PEOPLE can now purchase items from the St John Ambulance or make donations to the ambulance service via the internet.
This follows a partnership between the St John Ambulance and Pacific Digital Agency for a new website dedicated to their continuous commitment to Papua New Guinea’s ambulance services and the introduction of e-commerce, where its customers can carry out payments online.
St John launches new website. Photo : Ambulance by St Johns |
“We are intending to add an e-commerce platform so our supporters can buy new first aid kits, restock their kits, or purchase ambulance membership each year,” St John Ambulance chief executive officer Matt Cannon said.
“E-commerce is going to become more common in PNG, especially as we see a savvy middle-class expecting more quality online services. We are even adding a donations page where people can make a donation to St John using their credit or debit card online.”
Cannon said that the only way to sustain a professional and reliable charity emergency ambulance service was to have a fundraising social enterprise arm.
He said when people bought a first aid kit, or did a first aid course with St John, the money from these purchases was used in maintaining an effective and reliable ambulance service and sometimes turbulent grant funding.
St John thrived in offering an entirely free (no cost to patient) emergency treatment and transportation to around 9,020 (82 per cent) of the 11,432 patients it served in 2020.
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