WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:08.430 --> 00:00:15.920 In Papua New Guinea, we have an estimate of 850, individual local languages. 00:00:32.404 --> 00:00:35.665 The first, archeological finding up in Western Islands province, 00:00:35.695 --> 00:00:39.980 found evidence of people living in Papua New Guinea 50,000 years ago. 00:00:58.045 --> 00:00:59.305 My name is Jesse Iria. 00:01:00.055 --> 00:01:06.205 I am from the Eagle Clan and the Coca two Clan here in Papua New Guinea. 00:01:06.835 --> 00:01:08.725 My name is Esta Silas. 00:01:09.415 --> 00:01:11.335 I come from Eastern Highlands. 00:01:14.185 --> 00:01:19.525 The name touching the Untouchables in sho, TTU came from Esther. 00:01:21.670 --> 00:01:24.280 The Untouchables are those communities where health 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:25.690 services are not reaching them. 00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:32.779 These are the ones that continue to be, left behind and, and they're dying. 00:01:37.130 --> 00:01:44.300 When I first started work, it was in 2000, I worked as a nurse in 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:46.520 one of the rural health facilities. 00:01:49.220 --> 00:01:55.130 And when conducting maternal and child health clinics from one village 00:01:55.130 --> 00:01:59.750 to another, that's when I saw the need of, isolated communities. 00:02:01.595 --> 00:02:05.345 Communities who has been left out from basic services. 00:02:05.345 --> 00:02:10.505 So that's, when the idea came about to start an NGO that can bridge 00:02:10.505 --> 00:02:15.274 those gaps, and I decided I should come up with a program that's, 00:02:15.394 --> 00:02:20.404 that should empower individuals to take ownership of their own health. 00:02:21.065 --> 00:02:27.274 TTU was founded purposely to deliver the best health services to the people 00:02:27.305 --> 00:02:30.454 living in rural and disadvantaged communities of Papua New Guinea. 00:02:31.985 --> 00:02:38.285 The health services and the care that is needed in the communities can be 00:02:38.285 --> 00:02:40.685 done better and we can do it better. 00:02:56.750 --> 00:02:58.834 I will give you your job descriptions. 00:02:58.925 --> 00:03:00.070 You will learn your terms of reference. 00:03:00.350 --> 00:03:06.440 And we leave the policies, but we are from here touching the Untouchables 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:16.190 since its inception until and now we have worked in more than 2000 to 2,500 00:03:16.190 --> 00:03:18.380 tribal communities in Papua New Guinea. 00:03:21.535 --> 00:03:24.890 And when you treat them the way that they should be treated, 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:26.329 how will they respond to you? 00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:27.410 Yes. 00:03:28.519 --> 00:03:29.750 They respond positively. 00:03:29.750 --> 00:03:32.625 Let's give him treat, be close after 3, 2, 3. 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:48.445 So now with our hands and feet and our whole body, we said together, we can now. 00:03:48.584 --> 00:03:48.805 Yes. 00:03:50.505 --> 00:03:52.729 1, 2, 3, together. 00:03:54.785 --> 00:03:55.295 Thank you. 00:03:55.325 --> 00:04:01.805 We know the cultural beliefs and also the approaches that can change the community. 00:04:03.035 --> 00:04:05.744 One of the beliefs is in, is in witchcraft. 00:04:05.894 --> 00:04:08.654 So, and, pushing men and pushing women. 00:04:09.239 --> 00:04:11.850 They're used interchangeably, so sorry. 00:04:11.850 --> 00:04:17.039 And beliefs are deeply rooted in our cultural beliefs. 00:04:17.880 --> 00:04:26.130 So everyone, whoever family member dies or somebody else in the community dies over 00:04:26.130 --> 00:04:28.650 disease or a sickness, everyone still. 00:04:30.465 --> 00:04:36.164 Blame so says it's an attack from the or a so because of our cultural 00:04:36.584 --> 00:04:43.734 beliefs and only few knew that it's, because of the sickness or illness. 00:05:00.434 --> 00:05:05.649 Sanoma is directly related to gender-based violence because in Sanoma 00:05:05.649 --> 00:05:08.199 cases, most women have been accused. 00:05:09.984 --> 00:05:15.924 Most of the mothers and women in the community, their life is at risk when 00:05:15.924 --> 00:05:22.314 they are being accused because they knew that if anyone dies in the community, 00:05:22.794 --> 00:05:24.325 then they might lose their life. 00:05:24.325 --> 00:05:25.405 They might also die. 00:05:44.150 --> 00:05:48.729 We don't need to get rid of the beliefs, but it depends on individuals, how 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:51.289 they manage their, their beliefs. 00:05:54.234 --> 00:05:58.929 If you want to change the community, you have to work with the leaders and. 00:05:59.724 --> 00:06:02.664 Whatever the leader says, the rest for both. 00:06:11.094 --> 00:06:12.194 This is, Nu Village. 00:06:13.640 --> 00:06:13.710 Nu Village. 00:06:14.104 --> 00:06:16.594 This is where we'll be holy. 00:07:01.085 --> 00:07:05.674 There is a workshop or an a approach that we use in the community, and it's 00:07:05.674 --> 00:07:11.705 called community led total sanitation, and it addresses all the preventable 00:07:11.705 --> 00:07:17.645 diseases and even the hygiene and sanitation facilities in the community. 00:07:22.219 --> 00:07:22.799 You see mosquito. 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:28.159 After the training to check the understanding, we ask participants for 00:07:28.159 --> 00:07:34.789 their feedback and most participants' feedback is we can be able to prevent 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:42.854 ourself from getting sick rather than accusing Sangu Ma and RAs saying that 00:07:43.009 --> 00:07:45.359 we are dying because of the Sanoma. 00:07:50.134 --> 00:07:55.669 Through the sessions, the community realized that they can be able to 00:07:55.669 --> 00:08:03.019 prevent most of the diseases by creating simple things like animals 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:08.479 in stations, beautify in their place, and building drains in the community. 00:08:09.469 --> 00:08:13.339 So when they realize that they can do it themselves. 00:08:13.954 --> 00:08:18.034 It motivates them to take action for me. 00:08:18.604 --> 00:08:22.114 There would, there's a, in my heart, there's a cry for, for 00:08:22.114 --> 00:08:25.264 peace, for for reconciliation. 00:08:25.894 --> 00:08:28.894 For someone to bring that, that lasting peace. 00:08:32.254 --> 00:08:38.464 I have seen most communities who was, involved in, so, and Sima 00:08:39.094 --> 00:08:44.044 accusation before we entered the community has changed. 00:09:02.314 --> 00:09:04.979 For the whole family, and 00:09:17.329 --> 00:09:18.789 we want everything to be. 00:09:19.594 --> 00:09:27.874 All the programs to be, bottom up and also top down community to take 00:09:28.084 --> 00:09:34.444 ownership of all the programs that we are delivering in the, in the community 00:09:35.164 --> 00:09:39.514 and also make sure that it is also strengthened by the existing system 00:09:39.544 --> 00:09:41.314 top down from the government down. 00:09:42.964 --> 00:09:44.824 We don't see this happening in. 00:09:45.654 --> 00:09:47.814 Other organizations. 00:09:47.814 --> 00:09:50.754 We believe in p and g ways and we want to do it. 00:09:50.754 --> 00:09:57.155 Our always, even though it is very, difficult, the work that we did and, 00:09:57.204 --> 00:10:02.005 this organization has, has saved a lot of lives, especially the mother 00:10:02.005 --> 00:10:07.069 and babies in the remote and isolated or under privileged communities. 00:10:11.285 --> 00:10:15.275 What the people are doing here is a model to the three villages. 00:10:15.994 --> 00:10:19.055 We have one village up there, and we have one another village down there. 00:10:19.055 --> 00:10:24.694 So this community will become a model village so the people can take it 00:10:24.694 --> 00:10:30.129 on from here, and we can all strive for a change in our own community. 00:10:31.880 --> 00:10:34.525 TT U, you showed your love for us. 00:10:34.614 --> 00:10:36.140 Thank you for everything. 00:10:36.439 --> 00:10:41.119 We have seen your work, you're doing us some marvelous job around the place. 00:10:41.119 --> 00:10:43.249 So thank you very much for your coming here. 00:10:43.249 --> 00:10:45.319 So TT U, we acknowledge you. 00:10:45.949 --> 00:10:46.310 Bless you. 00:10:46.655 --> 00:10:47.084 Thank you. 00:10:51.680 --> 00:10:55.550 The communities and the districts that we have taught, they are doing something. 00:10:55.749 --> 00:11:01.479 Productive and they're looking for ways that they can do something better for 00:11:01.479 --> 00:11:04.719 their community and for their country.