November, 2018

Video on PNG help by Cairns teacher Harry Graepel

Over the years the Peter O’Connor Foundation has funded shipments of educational materials to schools in need in Papua New Guinea collected by Harry Graepel, Science and Mathematics teacher at St Mary’s Catholic College, Cairns. These materials include desks and chairs, filing cabinets, metal storage cabinets, books, stationary, teaching aides, some musical instruments, sports uniforms, and shelving. Harry has recently put on to Youtube a 4.5 minute film entitled “Lema – PNG children” which highlights some of his accomplishments over the past decade. He has given credit to the Foundation in the video which can be viewed below.

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