Project Overview

1. Summary

The project plan is the initiative of the SRC 2016-Community EngagementCommittees. Its major

task is for the execution of major awareness concerning its objectives. It will engage students in

community and other community awarenessbased programs.

Aiming to promote peace, students’ mutual participation in the community based programs

should be the priority. Thus, it will encouragehealthy lifestyle and promotes the ethics of the

DWU.

Moreover, the project’s mini-feasibility study for the project execution is simplyobservation.To

date,the retrieved data is approximately a month old. It is therefore summed as the cohesion of

visions. The vision of PNG, Madang, DWU and the DWU SRC 2016-Community Engagement

Committee. And that is to make Madang Town clean, peaceful and conducive environmentfor

the students and the general public to live.Fear through intimidation is reduced and solved.

Finally, again, the project is the initiative of the SRC 2016-Committee which is designated for

the student body to take part.

2.Introduction

The purpose of this project is to ensure effective development. Thus, Madang town should be

safeand clean for travelers, students, working class and others who live there.

It is also aimed at the reduction of crime and other obstacle for effective development. The

programs which are proposedtakes three (3) days and are slotted into three main areas of;

DAY ONE: Cleaning of Madang Town

DAY TWO: School Visit Awareness

DAY THREE: Rally (Public Awareness on Stage)

All these programs will be ongoing for each semester during its mid study break. Significantly, it

is designed in a way that will complement our policy of community service and responsibility.\

A BRIEF REPORT OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS UNDERTAKEN BY THE 2017 DWU SRC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE Compiled by the 2017 SRC-Community Engagement Committee

This report comprises a brief summary of the activities initiated and implemented by the DWU SRC Community Engagement Committee through its various hard Working committees over the 2017 period. The programs are in line with the DWU core principles and values of community engagement and social responsibility towards strengthening and maintaining close working relationships with the university and the neighbouring communities.

2017

SRC 2017 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE PREPARED BY THE CHAIRMAN MR. JONAH LINUS

29/10/2017

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FOREWORD

Congratulations to you, students and staff that we have created history. I must first of all

thank and extend my gratitude to the following people for their special assistance

toward all our SRC Community Engagement Committee programs:

Mr. Ted Alau, Vice President, Student Affairs

Professor Fr. Philip Gibbs, Vice President Research and Higher Degrees

Professor Maretta Kula-Semos, Professor of Humanities

Associate Professor Sr. Mirriam Dlugosz, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Associate Professor Romulo Lindio, Dean of Faculty of Business and Informatics

Ms. Glenda Baptiste, Bursar

Mr. Vincent Keto, Director Students Services

Mr. Peter Morlin, Male Student Dean

Ms Julie Aitsi, Secretary Student Services

The DWU Community – Staff, Students and families

The DWU Pastoral Care Team

The SRC President and executives

The Working Committees of the SRC Community Engagement Committee

Other SRC Committee members like Ms. Makonong Kumpio SRS4

All our university student services drivers.

Together, we have accomplished our objectives of community engagement. The

precedent of cooperation, unity and determination has set the benchmark for our

beautiful university. Together we have done that. Without the support given, we would

not have come this far. Your input is the testament of our progress thus far.

Despite our achievement, I personally know that there are some things we did not yet

achieve as a team. But I take great delight in charting a new course of engagement in

our community. The baton is now being handed over to our next SRC team of 2018 to

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continue the good work that we have started. I believe this is just a small step that the

DWU community has taken but an important one that will continue to play a significant

role in years to come in its future community engagement. What we have started was

just the complementing of the DWU core values of community engagement and social

responsibility to those in our Community and around us. This is just the beginning and

we have many similar programs to implement but time is not at our side. We have to let

go and enter into another stage in life. We have to dream, be innovative and creative in

ways to sustainably create meaningful strategies to serve our university interests and

that of the community. I personally believe that is what God is calling to His people,

telling us of what we should be doing; in expressing and exercising our faith and love to

fellow Christian brothers and sisters.

Congratulations once again team 2017 SRC Community Engagement Committee, 2017

SRC Executives, university staff and the general student body. I wish you a happy, safe

early Merry Christmas, and a Prosperous New Year 2018 and beyond. Please look after

your lives and see you all safe next year. God Bless Us all and continue extending the

helping hands and services to humanity.

Thank you and God bless you all.

………..……………………….

