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One of my pics was selected to cover of the corporate magazine of GMG Color. It is good to see that a photo from the Goroka Show gets some additional exposure.
GMG color has 25 years of experience in the graphic arts industry – particularly in the field of color management and proofing since the early 90s – guarantee high-quality solutions when it comes to the subject of color. GMG is represented by branches and authorized dealers the world over. More than 9,000 systems are in use throughout the world and across the entire spectrum of the graphic arts industry, at advertising agencies, prepress houses, offset printers and international gravure printers.
Tags: corporate, cover, GMG color, joeri Kalwij Photography, Magazine
The fun thing about my line of work is that I can engage in a wide variety of Community Development initiatives, alongside the commercial part of the Coffee Exports business. Recently we have identified three education development programmes. Together with the Digicel Foundation PNG, new Community Learning Centres were donated to several communities. Below a short story. (from: website Digicel Foundation)
The Digicel Foundation strives to support projects that provide opportunities that will inspire and build a positive and brighter future for the communities within PNG. One of Digicel Foundation’s core beliefs is that as we grow our community should grow with us. The Community Learning Center in Masi Community is the realization of Digicel Foundation to make a difference and play a positive role in the people’s lives in PNG.
The Digicel Foundation heard about Masi Elementary school through, Joeri Kalwij of Monpi Coffee Sustainable services and his partner Michelle the Principal at the Goroka Preparatory School (GPS). Joeri and his partner first learnt about Massey Elementary School through the teachers who were working at GPS who were from Masi community.GPS has now started an outreach program to support other schools that are not so fortunate and need extra school materials such as Massey Pre School. Massey elementary school was started a few years ago and has a total of 60 pre-school and elementary children and two voluntary Teachers.
The Massey community was excited and overwhelmed with the new CLC. They have waited for years for such an improvement to take place to better the lives of their future generations. They have 3 small bush material classrooms which recently received a second hand tin roof which was a major improvement. With the new CLC in place the children will now have access to a neat and very dry environment for reading and studying purposes. In conjunction with the CLC the GPS has also sent out an invitation to the Massey Elementary School Teachers to attend future workshops which will be hosted by GPS from time to time to enrich their current teaching techniques.
I’ll go back soon to take some photo’s.
Tags: Community Development, Development, digicel foundation, education, EHP, Goroka, Joeri Kalwij, PNG, project
We’ve got new kids! Four of them. Cute and fluffy. All girls.
Okay…. they are German Shepherds.
Here’s a shot of one of them
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Riots and looting in Goroka
Tags: Asians, Eastern Highlands, EHP, Goroka, Highlands, Joeri Kalwij, looting, Papua new Guinea, photography, Photos, Pics, Pictures, PNG, post courier, Riots, Riots Goroka, Violence
A lot, probably most of the tradestores in PNG are owned and run by Asians. What gets to a lot of the PNG folk is that they also operate little kai-bars and small businesses. “That’s ours to run! “. Well, shit hit the fan and after riots and looting In Moresby, and in Lae, yesterday the unrest hit Kainantu. All shops were looted. And right on schedule it hit Goroka today. Big mob out this morning, just waiting for the first rock to be thrown as a starting sign to go crazy. In West some teargas grenades could not prevent Bintangor getting hit. Shops at the market are ‘done’ already.
Read an article from The National for a bit more background ‘PNG style’. Better written and with a bit more history is the BBC report.
More pictures
Tags: Asia, Asians, Chinese, Goroka, Joeri Kalwij, looting, photography, PNG, post courier, Riots, The National, update
