Anglimp South Waghi District

Established in the 1950‘s, Minj T Primary School is one of the pioneer schools in the Anglimp South Waghi District and it is the largest primary school in the province with over 700 students.

But with the increasing number of student enrolment every year, the school could not provide necessary infrastructure for student learning due to limited funding.

BSP Mt Hagen Branch Manager Theresa Pilamp said the Branch decided to bring the community project to Jiwaka as it is home to two of its sub-branches.

From the 870 people who took part in the first phase of the program, about 240 successfully repaid their loans to the National Development Bank and moved into phase 2 of the microfinance project.

The project is aimed at getting people into business to drive the government’s SME policy.

A capital of 1 million kina was deposited into the National Development Bank by the district in 2014.

With 87 council wards in the district, each councillor was tasked to identify 10 people from their respective council wards to participate in this scheme.