Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Mt Hagen to host Skills program

Post Courier


The Digicel PNG Foundation has partnered with the Mt Hagen Catholic Archdiocese and with generous support from Ela Motors to run the Life & Business Skills program in Mt Hagen.
The Life & Business Skills (L&BS) program is a two-week program conducted with a holistic approach to address domestic violence.
The program is an extension of consciousness, coupled with training and certification and following the successful Port Moresby program which was funded by Digicel Foundation and facilitated by Ginigoada Bisnis Foundation.
The L&BS program will now be implemented in Mt Hagen, targeting the rural based farmers to improve their small agriculture-based businesses.
The program will be piloted from May through to December 2013 with a review scheduled for the end of December.
This is the first time Digicel Foundation has taken the program out of Port Moresby to give interested participants access to free basic business training to strengthen their small income generating activities and medium enterprises.
At the launch, the Archbishop of Mt Hagen Catholic Arch Diocese Douglas Young, commended Digicel PNG Foundation of the successes the program has had on the lives of many people in and around Port Moresby settlements.
Archbishop Young said: “We are grateful to Digicel Foundation for recognising the Mt Hagen Catholic Archdiocese in having the potential and capacity to facilitate the program here in Western Highlands.
“We value this partnership and therefore, will work closely with Digicel Foundation to ensure the program is facilitated well to meet the expectations of the participants”. Digicel Foundation CEO, Beatrice Mahuru thanked Archbishop Denis Young for the partnership with the Catholic Arch Diocese of Mt Hagen to deliver the L&BS Program.
“In Port Moresby, our L&BS program was facilitated in partnership with Ginigoada. Last year, we ran the program in 17 settlements and three indigenous villages.
“We witnessed 2,269 participants graduate with a Basic Business Skills Certificate, and with requests flooding from people from other regions to expand, we are delighted to partner with you to replicate this program here in Mt Hagen.”
“It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the partnership we had with Ps Mike Field and especially Robert Favave and Robert Evah who brought knowledge, benevolence and commitment to our program in Port Moresby”.
 

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