Mr. Jonah Linus

Chairman

2017 SRC Community Engagement Committee

Bachelor of Social and Religious Studies

Divine Word University-Madang

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SRC Community Engagement Committee Overview

The SRC Community Engagement Committee is one of the Committees of the Divine

Word University Student Representative Council (SRC). It was formerly known as the SRC

Community Service Committee. The primary responsibilities of the committee are to

develop strategies and communicate development efforts to foster working

relationships facilitate, supervise and coordinate planning and implementation of

programs, promote and maintain relationships through working closely with the

university and the outside communities, and engage meaningful approaches to foster

effective cooperation and security amongst the students, staff and the neighboring

communities.

The SRC Community Engagement Committee programs are complementing in small

ways the university goal of Community Engagement and the first key pillar of 2050

Vision. The committees programs are based on the theme: “Taking helpful

responsible approaches to needy ones in our neighborhood”. For almost every past

year, the DWU SRC has not taken into consideration reaching out to its surrounding

needy communities. The programs we have embarked upon and implemented so far

are:

Banana block charitable visitation on Saturday, 13th May 2017 - over 700 clothes

and items presented as a DWU community support and goodwill to foster

effective cooperation and assistance in areas of university’s engagement. The

program was conducted and delivered successfully.

Modilon General Hospital visitation to the sick patients in the hospital wards

Wednesday 06th September 2017 - over 600 clothes, 8 plastics of toilet tissues, ice

cream, sandwiches, bread, cordial and other items presented and distributed to

110 sick patients. The program was successfully implemented and carried out

with the assistance of other SRC members and the general student body.

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Madang Urban Primary School Education Awareness program on Tuesday, 17th-

Thursday, 19th October, 2017 - The SRC Community Engagement Working

Committees successfully initiated and implemented the awareness program by

visiting Kusbau Primary School, Lutheran Day Primary School and Holy Spirit

Primary School. Each of those schools has 1,500 plus students and the

committees spoke to, inspired, and motivated over 4,000 students. The program

was very successful.

Gavstoa Charitable visitation on Saturday, 28th October, 2017. Almost 289 clothes

and items were donated and given to the community there. The community was

happy and glad that we have visited them and assured us of our continual

cooperation and assistance. The program was successfully initiated and

implemented.

2017 DWU SRC Community Engagement Committee Project 1. Banana Block

Project Overview

The program engaged DWU students and staff who contributed clothes and other items

for donation. This has helped educate students about the importance of sharing and

reaching out to those in need in the communities. The visitation cemented and

maintained the close working relationships between the banana block and the DWU

Community.

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Figure 1. The SRC Community Engagement Working Committees and the

banana block people during the presentation of gifts.

2017 DWU SRC Community Engagement Committee Project 2. Modilon

General Hospital Project Overview

The project involved DWU student Leaders visiting Modilon General Hospital sick

patients in their wards. This has helped sick patients to be aware of their importance in

community and that members of the community cared for them. This has helped them

to speedy healing and recovery from their diseases and sicknesses. Gifts were donated

and presented to the pastoral care team and given as a token of care and love for the

sick people.

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Figure 2. The SRC Community Engagement Working Committees, SRC Executives

and the students posing outside the Modilon wards before visiting the sick patients

in wards at the Modilon General Hospital, Madang.

2017 DWU SRC Community Engagement Committee Project 3. Madang Urban

Primary School Education Awareness Project Overview

The projects involved the DWU SRC Community Engagement Chairman and his

committees visiting all Madang urban primary schools and staging successful education

awareness programs. This has helped students to be aware of negative impacts of

engaging in illicit activities and becoming a useful member of the society through living

and exercising Godly values and principles. The visits denoted the significance of

education to students and motivate them to becoming good role models. The visits

helped market the DWU programs and promoted its learning environment.

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Figure 3. The SRC Community Engagement Committees in various primary schools

in the Madang urban District. Top Left: Lutheran Deputy Headmistress with the SRC

Committees and the Chairman Jonah Linus (2nd right).

2017 DWU SRC Community Engagement Committee Project 4. Gavstoa

Community Project Overview

The program involved the DWU SRC Community Engagement Chairman and his

committees engaging in charitable visits to the Gavstoa community. This has helped the

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university foster good working relationships with the community, and that the university

is fulfilling its mission and objectives of effective community engagement. The gifts

donated signified the DWU continuous support, remembrance and care to the

surrounding community.

Figure 4. The SRC Community Engagement Committees packing clothes and items

ready for the Gavstoa presentation. The Committee leaders are: Mr. John Ezekiel,

Joberth Membi, Mr. James Mabon and the Chairman himself, Mr. Jonah Linus

3. OBJECTIVE/GOALS.

3.1 Overall Objective of this project.

The overall objective or aim/goal of the project was to effectively engage the DWU SRC

Leaders, staff, and the student body through the community based programs to address

escalating socio-health related issues and promote healthy, unity, and peaceful living

among our surrounding communities.

