Rugby group ends first anti violence awareness

 THE Rugby League Against Violence ended its first eight-week  programme with awarding its’ 38 pioneer students at the University of Papua New Guinea’s Vice Chancellor’s oval.

The group engaged grade six students from Waigani Primary School for its first programme on educating respectful relationships through rugby league tag competition.

The programme being first of its kind in the country promoted non violence sessions with the students and used mix gender rugby tag competition as their tool to spread the message.

The Rugby League Against Violence started three years ago by a Papua New Guinean female Jacqueline Joseph and an Australian Adam Everill with the hope to instill and educate ‘no violence’ to school aged children.  

Sponsored by the British High Commission of Port Moresby, the event saw the Deputy High Commissioner Rebecca Brent presenting the true champions awards to students who displayed all the qualities that were thought to them in the eight weeks. 

Joseph said she was very impressed with the feedback she got from the students. 

She said the feedback shows the students are fully aware of what is going on around them and that they will not going to be the same anymore regarding what they learnt of what they should and should not do. 

“These skills we have instilled in you will go a long way in your life and I congratulate you all for taking part in the programme,” Joseph said.