PNG: Mission in one of the remotest schools on earth

Gary Clayton | World

Date posted: 1 Jun 2023

Top LtoR: First 10th-grade graduation class. Map showing Mougulu Bottom LtoR: Tribespeople in Mougulu. Sally Lloyd now and as a teenager

Deep in the heart of the jungle lies Nomad Mougulu High School (NMHS), one of the remotest schools on earth.

Mougulu lies in the heart of a rainforest in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) Western Province. The nearest secondary school is a week’s walk away.

According to UNICEF, the United Nations children’s fund, only 56% of PNG’s children currently transition from primary into lower secondary school.

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