Papua New Guinea: Shelter & Humanitarian Assistance

Since 2023, ICMC has worked in partnership with our national member, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, to support programs assisting West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea (PNG)

West Papuan refugees have been living in PNG since the mid-1980s, when the Indonesian military first started campaigns against West Papuan independence movements. Today, more than 12,000 displaced West Papuans are living as refugees in PNG, often in poverty, in informal settlements, and with limited access to income generation opportunities and assistance.

Scroll down to view our September 2025 campaign, and find out more about the impact of ICMC’s support for West Papuan refugee communities in PNG…

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