NEVER-ENDING STORIES

Here’s a shout-out to all of our generous book donors - and our volunteers in Brisbane and PNG - who make Books 4 PNG Kids possible.

Since Books 4 PNG Kids began 26 years ago, we’ve donated and delivered almost 10 million books to schools throughout PNG, from the Highlands to the islands, the Gulf to the Sepik, Port Moresby to Manus and Milne Bay, Kimbe, Kavieng, Bougainville - and the Solomon Islands.

If each book could tell its own story, there’d be countless amazing journeys and hundreds of children, even in the most remote villages, who’ve read and been inspired to further their education by them.

As these photos sent by Martha Waim show, books donated in Brisbane are reaching remote schools like Bawi Primary School in Chuave District, Simbu Province.

The delivery was a team effort involving Martha’s family - her mother-in-law and other family members, who reached the school by 4WD.

The arrival of the six boxes of books was a big surprise for the 300+ students and teachers at Bawi Primary, which has served countless generations of students from all areas of remote Chuave district.

“They were very happy and thanked us immensely for the books donated,” Martha says.

All up, Martha and family delivered 144 cartons of books donated by Books 4 PNG Kids to 16 schools in Kundiawa-Gembogl and rural Chuave Districts.

Our thanks to Charles Bilgan who handled logistics in Lae.

Books 4 PNG Kids donates picture books, early readers, phonics books, non-fiction books, children’s novels, dictionaries, up-to-date atlases, Bibles, geographical magazines, pens, pencils and unused writing pads to PNG schools.

There’s a great demand for preschool and primary school books in PNG, and you can drop off book donations anytime at our factory at 39 Flanders St, Salisbury, Brisbane.

Leave your books under the far LHS doorway if we're not in.

Our volunteers are there on Fridays (8am-4pm) and most Wednesdays (10am-2pm), except public holidays, so you’re welcome to call in to see what we do - or volunteer - as we sort and pack books to send to PNG schools