Kumura Foundation

Aged between six and ten, they are currently attending school in Simbu.

As part of their excursion, the students will get to ride on a 25-seater coaster bus, get to see the big bird Air Niugini land and take off at Goroka Airport, meet the friendly staff and Manager of the Brian Bell Home Centre at Goroka and visit the University of Goroka and the iconic Raun Raun Theatre Building at Goroka, among others.

The Kumura Foundation said the landslide has completely blocked off goods and services to Bundi, affecting the rural coffee farmers, SMEs, schools, health care and other basic government services.

The landslide has also affected all of Kumura Foundation programs in Upper Bundi this year. A big one is the preparation for the Bundi Komba Festival coming up in December.

Hence, under its Community Service focus, the foundation has taken the lead to clear the road and has extended its appreciation to those individuals and groups who made this possible.

The Kumura Foundation’s ‘Travel2Change’ medical patrol highlighted that tuberculosis and immunisation are two main issues faced by the remote area of Bundi in Madang Province.

The ‘Travel2Change’ medical patrol started walking from Mondia Bridge in Simbu to Snow Pass at Bundi, Madang Province, on Saturday.

Today marks the fourth day of trekking, which saw them set up a rural clinic at the remote Karizokara village of Upper Bundi.

The items, which include 40 mattresses and beddings, towels and cooking utensils, will be used by 54 orphans and disadvantaged children of both Bundi and Simbu at the Irugl Primary School at Mt Wilhelm, Simbu.

The items, including 6,000 library books from the Buk Bilong Pikinini in Port Moresby, were collected from the Brian Bell Home Centre in Goroka and transported by the Kumura Foundation team to Mondia Bridge, Simbu.

These items are currently being stored at the Kumura Foundation’s transit house at Mondia Bridge.

Under its rural education focus, Kumura Foundation, a small community-based organisation of Bundi, Madang Province, made the donation on December 10^th.

The donations include a 45-inch plasma TV screen, a DVD player, a 3kVA diesel generator, six light bulbs, power boards, cords, including a flash drive containing educational-based videos on various topics to help enhance the learning of the children at ACE.

A traditional group in Papua New Guinea’s Madang Province is not ready to lose this yet.

Kumura Foundation in the last week initiated a culture-based education program.

The first of such, the training is with the objective to revive the Gende (Bundi) Culture and pass these cultural skills to the younger generation to know, appreciate, keep and use where necessary to help improve their livelihood.

Founder Vincent Kumura said the reason for this was the fear that these unique cultural skills will become extinct once their elders pass away.

The school library is quite run down with few outdated books from the 60s and 70s.

The books were donated by the Western Australia through the Ramu Community Resource Centre Association (RCRCA) and were presented to the school by the Kumura Foundation.

The donated books, in various subject areas, range from encyclopedias to non-fiction and fiction novels.

Brahman Secondary deputy principal Joseph Aviamba said the school has never received decent books of such quantity before and therefore they are very thankful.

Gama is one of the least developed areas of the Usino-Bundi District of Madang.

The outreach program kicked off yesterday, and will be conducted from February 13-16. It is carried out by a five-member team of medical doctors.

The program reaches out to vulnerable people who are unable to access basic health services.

The medical team consists of the two Americans, one eye specialist from Madang and two doctors from the Kundiawa General Hospital.

Dr Marc Richmond is from California and Dr Maury Krystel comes from North Carolina.

The double launch event is scheduled on February 17-19 at Snow Pass, Upper Bundi.

The Kumura Foundation was established to support healthcare, education, Eco-Tourism and other much needed community development projects.

While the Snow Pass mountain cabin is located at mid-point between the majestic Ramu plains and the lofty ridges of Mt. Wilhelm, it is a major transition point for migrating birds passing up and down.

The cabin is settled at 2,200m on a ridge top bordering three provinces, namely Eastern Highlands, Chimbu and Jiwaka.