TRUE INDEPENDENCE – YONGAI

Some months ago I posted something about the teachers, BOM, students, parents and citizens of St Joseph Primary School Jongai in Chirime Valley of Woitape LLG in the Goilala District of Central Province taking the initiative to conduct fundraising activities to put up infrastructure for next year Grades 7 and 8 classes without waiting for free handouts from the government.

Fundraising for new classroom, Yongai

And today as one can see, the photographs speak for themselves. They are the proud owners of a 5 in one classroom which is nearing completion thanks to Mr James Homogo the school project coordinator. This is through their own hardwork and sweat and the spirit of cooperation.

5 in 1 Classroom, Yongai PS.

While I am here in Port Moresby looking for assistance to transport the already purchased building materials up to the school they did not wait. They went ahead to use whatever materials they had available to put up this new classroom.

Ironsheets, carried in from Popondetta, Oro Province

Funds from the fund-raising activities were used to hire a tradesman carpenter to construct the building while other needed materials were purchased in Popondetta and Kokoda in the nextdoor Oro Province and carried up to the school which takes three days walking.

This is the true meaning of independence and allow me on behalf of my teachers,students, BOM, parents and citizens of Chirime Valley to wish you all Happy 48th Independence Celebration PNG.

PC: Mathias Ivolo. Community Leader
Posted from Murray Pass. Foothills
Of Mt Albert Edward.

Story By: Benjamin Kauto, HeadMaster, Yongai Primary School, Woitape LLG, Goilala District, Central Province, PNG.

LOCALS RAISE FUNDS TO BUILD CLASSROOM – YONGAI

FUND RAISING.

St Joseph-Jongai Primary School Initiates Fund-raising Activities

In line with the District and Provincial Education plans to reintroduce Central Location concept, Jongai Primary School parents, teachers and BOM members have embarked on a Fund-raising drive to raise much needed money to improve the school infrastructure for topup class in 2023 going forward.

Appreciation is awarded to those taking the lead as this is the true spirit of independence and self reliance.
God helps those who help themselves.

Thank you Mathias Ivolo for the photos. Ben Suli posted on Goilala Insight Facebook group.

TEACHERS RESUMPTION TRAVEL TO GOILALA FUNDED – GOILALA DDA

Wednesday 28th December, 2022

By JOE GURINA – The Sunday Bulletin.

THE Goilala District Development Authority (GDDA) has allocated K180, 000 for teachers’ charter flights for school resumption next year.
Local MP Casmiro Aia when announcing the allocation last week, said teachers will have no excuse to resume late in their respective schools in the district, come, 2023, academic year.

He said schools in the district have been resuming late over the years and he hopes that this would be avoided.
Mr Aia said the situation was raised at DDA and a resolution was passed during a meeting held in the district last week.
He said this will also enable teachers to prepare themselves for the academic year and not run around at the last minute to sort their travel arrangement.

‘’The money is already there and teachers will have no excuse to resume late for the 2023 academic year. It is only proper that our children’s education is prioritised with this arrangement, so that our kids are at the same phase with their learning,’’ he said.
Goilala District chief executive officer Titus Girau said this was a good initiative taken up by the DDA under the leadership of the MP to come up with the incentive to boost the performance of teachers.

SIL Light aircraft on the ground in Sopu Airstrip

He said late resumption of teachers has affected students’ learning and added that this arrangement will boost students’ learning.

Meanwhile, the DDA has allocated K1 million for the first time for (Goilala) students attending tertiary institution in the country.

Story & Picture: GDDA Media

WOITAPE HEALTH CENTER DEMOLISHING AND REBUILDING ON FOOT

(Left to Right) Owner and Manager of BK Consultancy and Construction, Goilala District CEO Mr. Titus Girau, Ms. Evelyn Tago, Executive Officer to Member for Goilala, and Mr. Mathew Kamo, CHW based at Woitape Health Centre.

Today (2 December 2022) Goilala District CEO Mr. Titus Girau with Executive Officer for Member for Goilala Ms. Evelyn Tago and CHW based in Woitape Health Center Mathew Kamo met with Project Manager and owner of BK Consultancy and Construction Mr Gabriel Teitei Tohor Bauai today to get a brief on progress thus far concerning project mobilization.

According to Mr Bauai, mobilization is complete.

In the coming days supervisors from BK Consultancy and Construction will fly into Woitape to start demolition phase.

Funding for this Project came from National Health Department.

Goilala DDA will fund the logistics component of this project.

Please follow this Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/goilala for more updates on this very important project in the coming days.

Photo and Story Credit: BK Consultancy and Construction Media.

GOILALA FAMILY REGAINS THEIR HOME AFTER 17 YEARS.

It was in 2005 when it all happened.

Andrew Roy, wife Emma Roy and youngest daughter who left the house when she was 4 years and now she is 22 years old.

It started from the case of a 10kg betelnut bag that was to be sold by Emma Roy (landlord) up at the then thriving Tolokuma Gold Mines, a place where betelnut was a prized commodity, during that time. That betelnut bag was given to her to be sold by an Engan man without any payment for freight and labour.

Halfway through her sales up in Tolokuma, the Engan man was lied to by someone and was told that the sales was completed and that Emma earned K3,000.00 from the sales.

Thinking what he heard was true, the disseisor mobilised all his people, came to Morata where Emma’s family lived in their own block and chased them away with bush knives causing them to leave behind their important documents, clothes, household belongings, and ran away with what they had on hand at that time.

Forcefully taking their land, he told them he would return their block after he gets his K3,000.00 from putting their house on rent.

During those years after their block was taken away, the Goilala family had struggled immeasurably. Their struggles ranged from feeding and clothing themselves to finding a home to live in while their block was put out on rent by the trespasser.

With some twist and turns, the block was eventually handed over to a Western Highlander without going back to the rightful owners.

After struggling for over 17 years, the family then came to the Office of the Public Solicitor to seek legal aid which helped them through the courts to get the block back on Monday 22nd of August 2022.

From this story, it can be seen that there are laws in our country to protect us and that no one is above it.

Andrew Roy, wife Emma Roy and youngest daughter who left the house when she was 4 years and now she is 22 years old.

So if you or somebody you know of who might be in a similar situation and need a free legal assistance, feel free to contact the Office of the Public Solicitor.

Author: Rose Pascal, Morata One, Port Moresby

YOU SAW SOMETHING IN US THAT NO ONE ELSE SAW

Back in 2012, when Facebook was gaining prominence as the play ground for advocates and keyboard warriors (in PNG), you had your eyes in 2017 NGE.

As usual, being a firebrand radical political hitman,, you had plans. Plans that included being a Party Leader of a political party. And eventually rise to the PM since your political party did well in 2017 and you had the numbers to influence the outcome during the lobbying period.

You did your ground work and became the lead of defunct and crippled PANGU PARTY.

And start rebranding and rebuilding it from.scratch.

You already started your research on who will be your candidate under Pangu Party come 2017 NGE.

Sadly for Goilala our then incumbent Member for Parliament Hon Daniel Mona passed away in 2014.

It seems you already had your Goilala Open candidate choosen behind the scene.

So being the radical political hitman, you knew a By Election was set to come in for Goilala Open and a new Member of Goilala had to be a Pangu Party candidate.

You and your team made contact with TEAM GOILALA. Documents signed and we started planning for Campaign in Goilala.

You flew into Kumunga Primary School.and walked to Yongai Catholic Mission station and slept there with your people.

Next day you flew into Kambisea, continued onto Ononge Catholic Mission Station and slept at a small village named Kakod.

Next day we flew into Woitape station. We slept there and you left for Nadzab on a Spirit of Bulolo aircraft that came in from Nadzab.

You and your candidate, now late William Samb flew to Nadzab to attend the PNG Games opening ceremony in Lae.

One prominent Goilala political candidate once criticized us Team Goilala and late William Samb and said “IF IT WAS NOT FOR SAM BASIL, WILLIAM SAMB WOULD NEVER HAD WON THE GOILALA OPEN SEAT”

That statement is very TRUE. Undisputed.

After William Samb won the by election, you held our hands and literally ran the two Districts under one roof at your Korobosea House, which was then PANGU PARTY Office.

You taught us how to run a District Office. You showed us how to appoint our DDA Members and how to run our DDA Meetings.

You showed us the short cuts to getting things done in politics. You introduced us to your network of people in politics. Some of this networks grew into permanent relationships which we treasure today.

If it was not for you to get so involved in Goilala, we would not have had the 7 years of political Rollercoaster ride we had with our late William Samb.

Hearing of your tragic accident last night, just like how we felt when late William Samb died, we wished it was just a Bad Dream.

NO. News reports confirmed the news was not FAKE but factual.

Sorry BULOLO, and MOROBE. WE JUST LOST A TRUE KUMUL OF MOROBE. Politics in Morobe won’t be the same ever again.

Mipla GOIPEX send our deepest CONDOLENCE to your Family, people of BULPEX and Morobe Province.

Accidents don’t follow time tables. We are deeply sorry this story had to end this way.

RIEP ARI and Hon. SAM BASIL.

When you meet your brother in the clouds welcoming you, pass our regards to him. You two rest Easy. Until we meet again.

Story by Anthony Morant.

Two leaders with their people in Ononge, Goilala

REMOTE BUT ADVANCE – MOI IUDA (DHERST)

The school is situated in one of the most remote areas of Central Province. This place is only reachable by airlines.

Sign board – SHSS Tapini

The road link is so bad that no vehicles are using it. Vital services cannot be brought easily into the Goilala district. Despite the logistical challenges, the school is well equipped and the school infrastructures are in very good conditions.

Classrooms – SHSS Tapini

The Catholic Church has done very well by maintaining this school and providing this vital service to my people who are located in the remotest part of Central Province.

I commend the hard working principal and the school administration for doing a great job.

Mess and Meeting Hall – SHSS Tapini

Furthermore, the local community in the vicinity of the school are doing their part in taking care of the school properties and the teaching staff. The chiefs are always on standby if any conflicts arises.

Scones from Inhouse Bakery – SHSS Tapini

They are always their to solve the problems so that the school operation is not affected.

Assembly Time – SHSS Tapini

The pride of the school is discipline. Both the staff and students are well mannered and caring.

APPLYING ONLINE FROM TAPINI.

Congratulations to Grade 12s from SHSS-Tapini who went online for the first time using the VSAT doing Grade 12 National online applications.

Grade 12 students in ICT Lab

All login today using their credentials.

Well done.

Grade 12 Students Logging in for the first time.

SOME OF.THE PHOTOS OF THE ICT LAB

Students in the ICT Lab

Big Screen Projection

NEARLY HALF OF THE SCHOOLS IN GOILALA CLOSED

SCHOOLS IN GOILALA – OLD NEWS. SAME STORY

Goilala's District Dev Blog

Goilala District in Papua New Guinea’s Central Province has 38 Community and Primary Schools. Out of these 38 Schools, 11 are Primary Schools while 27 are Community Schools.

15 schools out of these 38 schools are closed.
The reasons for these schools been closed range from no teachers, to no classrooms to no Teachers houses. Even some  schools are closed because of security reasons.

Out of these 15 schools, 3 are Primary schools while the rest are Community Schools.

Omu Primary School [Guari LLG], Tavuniav Primary School[Tapini LLG], Garime Primary School and Garime Primary Schools [Woitape LLG] are closed. While Rupila, Koega, Kamulai, Givena, Kileipi, Iruavai, Minalu, Koruavu, Erume, Belavista and Poromania Community Schools are all closed.

It must be noted here that most of the schools in Goilala are managed by Catholic Church Agency  – Bereina Dioceses.  The only schools thats governed outside of this arrangement is Tolokuma Primary…

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INTERNET ACCESS ENABLED FOR GOILALA SECONDARY SCHOOL – TAPINI

Even though Sacred Heart(Tapini) Secondary is located in the remotest part of Goilala, why not have access to high speed internet here.

Seen here is an installation of the Internet VSET by Digitec today. Internet access at high speed can be access from Tapini starting as of today.

It is another milestone of achievement so far and special thank you to Fr Brian Cahill msc for the purchase of the VSET at the cost of K18,000 which will boost the learning of students and teachers will have more time to access resource materials for their teaching. Fr Brian, em hatwok man tingim pipol blo Goilala and future blo ol.

Sacred Heart Secondary-Tapini is now a school of the 21st Century with its learning facilities. Students will also be given the opportunity to use the internet and access learning materials. Grade 12 will also do online applications(NOAS) for free.

Parents saw it, were overwhelmed and happy with the internet service being provide for the education of their children here at Sacred Heart(Tapini).

Launching of this project (VSET)will be during the Independence day as well as the opening of the Newly Renovated and Extended Student Mass Hall. Special thank you to Digitec for the service provided.

Br Michael Pendekos, msc
Principal