Stori Bilong Eriko Fufurefa - Yumi Sanap Strong

Eriko Fufurefa is the Director of Kafe Urban Settlers' Women's Association in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. She shares her personal story of experiencing violence and how she found the motivation and passion to start an organisation for women and children. Eriko brought women together who were in similar situations and they each contributed to raising funds for the organisation. Her story is an example of how women groups can support each other and how an organisation such as Kafe Urban Settlers' Women's Association can provide support mechanisms for women and children in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Stori Bilong Eriko Fufurefa was produced as part of the Yumi Sanap Strong initiative, a community led initiative that emerged from an action research project undertaken by Queensland University of Technology in partnership with the University of Goroka and community-based partner organisations. The project develops communication strategies and materials to address sorcery accusation related violence in Papua New Guinea. The community partner organisation for this digital story was Kafe Urban Settlers' Women's Association in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea