Rugby league stars from Australia and Papua New Guinea today threw their support behind efforts to improve children’s education through sport. In Kokopo ahead of the Prime Ministers XIII match, players from both PM’s XIII teams joined more than 100 primary school children in drills and reading activities in a League bilong Laif clinic. Supported by Australia and delivered by the NRL, the League bilong Laif program will provide 50,000 PNG boys and girls, including those with disability, with the opportunity to participate in rugby league based activities at school to encourage healthy lifestyles and boost physical, social, literacy and maths skills. The program teaches children the importance of respect, with players from the Prime Minister’s XIII match supporting the message of Strong Men Respect Women. League bilong Laif trains teachers to provide rugby league based activities at school. More than 200 teachers have been trained and 5,000 boys and girls have completed the program since it began in 2013. Around 75 per cent of the teachers trained have been women and 50 per cent of the children participants have been girls.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:47:04 +0000
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