JOB DONE!

Take a look at these volunteers.

They know how to move mountains - mountains of books donated by Books 4 PNG Kids and now being shipped to PNG by Kayop Investment Limited.

Along with Books 4 PNG Kids founder and CEO Heather Doonan, the small but mighty team certainly lifted far above their collective weight, packing the container in just 4 hours! 

“The A Team” led by One Tribe Ministries’ Alan Goode and regular volunteers Col and Wes powered through labelling hundreds of cartons of book, while Heather, her son Seamus and volunteer Peter Jeremijenko (who’s also a stuntman and filmmaker) handpacked the container.

Thank you all for making this happen!

The books are bound for schools in PNG’s westernmost provinces, close to the Indonesian border.

Kayop Investment Limited will deliver them to schools in Western Province and nearby Sandaun (West Sepik) Province, where the terrain is rugged, access is challenging and books are scarce.

The container is the first of two planned so far for shipping by Kayop from Brisbane to Kiunga (and onwards) since Books 4 PNG Kids signed a partnership agreement with Kayop last week.

No time has been wasted in getting things moving. 

As well as cartons of books, Books 4 PNG Kids’ team also packed first-aid supplies and medical equipment including a wheelchair and crutches into the container.

Kayop has recently delivered books donated by Books 4 PNG Kids to schools including Rumginae Primary, North Fly District, Western Province.

The teachers thanked Maino Lucas, managing director of Kayop Investment Limited, for the initiative of donating library books to North Fly schools.

“Library books are … vital tools for the children’s learning and development in English foundation and will also be used by those who are yet to come to school,” the teachers said.

“We will use the books to help our students to develop (fluent) reading skills.”

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