Our Achievements to Date

Our Achievements to Date

A group of Papua New Guinean children in front of a Digicel Foundation classroom

Funded

To date, we have completed 577 projects all over the country:

  • 189 primary school double classrooms

  • 135 elementary school double classrooms

  • 2 secondary two-storey double classrooms

  • 1 inclusive education classroom

  • 34 libraries

  • 66 community learning centers

  • 43 mobile health clinics

  • 12 rural Health Aid Posts

  • 3 women’s resource centers

  • 1 mess & kitchen facility

  • 1 women’s resource centre bus

  • 1 WAVES initiative

  • 1 air ambulance support

  • Co-funded 5 family support centers in partnership with UNICEF and National Department of Health

Our Recipients

  • 35,111 people treated with the help of air ambulances through our partnership with Samaritan Aviation

  • 1,169 optical health beneficiaries through our partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation

  • 243 home care-givers trained as physiotherapists through our partnership with the Cheshire disability Services

  • 20 health workers trained through our partnership with Samaritan Aviation

  • 347 community-based teachers trained

  • 32 new teachers upgraded through FODE

  • 95 men of honour award recipients through our Men of Honour Campaign program

  • 170 teachers trained through LEED program

  • 52 community grant recipients

  • 30 staff grant recipients

A map detailing Digicel Foundation's Investment Footprint over Papua New Guinea since 2008