Chimbu students drive educational awareness

By MALUM NALU
THE people of Chimbu will again benefit from an educational awareness campaign carried out by students and academics of the province.
The campaign, called Project 21, was started by former University of Papua New Guinea academic and now acting secretary for National Planning and Monitoring Dr Peter Ga’Allah Kora last year to help curb issues affecting the community.
He has already received the support of Chimbu Governor Fr John Garia to continue the campaign this year.
It sets the platform and creates an avenue for Chimbu students and professionals to help the community with their knowledge and skills in areas such as good governance, law and order, human rights, environmental issues, climate change, resource development issues, culture, education, corruption, effective service deliver, health and HIV/AIDS.
“The idea was to help the Chimbu people,” Dr Kora said during a meeting with Garia last Thursday.
“Chimbu, as you know, has very little natural resources.
“We only have human resources.
“If we continue to do this every year, we will change the mindset of the people.”
Fr Garia said the campaign worked very well last year.
“I support this concept as Chimbu Governor,” he said.
“This is a very good initiative. I support anything to do with education and development of human resources.”
Project 21 will run a week-long development seminar in Kundiawa from Dec 5-9, to discuss issues affecting the province.
Dr Kora has already committed K10,000 from his department to support the project.