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Vavine gets Logohu medal
By HENRY MORABANG
“I REALLY want to see community sports programme continue in the
rural areas of the country,” this was how PNG Sports Foundation
officer Scott Vavine summed it up after being named in New Year
listing to receive the Logohu medal.
Vavine is one of the many unsung heroes and heroines in sport.
Working under trying conditions with little support from the
Government, Vavine was at the mercy of major sponsor, Rice
Industries under their brand name Trukai, to take sports to every
corner of the country.
A former teacher, Vavine from Makerupu village in Central
province, joined PNG Sports Commission from the Division of Sports
under Home Affairs and Youth.
Vavine, who received the Logohu medal humbly, said the medal was
for everyone especially the community sports leaders in rural
areas of the country.
Vavine was given the Community Sports Leadership Programme, where
he conducted courses for youth leaders in the rural setting.
With sponsorship from Trukai, Vavine boasted that 3,000 sports
leaders around the country had gone through his programme.
From the remotest part of Timbuke in East Sepik to the tip of
Samarai in Milne Bay, from Daru to northern tip of Wutung in
Sandaun province, Vavine unselfishly gave what he was trained and
tasked for as PNG Sports Foundation officer.
He is one of the many unsung heroes of the PNG Sports Foundation.
Vavine now joins three other staff from the foundation, who were
recognised for their effort in promoting sports which include the
Director of the National Sports Institute, Edris Kumbruwah, Moses
Tolingling and volunteer Iga Lahari.
Vavine is married with five children and seven grand children.
PNG Sports Foundation executive director John Kambuou
congratulated Vavine for his award.
He said: “Vavine deserved the award as he is one of the consistent
programme managers PNG Sports Foundation has,”
Kambuou said he was very consistent with his Trukai-sponsored
community sports programme which basically covered the whole
country.
The programme is about enhancing and resourcing the people and the
youths at the grassroots level.
Kambuou said Vavine not only trained people to play but also
conducted other programmes such as sports administration, how to
run the competition, basic book keeping and now include issues of
law and order plus HIV/AIDS.
PNG are using sports as tool for development in addressing all the
national issues.
Outside his normal duty, Vavine is heavily involved with
organisation of soccer or sporting events in Central province,
using his initiative.
 
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