Mr. Houston Nen from the Southern Highlands province, who is one of the eleven students selected as the new generation of the Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF) Archers Leadership Development program, hopes to maximize its benefits and absorb as much as he can on leadership skills.
Nen is a final year student studying to get his bachelor’s degree in Building & Construction at the Papua New Guinea (PNG) University of Technology (UoT).
He said, he found out about the program from a couple of his friends who were part of the program and was keen to be part of it, but had to wait to be a final year student in order to be eligible to apply.
“I’ve seen how life changing it is for them in terms of building their network, being mentored by professionals that are already in the industry, develop leadership skills that could help then someday and build contacts for job opportunities after school.
I mean, that’s pretty exciting and I want that too. I’m very happy that I’m part of this year’s 2023 batch.” Nen hopes to create new pathways, build new contacts and learn as much as he can through KTF’s Archer Leadership Development Program.
“I want to expand my network and get to know people from different walks of life. Being at UniTech, I only know students studying in the engineering stream and being here, I’m happy to get to know students from UPNG as well.”
Nen also said that through KTF’s mentorship programs for young leaders, he hopes to get the much needed leadership skills and learn as much as he can.