Angoram has gone backwards

I GREW up and went to school in Angoram. It used to be a happy place and was the central point for people along the Sepik River to do their business such as shopping, banking, postal services, etc.
Right now Angoram em big bus i karamapim.
All the basic services have come to a halt. There is no power supply. People are using kerosene to light lamps and cook while those who are better off, have and use generators.
There is no water supply. Those who live near the Sepik River are using the river to do their washing, etc. Those who live further in, use water from wells dug among the sago palms, while others are forced to rely on the damaged and leaking tanks put there since the days of the kiaps.
The sub-health centre does not cater any more to the sick people who need to be admitted, women do not give birth there anymore, and even minor surgeries are not done anymore.
People no longer use black buckets but pit toilets.
The Angoram primary and high schools are using pit toilets. Now, it is a day school because it cannot cater for boarding students. Most students who are attending Angoram High School are forced to live with their relatives. Others go elsewhere or are forced to stop schooling.
I would like to appeal to our Member Arthur Somare to tell the people of Angoram of what plans he has for the next five years.

Kavre Nian
Mt Hagen

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