Kokosan Village in Wain Erap Local Level Government area in Nawaeb District, Morobe demonstrated its seriousness to have a new primary school built in the area.
The seriousness is shown through its commitment by hosting a fundraising event to help commence building teachers houses and classrooms by next year, 2024.
The area which is geographically very difficult to access basic public services like road, transport health, education and other vital services is situated at upper part of Erap.
The area is not far from accessing Okuk National Highway but it remains one of the very remote places with lack of access to basic services.
Community members in the area are workaholic.
They have a long history of breaking barriers to build permanent church building and permanent houses back in early 1980s and 1990s by loading materials through bush tracks.
Most of their children attend Rabbishap Primary School which takes four hours to walk.
Over four to five decades, their kids have been attending that school.
Their forefathers had plans to establish a primary school in the area but up to this day, they never made requests to district education and the provincial education board to consider issues they face.
Good news about them is they’ve managed an elementary school within the area very well.
They’ve built four in one double story classroom and three permanent teachers houses themselves.
Upon these the district education inspection inspected and recommended that they have the ability to look after little stuffs and expand it hence they deserve a primary school to be built in the area.
Following the reports, the Provincial Education Board (PEB) made an endorsement that the community can go ahead to commence building the school.
Community then mobilized and started organizing.
This led up to first stage of fundraising event which started over the weekend.