3.2 Description of the project in line with the university plan.

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The undertaken programs were in line with the DWU core values and its principles of

better community engagement. It was also in line with PNG Vision 2050 underpinned by

the pillar of the Community Development for Integral Human Development.

4. Issue statement of Need Assessment

4.1 Issue the Project aimed to address.

The project aimed at addressing issues of non-cooperation, illiteracy and sick patients’

concerns in the community. Educationally, the lesson highlights the mentality of taking

ownership and responsibility and serving humanity.

4.2 Addressing the Problem

Increased number of student drop out, increased number of youth in the settlement,

increased sick patients in the hospital are some of the issues faced in the Madang

community. These have caused social disorder and weak structure in the community

that will hinder healthy developments and change.

4.3 Addressing the problem to achieve its objective.

The issues addressed here are increased law and order problems by youths and the

health problems which comprised armed robberies, high usage of drugs and

homebrews, and the outbreak of diseases like, HIV AIDs and cancers. The project

achieved its objective through awareness visitations and presentations at various schools

and the hospital by talking to students and patients.

5. Challenges

The lack of or limitations in resources to facilitate community awareness has been a

chronic problem within the DWU SRC Community Engagement Committee to effectively

facilitate community engagement, service, and outreach programs. The activities that

need to be done to implement the project in the future are:

Shared information between the Deans and relevant stakeholders

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Determine best location for awareness to be staged and secure permission from

the relevant educational officials who is in charge of the schools.

Secure permission from the Headmasters and the Principals, and the hospital

management

Resource preparations to be done in advance

Close contacts with the Deans, HODs , Lecturers and other valuable or resourceful

people

Site observation and analysis prior to visiting

The resources needed to complete the programs are: materials for awareness,

permission from authorities and expenses for printing needs such as letters, banners,

pamphlets, reports, and other matters.

With the stated activities and project inputs like the organization planning to engage the

student body into participating; and the actual execution to achieve the outcomes and

outputs will help make DWU and its surrounding communities a better, healthy and

trouble- free place to live and learn in.

6. Recommended Activity Assignments for future engagements

The assigned activities are:

Confirm the availability of resources and necessary materials to complete this

project.

Understand team member skills, Knowledge, qualifications and needs.

Supervise and Monitor the progress being made.

Make sure the work proceeds and is completed within the time span.

Establish project milestones and reporting procedures.

The assign activities and tasks for team members:

Awareness of the aim and objectives of the project

Awareness of the duration for the project

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Know which resources to use to complete the project.

Report to the team leader when resources run out

Engage in awareness programs and ensure completion.

7. 2017 Working Committees

1. Mr. Jonah Linus SRS4_Chairman

2. Ms. Daicy Parascos CA4_Chairlady

3. Mr.Jasper Maninen HM3_Assistant

4. Ms. Beatrice Begani EH4_Committees

5. Mr. Daniel Nelson MCS4_Committees

6. Mr. Ezekiel John PGIR2_Committees

7. Mr. Duncan Petrus IS3_Committees

8. Mr. James Mabon SRS3_Committees

9. Mr. Joberth Membi MC1_Committees

8. Budget Plan

The 2017 programs have been implemented and successful so far with the support from

the general student body and staff contributions. The clothes and moneys collected

were put towards achieving all these stated programs.

The clothes and other items collected from students and staff through the contribution

boxes and plastics really sustained our programs. The clothes were collected, checked to

confirm its quality and then packed for delivery.

The moneys collected have really sustained our printing costs, travel arrangements,

lunch, flex cards, purchase contribution materials and other logistical costs. The money

was collected through the boxes placed in public places as well from the request letters

seeking assistance from staff and students.

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The 2017 budget for projects from February to October is presented below.

BUDGET SUMMARY

NO COST ELEMENT TOTAL ESTIMATED COST

1. Clothes, soaps, toilet tissues and

other items

2,500 plus altogether

2. Moneys collected and used K400.00 for all these programs

9. Recommendation

The need for active community participation through community awareness should be

considered to help the youth especially school students to become productive and

useful members of the community, and to reduce community related health problems.

DWU and the general student body should consider community needs and make them

as their priority areas. From there they should make resources and plans available and

facilitate the projects within the communities to put into practice the university values

and PNG Vision 2050.

Finally, the relevant agencies should increase the allocation of funds to Community

Development and embark on improving avenues to raise illiteracy rates and address

health concerns of its citizens. Adult literacy and training should be conducted to

alleviate poverty to reduce crime rates, employment-income generation activities and

more flexibility in approaches to other communities in and around the university.