Charlie focusing on lifting education in Jimi

CHARLIE Mua Philip, 28, is using his university degree to help his people in a remote part of Lower Jimi in Jiwaka lift their education level.
“In Jimi, we do not have many educated people. So I see the need for me to support the government education policy.”
He is the second eldest in a family of six children born to Philip Mua None and Veronica Wii who are subsistence farmers in Kumbuk village, Lower Jimi, Jiwaka.
He is trying to impress on the people the importance of education – formal education, Technical Vocational Education Tanning (TVET) center, and the Flexible Open Distance Education (FODE) in Jimi.
“Jimi is the remotest part of the Highlands region. I want the district to be connected to FODE and TVET to extend the work that I already started, to have an educated population in Jimi.”
After graduating from the University of PNG in 2019 with a Bachelor in Political Science and Social Works, he went to his village and started teaching the people how to write proposals and small business plan.
Charlie never received any support from outside. He just wanted to provide a service to the people with a pure heart, so that they can value education and pursue goals which can lead to a better future for them.
“FODE is to be established in Jimi, and we are leaving no one behind in education.”

“ In Jimi, we do not have many educated people. So I see the need for me to support the government education policy.”

Charlie is using the skills and the knowledge acquired at university, training people how to write business proposals, plus promoting peace and addressing law and order issues at the same time.
Charlie uses his personal time to travel around Jimi also teaching teachers how to submit funding requests to donors and education partners.
During his schooling days, he held leadership positions from primary school right up to university. He was the UPNG Jimi Students Association president for four consecutive years.
Those leadership roles taught him to be a good mentor, helper and a Good Samaritan to people around him. He could have easily got a job after graduating to look after himself first. But he has to do something worthwhile to lift the education standard of his people.
He wants to see them prosper in education, have a bright future and generally raise the standard of living in the area with development projects being the catalyst.
He therefore decided to do something for the people, spending his time on a humanitarian initiative to benefit others.
Charlie is pushing through his education plans in Jimi and hopes to get the support from authorities to see it succeed.
He feels that God has blessed him to do what he is doing. He wants to pass on that blessing to others in his district of Jimi.
“It will give the people of Jimi hope for the future.”