THE University of Papua New Guinea Adventist Tertiary Students Association (UPNG ATSA) has donated six cartoons of books to Sirinumu Primary School in Central Province as part of their community service.
The association executives led by president, Leonard Todi, delivered the books during their retreat visit to Berebei village on Friday.
President Todi said their visit to donate the books was an initiative of the association in helping communities by targeting children with an emphasis on value of education.
“The idea behind the visit was to give back to the community under our book-drive program,” Mr Todi said.
“Since we went there to have our retreat, it was a good thing to engage with the community to inspire the youths through the donation,” he said.
“We donated books, delivered a series of motivational speeches and spent a good time chatting with the children.”
The books comprised of Bibles, reading books, children bible study guides and spiritual reading books, which would enhance the students’ learning.
Students of Sirinumu Primary School were also privileged to receive first aid awareness on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), given that their village is surrounded by water and that they travel by boat to school every day.
Medical team of the association led by Ismael Yapo, conducted a demonstration of the CPR to the students and staff to ensure they know what to do when attending or responding to future incidents.
Retreat committee member, Sance Lapai and President Todi were satisfied to learn that the donation of books really inspired the children and staff.
Staff of Sirinumu Primary School thanked the UPNG ATSA for their donation and requested the association to continue such initiative in the future.
The association executives acknowledged all organizations, professionals and individuals including students of UPNG ATSA for their contributions in delivering the book-drive project.
“I want to pass my sincere appreciation to UPNG SDA church for their support towards this project and the retreat program.
“We were able to pull this off successfully because of their support,” Todi said.
