KAPUNA

Kapuna's journey began back before the war when a donor in the UK gave a sum of money to the work of the London Missionary Society (LMS) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The gift was to buy a comfortable boat for the missionaries to use for their work, but they said "The greatest need of our people is medical care given in the love of God" And so in 1949 a hospital and not a boat was built. Kapuna rural hospital was built on the banks of the Purari River, The hospital has stood and served for seventy years. A story of dedicated medical care and a light for those who dwelt in darkness... In 1996 the dilapidated Kikori health centre, a hundred km to the West of Kapuna became part of Gulf Christian Services (GCS). Under GCS management it is now elevated to a district hospital serving villages from the mountains to the sea.