KTF

KTF’s long-standing partnership with Kina Bank is continuing, with a new three-year funding commitment supporting education and leadership opportunities in Papua New Guinea. During a recent visit to KTF’s Motu Koita FODE Centre, Kina Bank CEO Ivan Vidovich joined students and staff in the classroom to announce the Bank’s continued support for the Centre, as well as the Archer Leadership Development Program. Since 2020, Kina Bank’s partnership with KTF has supported more than 1,000 enrolments...

Education has never come easily for Betty. Betty grew up in a small coastal village, tucked away in the beautiful but extremely remote Tufi fjords of Oro Province. Throughout primary school, each day began in pitch darkness at 4:00am. She would navigate bush tracks before climbing into a traditional dugout canoe, paddling hard for an hour across the fjords to reach her classroom. For Betty, education was not an intrinsic right, but something to be fought for. While she loved learning, the...

At 23 years old, Willie Tahima is determined to change the course of his life through education. Originally from Barevoturu Village in Oro Province, Willie returned to study through KTF FODE after spending six years away from school. His journey back to education is not easy. From his remote village, Willie first travels 75 kilometres by PMV (public motor vehicle) to Popondetta, before catching another PMV to Kokoda. In good weather, the journey takes 3–4 hours -but during the wet season, it...