Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Facilitated by Australia’s Partnership for Improving Education Program, these classroom libraries, curated by Buk bilong Pikinini, include levelled books tailored for Prep to Grade 2 students in Papua New Guinea.

The initiative aims to instill a love for reading among young learners, fostering daily reading habits to elevate literacy standards in schools.

 As part of their engagement, the RAAF crew took a break to engage in a friendly touch footy match with enthusiastic children from Telefomin Primary School.

The exercise is for air support in the region, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief under a combined training conducted by RAAF and USAF.

The training provided by PNG airspace is said to provide a unique and beneficial training environment to simulate high density altitude operations, as well as exposure to weather and terrain not available in Australia.

Both parties are grateful for opportunities to practice in this environment and will take care to ensure disturbance to the local populations is kept to a minimum.