Dogs helping out in Kavieng

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The National, Tuesday October 15th, 2013

 THE Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have been in Kavieng, New Ireland, as part of a community and development programme and promoting rugby league.

After a successful trip last year, NRL players Mitch Brown, Tim Browne, the recently retired Steve Turner, a number of young up-and-coming stars plus staff members are in town with the aim to give as much support across as many areas as possible. 

The work will include providing maintenance at local village schools, educating communities on important health issues such as HIV as well as running rugby league clinics for young sport people in the region. 

The travelling group will visit a number of schools and rugby league clubs, holding clinics and passing on as much knowledge as possible to aid the growth of the game and lend a hand wherever possible.

Winger Mitch Brown is keen to be in Kavieng for a second time to build on the work that he had started last year. 

“It was a real eye opener when we were over there last year,” Brown said.

“I’m sure we will see a number of familiar faces when we arrive and it will be great to get out into the villages and lend a hand wherever we can. 

“Whether it be any construction help they need or just having a kick around with the footy, it will bring a lot of smiles to the faces of people and I get a lot of enjoyment out of seeing others happy and enjoying themselves,” he said.

Minister for State Enterprise and Member for Kavieng Ben Micah thanked Canterbury and Kavieng Hotel and the other stakeholders for the initiative and committed K40, 000 into supporting the community project.