About One Netball PNG
Formed under the umbrella of the Australian Government’s sport for development program Team Up, One Netball PNG sees the continued partnership between Netball Australia, WaterAid, and Netball PNG to use netball as a vehicle towards achieving positive WASH outcomes within PNG communities.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) continues to present as a primary public health challenge in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Only 37 per cent of the population has access to at least a basic drinking water supply, with 48 per cent of the rural population still relying on surface water. COVID-19 has amplified the need for WASH strategies and education for rural PNG communities, particularly within the primary education sector.
Within the One Netball PNG program, two underpinning WASH programs will be adapted to optimise delivery for each community in the most sustainable manner – the full-length Hamamas Lo Pilai (HLP) program and the shorter Come and Play program. Both programs have evolved from the original and proven HLP program developed by WaterAid since 2018 and will engage adolescent girls and boys between the ages of 10 and 15 on topics related to self-confidence, communication, leadership, personal hygiene and menstrual health through netball and play-based life skills activities.
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