Miss Relaxo 2021, Josie Nicholas, who recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at Divine Word University will be donating books to Biotou Primary School in her home village of Biotou, Kairuku Hiri, Central Province.
The young woman will be conducting a Book Drive as part of her advocacy.
“My aim of this initiative is to see children especially back in my village of Kairuku, making it into high school since most of them do not make it that far. Therefore, donating reading materials to them will hopefully help them in the long run.”
“As part of my advocacy, I am planning on donating reading books, resource books as well as book shelves which will be for their school library. The targeted age of children that I would like to donate books to is five to sixteen years of age.”
According to Nicholas, education is her main focus area in which she has been assigned to carry out her work.
Schools such as Marianville Secondary and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School are schools she visited to carry out her work.
“Last year, my team and I visited Marianville Secondary School followed by Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School which I visited just two days ago,” Nicholas said.
Nicholas stated that her visit to the schools was about sharing and passing on the message to the students in terms of the importance of education.
“As an ex student, I felt it was only fair I go back to where it all started for me and encourage the young minds to come out in flying colors after their education journey and as an advocate for education, I am guided by my theme, “Education is the Power of Sustainability.”
According to Nicholas, she visited over 2000 students starting from Elementary Prep to grade eight at Sacred Heart.
She added that Team Relaxo donated three boxers of footwear to the school as well as gift packages.
“This wouldn’t have been made possible if it wasn’t for the support from our sponsor, Relaxo PNG. My team and I would like to acknowledge them for their endless support and to Miss PNG Pageant for creating an avenue for us to go back to our communities and put our advocacy into action.”
Nicholas is one of the contestants who will be contesting in this year’s Miss PNG Pageant.
She has also encouraged those who are willing to assist in donating books can do so by reaching her via email on missrelaxopng@gmail.com