An educationist and elite from Southern Highlands Province, Jackson Yer has launched a foundation called Yer Education Foundation at Mendi town recently.
Mr Yer is based in the United States of America (USA) and had founded the Yer Education Foundation with the aim of assisting Papua New Guineans to secure spaces in tertiary institutions in the US.
Mr. Yer graduated with a Bachelor of Education at University of Goroka (UOG) and pursued further studies in the US, got married and works there.
Through Yer Foundation, he had assisted many young Papua New Guineans to secure places in institutions in the USA for further studies in different fields, and many are studying and working in the USA.
Now, with the Foundation office to be based in Mendi town, young candidates who wish to further their studies in the USA can be further assisted through this.