The PNG Adventist Tertiary Student Association (ATSA) travelled in to Western Province this week in preparation for their 19th biennial convention to be held in Kiunga starting next week.
Participants of the convention include students from the various universities and colleges in the country as well as their professionals and Pastors.
PNG ATSA Secretary, Lovelyne Aragas, confirmed that 300 plus students are attending the convention and their main goal is to carry out awareness on financial literacy, provide medical check to the locals and also share the word of God.
“As students are settling in this week, they will carry out pre-convention programs in the nine sites allocated for them.”
Ms. Aragas added that Lake Murray village is one of the sites to visit and they have a special team of medical students from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) Medical Faculty and Divine Word University (DWU) that will be running clinic to the people there.
Though they faced challenges of logistics and transport, Ms. Aragas said they will be able to get the convention going with the support received from the church and professionals.