Life PNG Care

Recently they donated K5000 to Life PNG Care in raising funds to give 500 children the opportunity to receive an education in 2022.

Life PNG Care have been running fundraising drives to raise their target amount of K400,000 that will go towards their Strongim Pikinini Program and the donations given by Trukai will go to this fund.

The program comprises of three programs and they are the Underprivileged Student Sponsorship Program, Mobile Education Program and Home Schooling Program.

The charity organisation was presented with K10,000 from Trukai Industries as part of their ‘mama’s’ donation for being the winner of the 2019 Trukai Community Award Winner from this year’s Westpac Outstanding Women (WOW) awards.

Freda Yakio Pake is the wife of Collin Pake, the founder of Life PNG Care. Freda is referred to as their mama and teacher.

Instead of being the star of the event, Charmaine Teshawn Bawo Ray will be taking her birthday celebrations to Life PNG Care.

Life PNG Care is the home of disadvantage and vulnerable children.

The young girl from Northern and Manus Province will be gifting these children her birthday celebration.

Charmaine’s mother, Sheena Bawo, came up with the idea, calling it donate-a-birthday.

This has been made possible by a charity car wash held on Sunday.

The children are under the Strongim Pikinini Education Program by Life PNG Care, a local charity.

The car wash was part of a series of fundraisers to raise funds to sponsor these children.

The charity aims to raise K95,000 to meet costs such as uniforms, stationery, shoes, bags or even if there are schools charging project fees.

The launching was held on Thursday at the Baruni road side, which is one of two locations that the program had been piloted in the last two months.

The program currently has 130 children registered; 50 attending the mobile school at Baruni and others at Gerehu Stage Six.

The curriculum used is the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) and elementary syllabus for beginners (ABCs).

This is the message from Life PNG Care National Director, Collin Pake, when receiving a donation of K1,500 from Port Moresby social club, Hash House Harriers.

He said a lack of leadership failed to address many of the social problems experienced in the city, particularly orphaned and homeless kids and youths, while more attention is given to other areas.

“The potential of our country is not in any other resources. Human resources are the building foundation. They are the key. And without human resources Papua New Guinea we’ll never change.

LPNGC director Collin Pake says he is overwhelmed with the donation given to them for their Christmas program.

“The Kina for Kindness program was an in house initiative suggested by six year old Sebastine last year during the festivities.”

Pake says since last year, we started this particular program where the kids themselves prepare meals for the donations we receive for this program and they walk the streets to pass out to theses meal to their peers.

LPNGC is based at Gerehu in Port Moresby and helps to keep disadvantaged and vulnerable children away from the streets and in school under its LPNGC’s ‘Strongim Pikinini Education Program (SPEP).

The 19-year-old from a mix parentage of West New Britain and Enga Province was taken in by LPNGC when she was 16 years old.

At a young age, Tania’s mother struggled while raising her after her father died.

She was identified by her community in Kimbe and flown over to Port Moresby by LPNGC in 2013 and is now in Grade 12 at Marianville Secondary School.

The SPEP helps to keep up to 75 street kids enrolled in schools in the National Capital District.

The kids participated in a photoshoot, interview with the media, lunch provided by the Mineral Resource Development Company and some fun and games to end the day.

The kids range from as young as 6 to 19 years old and come from different types of backgrounds and include orphans and neglected or abandon children.

Eight of the older kids are enrolled at Gordon Secondary, Port Moresby National High, Marianville Girls Secondary and Koiari Park Adventist High School.

LPNGC helps to keep disadvantaged and vulnerable children away from the streets and in school.

The donation will go towards LPNGC’s ‘Strongim Pikinini Education Program (SPEP) to keep up to 75 street kids enrolled in schools in the National Capital District.

The kids from as young as 6 to 19 years old and come from different  backgrounds and include orphans and neglected or abandon children.Twenty of the 75 kids were females.

The kids are enrolled in four secondary and 10 primary schools.