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Now I can tick another item off my bucket list - appearing in a music video!

In August last year I'd only been at The Voice Inc for a month when we kicked off the Clean Generation Campaign - the biggest of its kind in PNG.

American singer Beckah Shae has made a video clip using footage of her visit to PNG. It was a crazy couple of days of media appearances, school talks (and selfies), prayer and DANCING! The video took me straight back. Miss you TVI family!

(spot me at the 1 minute mark)

Happy New Year

One word to sum up 2014 for me: "wantok". The Papua New Guinean term for "kin". My year started dodging fireworks on the beach in Sihanoukville with my brother Liam. It'll end dancing barefoot on Fitzroy Island with my "sister" Deirdre. A lot's happened in between. Traveling, weddings, babies, triumphs and hard days. We recently lost our dear Pa, a wonderful man. I'm so lucky to finish 2014 with even more wantoks. Thanks to all the friends and family who have been there with me this year. I've loved working, ranting, crying and dancing alongside you. Let's do it all again in 2015 x

Welcome to Manus, the island that has been changed forever by Australian asylum-seeker policy.

Guardian Australia

Just spotted a lady leading a bunch of kids around on the street in Moresby. Each child was attached to a piece of string. Good way to keep them all in check! #onlyinPNG

Lattitude featured me on their blog. Cool huh?

I'm so lucky Lattitude gave me the opportunity to volunteer in India in 2012... An experience that threw my life off-course, in the best way possible.

Port Moresby shopping centres: where shoppers pose for selfies in the supermarket aisles. In a country where 80% of people live in rural areas, a modern store is a long way from the village.

Just bought a copy of Vlad Sorkhin's book Crying Meri - a beautiful and haunting collection of images of women who have suffered violence in Papua New Guinea.

Stories that are hard to read, but have to be told.

See more of Vlad's work here: www.vladsokhin.com

5.44am

This Christmas I have a whole new family.

Happy International Volunteer Day!

Being a volunteer has had a profound impact on my life.

In India I was the guest of honour at weddings, sat alongside Buddhist monks during their prayers, and danced with my little brothers and sisters to Bollywood tunes.

In Papua New Guinea I have watched singsings in awe of the colour and movement, prayed alongside my big-hearted colleagues, and am honoured to call them my wantoks.

THANK YOU to my family and friends back home, who have helped me jump off the cliff, supported me through the jump and made sure I didn’t crash land upon return.

THANK YOU to the hilarious friends I have made along the way, for making me laugh and encouraging me, even when things get rough.

SHOUT OUT to my bro Liam, who found his place in a village just out of Siem Reap, teaching English in a dimly-lit classroom to bright students six nights a week.

THANK YOU to the hard-working teachers at Tiny Angels School in Darjeeling and the inspirational pioneers at The Voice Inc. in Port Moresby. Even though we’re from different places in the world, you’re my family. You have welcomed me into your homes and given me a small glimpse into what ‘real life’ is like. I am in awe of your endless energy to work for change in your communities. You’ve taught me more than I could ever teach you.

#IVD2014

Happy International Volunteer Day! #IVD2014

On the road in Port Moresby: When you hear a siren it's more likely to be a funeral home vehicle than an ambulance or police car.

Brunch PNG style (at Duffy Café)

PNG's Post Courier chooses to cover women's sport like this... Really?

In Port Moresby you often see people standing on the road selling things like pineapples, peanuts, newspapers etc. Today it's a live wallaby. ‪#‎onlyinPNG‬

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