Students helped to raise funds for school fees

A CHIMBU-based organisation is distributing onion and potato seedlings to a group of high school students to plant during the holidays.
The initiative by the Individual Reform and Restoration Movement is to help students earn money during the holidays to help them in school next year.
There is a high illiteracy level because children cannot pay fees to go to school.
The 33 students are in grades 8 and 9 from Womkama village, in the Kundiawa-Gembolg district.
Project coordinator Toppy Sundu said the students were also given farming tools and chemicals.
The movement was formed to improve the lifestyle of the Womkama people through the sustainable use of their natural resources.
A total of 117 families are being supported to farm their land for income.
Sundu said more than 18,000 trees – both native and introduced eucalyptus – had been planted as a long-term investment for the children. It will also combat climate change.