More than 50 University of Papua New Guinea students from Madang Province cleaned the streets of Madang town this morning as a token of appreciation to their provincial government.
An executive of the UPNG Madang Students Association, Aditha Boroman, told Loop PNG: “This initiative is our way of thanking the Madang Provincial Government for providing us airfares to return home after the academic year got terminated.”
Boroman, who is a final year linguistics student, said they started as early as 6am.
“We divided ourselves into two groups. One group started from Tusbab up to the Madang provincial administration and headquarters while the other followed the route to town.”
It was revealed to Loop PNG that the students will be rolling out a number of programs in their respective areas during their stay.
Residents also joined the students in the cleanathon. One of them hailed the students and said instead of taking from the Government, they are also giving back.
“The community is also benefitting from the initiative,” the resident stated.
On Tuesday, two Air Niugini flights were booked for 50 Madang students.
“Thirty flew in the morning while the rest followed in the afternoon flight,” Boroman told Loop PNG.
