​VITAL RESOURCE

Many students now outsource their critical thinking skills to AI, but books are still vital for education - particularly in PNG where many schools are in remote areas without internet access.

Books like these donated by Books 4 PNG Kids to three Eastern Highlands schools provide a foundation for literacy.

Waniati Maternal Waiting Home, a Goroka-based NGO, recently delivered more than 12 cartons of books from Books 4 PNG Kids to Kasena Lutheran Primary School. 

Mari Mari Early Learning Centre and Kasena Foursquare Elementary School each received four cartons of big books.

“We hope this makes reading a daily habit for students,” Waniati’s executive director Victor Timothy said.

The delivery of the books in partnership with @Project YUMI was backed by a donation of solar lights, @Waniati Maternal Waiting Home posted.

The solar lights will allow students to study at night.

The books will help students develop a regular reading routine at a time when many young people rely heavily on technology and artificial intelligence for information, Mr Timothy said.

Books boost students’ literacy, memory and concentration, expand general knowledge, engender empathy and promote critical thinking essential for problem solving.

They’re also vital resources in many remote schools in PNG that do not have computers or internet access, let alone books.

Waniati Maternal Waiting Home provides accommodation, food and health care for marginalised pregnant women from remote villages, as well as health care and child immunisation in Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) communities.

Waniati delivered the books as part of its educational outreach to schools in urban and rural communities in EHP.

For girls, increased literacy fostered by access to books can reduce the likelihood of early pregnancies.

Books 4 PNG Kids proudly acknowledges partners Kayop Investment Limited and Maino Lucas for supporting children’s education in PNG.

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Books4PNGKids is proudly supported by Kayop, helping books reach children and communities across Papua New Guinea.

Thank you, Kayop, for your generosity, partnership and belief in children’s literacy in PNG.

Books open minds. Opportunities change lives.

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