A team of volunteers recently returned   from a successful trip to the remote village of Gouno located at an altitude of approx 2,600 m. situated 86 kilometres south of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands of PNG.

Their aim was to do  electrical, carpentry and plumbing work on the new health centre as well as deliver 3 shipping containers of medical, classroom furniture and books to our project school as well as 5 surrounding community schools..

Our team….

• delivered and installed sufficient school furniture for all the Gouno School classrooms
•  built a temporary Library to house  the 86 cartons of library books
•   school packs for every child in gouno School were made up
• Teachers aids sourced

Goods sent in containers

• 315 student desks (these need to be reassembled)
• 566 student chairs
• 14 adult desks (teachers & nurses)
• 18 adult chairs

A range of bookshelves and cupboards (suited for both schools and clinics) The above items are intended for 5  schools in  surrounding communities

Original school furniture

The furniture we brought in had to be carried 12 km.

The  Gouno Community School has struggled over the years due mainly to the  lack of teachers willing to accept a placement at this remote school . The deteriorating road conditions have resulted in the school being closed for 10 of the past 15 years. This in turn has created a generation of illiterate adults faced with a daily battle to survive as subsistence farmers.

This sad situation can be turned around through providing education for the children as well as adults. Education is empowering. When a people are educated they are able to make informed decisions and take control of their own destiny.