NRL Stars and KTF set to Bring Gift of Life to Port Moresby's Hanuabada Students
Players from Australian NRL teams the Cronulla Sharks and Canterbury Bulldogs will deliver 2,500 solar lights to students at Hagara Primary School in Hanuabada, NCD, thanks to the partnership between Australian NGO Kokoda Track Foundation(KTF) and the Motu Koita Assembly.
According to a statement, despite its proximity to the nation’s capital, many households in Hanuabada do not have access to the electricity grid, due to the high cost of connection and ongoing bills.
The statement says lack of access to a safe and reliable electricity source impacts children’s opportunity to study, without which children’s education stagnates and they are unable to develop the skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty.
KTF’s partnership with Australian organisation SolarBuddy provides individual solar lights to children living in energy poverty across PNG.
With a SolarBuddy light, initial findings show that children in PNG are studying 78 percent longer and reliance on kerosene and other dangerous fuels has been reduced by 80 percent.
The Cronulla Sharks are proud Ambassadors of KTF,
previously delivering SolarBuddy lights to children when they crossed the Kokoda Track in 2017.
The Sharks invited their opponents the Canterbury Bulldogs to join them in delivering lights to the children of Hanuabada prior to their pre-season NRL match at Oil Search Stadium on Saturday.
The light delivery is just one element of the partnership between KTF and the Motu Koita Assembly.
Spearheaded by Chairman Dadi Toka, KTF and the Motu Koita Assembly are currently undertaking several projects in Hanuabada, including an innovative new eyesight testing program and the establishment of the Motu Koita FODE (Flexible Open Distance Education) centre providing tailored and supported second-chance education pathways for students to Grade 12.
(Picture: https://www.ktf.ngo/solar-buddy)
FM100/Media Statement/PNG Today
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According to a statement, despite its proximity to the nation’s capital, many households in Hanuabada do not have access to the electricity grid, due to the high cost of connection and ongoing bills.
KTF’s partnership with Australian organisation SolarBuddy provides individual solar lights to children living in energy poverty across PNG.
With a SolarBuddy light, initial findings show that children in PNG are studying 78 percent longer and reliance on kerosene and other dangerous fuels has been reduced by 80 percent.
The Cronulla Sharks are proud Ambassadors of KTF,
previously delivering SolarBuddy lights to children when they crossed the Kokoda Track in 2017.
The Sharks invited their opponents the Canterbury Bulldogs to join them in delivering lights to the children of Hanuabada prior to their pre-season NRL match at Oil Search Stadium on Saturday.
The light delivery is just one element of the partnership between KTF and the Motu Koita Assembly.
Spearheaded by Chairman Dadi Toka, KTF and the Motu Koita Assembly are currently undertaking several projects in Hanuabada, including an innovative new eyesight testing program and the establishment of the Motu Koita FODE (Flexible Open Distance Education) centre providing tailored and supported second-chance education pathways for students to Grade 12.
(Picture: https://www.ktf.ngo/solar-buddy)
FM100/Media Statement/PNG Today
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