Three new JICA volunteers arrive in Milne Bay

Friday, 12 June 2026, 5:00 am

Three new JICA volunteers have arrived in Alotau, bringing to total six current serving within Milne Bay.

And by the year’s, this number is likely to increase.

The new ones include Masanari Kanzaki, an occupational therapist now attached to the Physiotherapy Dept of the Milne Bay Health Authority.

Masanari Kanzaki at the Physiotherapy Dept, Milne Bay Health Authority. (NBC News)

Yamagishi who joins Cameron Secondary School as a Mathematics teacher.

Katsuhiro Yamagishi on his first at Cameron Secondary School this week. (NBC News)

And Shunichi NISHIGAKI joins the Milne Bay Tourism Bureau.

Shunichi Nishigaki with the Milne Bay Tourism Burea this week. (NBC News)

They will assist Milne Bay in these areas over the next two years.

JICA confirms there’s

The JICA Volunteer Program targeting economic and social development, deepen mutual understanding in cross cultural societies and to give back experience for their volunteers has been in Papua New Guinea since the 1980s.

The strategy for Alotau now is strengthening human resource development to support PNG industries via improvement in Education and teaching methods through these JICA volunteers.