiarna and Jenaya were flower girls. Tiarna got a hole in one. Kalon, Jaxon, Ethan, Jenaya, Cooper, Tiarna. The gi...
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Lewis Family in PNG: October 2009
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Lewis Family in PNG. Thursday, October 15, 2009. On October 9th I travelled to Samoa to assist in the ADRA New Zealand and ADRA Australia response to the Tsunami that occurred on September 29 (local date-Samoa is over the International Date Line). I travelled with Air Nugini. And with Air Pacific. If the plane had gone down I would have been in good company! I met Robert Patton and Sara McBride Steele both from NZ. I went to the IASC (Inter Agency Standing Committee is the organising body) meeting. To se...