🧶✨ Beanies for Babies! ✨🧶
Did you know a simple beanie can help save a life?
UniSA midwifery students (and their crafty families!) are knitting and crocheting beanies for newborns in remote Papua New Guinea — an act of global solidarity sparked by Dr Angela Brown’s work with the Rotary Club of Morialta’s PNG Midwifery Project.
These beanies keep babies warm and encourage mums to attend health clinics, where skilled midwives can help ensure safer births.
“This is our way of showing care beyond the classroom,” says Dr Brown. “It’s small, but it means so much.”
We love seeing our students and community rally behind this beautiful cause! 💙🌍🧶
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Beanies for Babies: UniSA Students Support Lifesaving Midwifery Work in PNG
In a beautiful act of global solidarity, UniSA midwifery students and their families are knitting and crocheting beanies for newborns in remote regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Led by Dr Angela Brown, Program Director of Midwifery, this grassroots initiative grew from her recent visit to Port Moresby as part of the Rotary Club of Morialta’s PNG Midwifery Project — a partnership aiming to strengthen maternal health services in a country where more than 80% of people live in rural areas with limited access to healthcare.
“These tiny beanies do two big things,” says Dr Brown. “They help keep babies warm in remote villages and they encourage mothers to attend health clinics — improving safe birth outcomes with skilled midwives.”
The need is pressing: PNG has only 1,000 trained midwives — far below global standards — and many births happen without skilled care, contributing to preventable maternal and infant deaths.
Inspired by stories from PNG midwives, student Georgia Lindsay knew she had to help. “We learnt about the challenges in our first year. When the call went out for beanies, I shared it with my mum — within 24 hours, she had knitted seven!”
Dr Brown, who partnered with PNG midwives Steven Gola Junior and Stacey Mange, says the collaboration has had a lasting impact: “The strength and resourcefulness of midwifery leadership in PNG inspire me every day. Our students’ willingness to help shows their compassion and commitment to midwifery as a global movement for justice and care.”
This project is part of a broader collaboration between the Rotary Club of Morialta, the Australian College of Midwives, the Papua New Guinea Midwives Society, and the Rotary Club of Port Moresby. Since 2019, 31 Australian midwives have shared skills, knowledge, and solidarity with their PNG colleagues.
The beanies may be small, but their warmth — and the community spirit behind them — are powerful reminders that simple acts of care can save lives, connect communities, and inspire the next generation of midwives.