The 2 Mile Seventh-day Adventist Adult Literacy School in Lae, Papua New Guinea, conducted a graduation ceremony on October 16.
The event, held at 2 Mile Morobe Mission hall, saw friends and relatives, mission workers and sponsors attend this special occasion. It was a time of joy and celebration as 18 students from Level 1 (Pidgin class) and 29 students from Level 2 (English class) walked down the aisle with their certificates.
The Adult Literacy School was started in 2014 by Rosemary Ewande—a teacher then and now—after she attended literacy training in Lae that was conducted by ADRA.
At the time, Mrs Ewande was aware of the six critical issues that affect women in PNG, including illiteracy. So she decided to fight illiteracy head-on. The literacy school operated through to 2019, until the COVID-19 outbreak, with classes resuming again in 2022. The students are not only Adventists but people from different faith groups.
Rose Wima, a Level 1 student, shared her testimony: “When I was a child, I didn’t have the chance to go to school because I have a lot of siblings and my parents could not afford the school fees. I grew up without the ability to read and write. But now I learnt a lot of things and am happy.”
Morobe Mission women’s and children’s ministry director Nancy Enopa said, “Literacy is the pathway that opens doors to many good things.”
