Following an earthquake in the Papua New Guinea Highlands in 2018, CARE Australia used a roving cinema to share information, with the added benefit of some entertainment for those who were displaced, and the communities hosting the displaced.

Disaster READY PNG supported the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to provide humanitarian assistance following the deliberate destruction of homes on Sohano Island in March 2019. While small in scale, the Sohano Island response highlighted valuable lessons that have been incorporated into Disaster READY’s ongoing work in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

Disaster READY PNG partner ChildFund, through the Plan International consortium, supported the Central Province Government to develop an Emergency Contingency Plan to better prepare for future disasters.

The CAN DO network shares the important role played by Papua New Guinea churches is response to the 2018 Highlands Earthquake. With a presence in many of the affected communities, the churches came together and played a critical and central role in the earthquake response efforts - demonstrating the importance and value of localised humanitarian responses.

According to Anna Bryan, CARE's Program Director in PNG, the February 28 2018 highlands earthquake in Papua New Guinea was a disaster ‘ likes of which we haven't seen for decades’.