Sponsorship
There’s nothing more important than teachers. To become a teacher and teach the next generation, the laws in Papua New Guinea require an education through the 12th grade. We are focused on helping those so close to their goals achieve the final steps in their education. Sponsoring one of our youths will ensure that they may complete their education and pay it forward. Each youth needs five sponsors at $25 a month to successfully complete their educational journey and propel them into the next phase of their lives!
Sponsor Joe Bore
Name: Joe Bore
Gender: Male
Studying: Education
From: Buna
Joe Bore is dedicated to teaching the youngest of children. Over the years he has taught the elementary children of Buna in a makeshift classroom, and under nearby trees. A teacher who was not officially qualified, Joe undertook teacher training at the Kokoda College School of Education in 2016. After many hardships and obstacles, he is about to be placed on the government payroll with the department of education, a well deserved win for this much loved educator. Although he has faced many challenges, Joe is committed to teaching and has always done what is best for his kids. It is our hope that this new facility will provide him with the resources to teach the youth of Buna for many years to come!
Sponsor Cedric Sara
Name: Cedric Sara
Gender: Male
Studying: Teaching
Where: Kokoda College
From: Gorari
Cedric is a father of two, and at the age of 29 is currently undertaking his grade 11 studies at Kokoda College. He hails from Gorari village in Kokoda, the mountainous region of Oro Province where Little Hearts learning is building a new double classroom for the youngest of their students – Little Hearts Gorari. Cedric resides in the college when his cohort is scheduled to attend classes, and travels two hours by public transport to get to school. He is passionate about going into the pathway of studying education and wants to become a teacher, helping shape the young minds in his community.
Sponsor Racheal Emimei
Name: Racheal Emimei
Gender: Female
Studying: Community Health Worker
Where: Kokoda College
From: Buna
Racheal has to travel by public transport for seven hours to get to the college for her face-to-face classes each term. It is challenging for Racheal, but she is adamant on completing her studies and wants to complete her FODE (Flexible Open Distance Education) studies so that she can take the next step on the path of studying to become a community health worker, caring for the health and wellbeing of her local community.
Sponsor Joyce Tebe
Name: Joyce Tebe
Gender: Female
Studying: Community Health Worker
Where: Studying at Kokoda College
From: Buna
Joyce travels seven hours by crowded Public Motor Vehicle to get to school in Kokoda, she is determined to complete her studies to pursue her dream in health. The flexibility of FODE (Flexible Open Distance Education) offered at Kokoda College allows her to balance her family responsibilities as a mother of three children with her study commitments, giving her the greatest chance of success.
Sponsor Jethro Gore
Name: Jethro Gore
Gender: Male
Studying: Community Health Worker
Where: Kokoda College
From: Buna
Despite the seven-hour trip that Jethro makes just to get to school, he does it with the hope and determination to complete his education so that he can then go down the pathway of studying to become a community health worker once he completes studies at Kokoda College. The flexibility of FODE enables him to juggle his work in the gardens to earn his living with his studies through a combination of face-to-face classes and self-directed learning and assignments.
Sponsor Solien Dimonda
Name: Solien Dimonda
Gender: Female
Studying: Community Health Worker
Where: Kokoda College
From: Buna
Solien travels seven hours to get to school. KTF is supporting her education by providing boarding facilities for Solien and other students from the North coast villages to stay in the college and attend face-to-face classes, before returning home to complete their assignments with the support of full learning materials available electronically on a tablet. The 25-year old’s hope for the future is to look after the people in her community by becoming a community health worker.
Sponsor Wari Pondo
Name: Wari Pondo
Gender: Female
Studying: Grade 12 in 2021
Where: Kokoda College
From: Gorari
KTF’s amazing teacher at Gorari, Wari is studying to upgrade her education standard to Grade 12, the PNG Government’s new minimum requirement for teaching and for further professional development. If Wari does not upgrade at the Kokoda College, she cannot remain in the teaching profession and is one of the most dedicated teachers the Oro province has seen.
Sponsor Emmanual Kerahu
Name: Emmanual Kerahu
Gender: Male
Studying: Grade 12 in 2021
Where: Kokoda College
From: Gorari
Passionate about becoming a teacher one day, Emmanual currently volunteers alongside Cornelius and Wari at Gorari Elementary School and wants to upgrade to Grade 12 standard in order to formally train as a teacher. He is dedicated to supporting and teaching the future generation of children from Gorari and surrounding regions and displayed natural ability as a volunteer teacher.
Sponsor Benita Umbu
Name: Benita Umbu
Gender: Female
Studying: Teaching
Where: Asia Pacific Teachers College, Port Moresby
From: Gorari
Benita has also been successful in securing a highly sought after place to study to become a teacher and pursue the dream of helping end the cycle of poverty through education.
Sponsor Metchika Kombere
Name: Metchika Kombere
Gender: Female
Studying: Teaching
Where: Asia Pacific Teachers College, Port Moresby
From: Gorari
Metchika has been successful in securing a highly sought after place to study to become a teacher and pursue the dream of helping end the cycle of poverty through education.
Sponsor Cornelius Pondo
Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.
Name: Cornelius Pondo
Gender: Male
Studying: Grade 12 in 2021
Where: Kokoda College
From: Gorari
The other half of dynamic husband and wife teaching duo at Gorari, Cornelius is also studying to upgrade his education standard to Grade 12, the PNG Government’s new minimum requirement for teaching. As with Wari, without this upgrade, Cornelius will be unable to remain in the teaching profession. He also hopes to one day upgrade his qualifications from an elementary teacher to a primary teacher and is often called upon by the adjacent primary school to assist with taking primary classes.
Sponsor Ruth Konene
Name: Ruth Konene
Gender: Female
Studying: Grade 12 in 2021
Where: Kokoda College
From: Madang (but now lives in Kou Kou and works, and studies, at the Kokoda College)
Ruth works alongside Amanda as a Community Health Worker at the Kokoda College Aid Post as well as at nearby Kokoda Memorial Hospital. She is also upgrading her education standard to Grade 12, the new minimum requirement to upgrade her qualifications to a nurse or nursing officer. Ruth has previously worked for KTF in the remote villages along the Kokoda Track including Naduri and Kagi, and is extremely dedicated and committed to improving the health and wellbeing standards of remote Papua New Guinea.
Sponsor Amanda Zebulon
Name: Amanda Zebulon
Gender: Female
Studying: Grade 12 in 2021
Where: Kokoda College
From: Popondetta (but now lives with her family in Kou Kou and works, and studies, at the Kokoda College)
Amanda is KTF’s incredible Community Health Worker at the Kokoda College Aid Post, responsible for the health and wellbeing of the college students and the greater Kou Kou community. Amanda provides life-saving, critical primary healthcare to a large catchment region, dealing with communicable diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV, gender-based violence, child and maternal health, delivery of babies, and children’s vaccinations. Despite how busy she is, Amanda is also upgrading her education standard to Grade 12, which is the new minimum requirement for health workers if they want to upgrade their qualifications and train as nurses and nursing officers. This Amanda’s life-long dream and the first step is the Kokoda College.
Sponsor Steven Pondo
Name: Steven Pondo
Gender: Male
Studying: Business Economics
Where: Pacific Adventist University
From: Gorari
Steven completed his first two years at college in Rabaul, and has been accepted to study his third year to upgrade to Degree level at PAU, but due to financial difficulties he had to withdraw from studies and seek employment in Port Moresby to raise money for his fees to continue his learning journey. He is an extraordinary student and committed to using his skills gained at university to further development in his community.