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Hands Up for Hygiene! is a teaching manual to help educators introduce good hygiene behaviour in schools in the Pacific. It is designed for a younger audience (upper primary school students), but can be tailored to suit secondary school students and the wider community. The manual guides educators in using the ‘life-skills’ approach, which focuses on teaching knowledge, attitudes and skills that help people take responsibility and develop new behaviours.

Hands up for Hygiene! is a teaching manual to help educators introduce good hygiene behaviour in schools in the Pacific. It is designed for a younger audience (upper primary school students), but can be tailored to suit secondary students and the wider community. The manual guides educators in using the 'life-skills' approach, which focuses on teaching knowledge, attitudes and skills that help people take responsibility and develop new behaviours

Designed for use by community groups, NGOs, government, private enterprises or donor bodies, this guide contains information on the importance of toilets for preventing the spread of disease, the variety of toilet designs and their construction and promotional material,.

Designed for use by community groups, NGOs, government, private enterprises or donor bodies, this guide contains information on the importance of toilets for preventing the spread of disease, the variety of toilet designs and their construction, and promotional materials.

This flipchart is designed for NGOs, community groups and agencies presenting to small groups. It uses strong imagery to highlight why good sanitation is important, what options there are for affordable and appropriate sanitation, and how communities can set up and maintain sanitation enterprises.

The Papua New Guinea Waste Analysis Report provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of waste generation, composition and management across the country. It serves as a foundational document to guide policy formulation, infrastructure development, and stakeholder coordination toward a more efficient, inclusive and sustainable waste management system. Data and information captured in this report is guided by the overarching Regional Waste Data Collection, Monitoring and Reporting Framework (DCMR)

The following radio spots in PNG address the proper and safe way to address potential asbestos containing materials in the home, school and workplace, recommend the elimination of the purchase/acquisition by local stores of asbestos containing materials. These radios spots are aimed at raising awareness in a fun and memorable way and encourage listeners to understand and properly handle these materials in their environment. These radio spots are part of a broader effort to promote awareness on both issues in PNG

Given Papua New Guinea’s size and number of local councils, the waste management practices vary greatly, especially between urban and rural areas. In urban areas, households typically have access to collection services, whereas in rural areas households are likely to dump, burn, or bury waste. Waste recovery is managed by private operators who target scrap metals, e-waste, used oil, used lead-acid batteries, and PET plastic for export. There is also informal waste recovery by waste pickers that recover metals and plastic and take to landfills to sell

PacWastePlus assisted Papua New Guinea to improve hazardous waste management throughout the country. This video provides a summary of the project activities.

This comprehensive National Assessment Report (NAR) was prepared by Papua New Guinea (PNG) for the global review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA), originally adopted in 1994 as part of the global conference on sustainable development in small island states The report fulfills one of three purposes: to evaluate PNG's progress in implementing the BPoA; to identify key challenges and constraints; and to propose actions for overcoming these obstacles It serves both national accountability and contributes to a regional/global assessment of SIDS commitments under the Programme.