News Highlights

September 20, 2023

U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) is working to increase financial literacy, with emphasis on women in rural and remote communities in Papua New Guinea. Two local trainers, Sharon Nako and Ebony Nungki, certified by CEFI and supported by USAID’s Lukautim Graun Program (LGP), helped

September 20, 2023

U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) through its PNG Lukautim Graun Program (LGP) aims to enhance the opportunity for women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to participate in, contribute to, and benefit equitably from economic opportunities provided. This is part of USAID Women’s Global Development Prosperity (WGDP) Initiative which includes empowering women through equal opportunity

September 20, 2023

On 2nd August 2023, two clans from Sumgilbar Local Level Government area in the Sumkar District of Madang Province signed a Conservation Deed (CD) to protect their land and natural resources. The Ameng and Munuiguwin clans from Simbukanam village agreed to put aside their differences and unite to work together to protect their land and

November 14, 2022

U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) supports training of 26 people in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province to improve their financial literacy skills. Local financial literacy trainer, Linda Perkosi, who is certified through USAID’s Lukautim Graun Program’s partnership with Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI), helped train the 26 participants in the basics of financial

November 2, 2022

PNG Environmental Alliance (PNGEA) completes second general membership meeting in Port Moresby (24 -25 October). PNG EA was set up with support from USAID’s Lukautim Graun Program to give civil society a voice on critical environmental issues in PNG. Through PNG EA, civil society groups now have an environmental advocacy platform for coordinated and collective

September 6, 2022

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supported 181 people, including 140 women (77 percent), to access financial literacy training in Madang Province. From August 29 to September 2, five local trainers, certified through USAID’s partnership with the Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI), trained 181 people in the basics of financial literacy at various

August 10, 2022

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports 477 people to graduate from financial literacy training in Lae, Morobe Province, with a majority 415 (87 percent) of the total number of graduates all women. This is part of USAID’s commitment through the PNG Lukautim Graun Program (LGP) and its partnership with Center for Excellence in Financial

June 29, 2022

Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea – On June 29, the seven clans in the Miruma community of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Eastern Highlands Province signed a conservation deed, legally enforcing their rights to protect their land and preserve its biodiversity for current and future generations. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the

June 3, 2022

USAID’s LGP was invited to participate in PNG’s 2022 National Protected Areas Forum and lead the discussion panel on sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. The forum was held in Port Moresby over five days from May 30 to June 3.   The LGP team included representatives from the programs implementing partners, Wildlife Conservation Society, The

May 25, 2022

  The USAID PNG Lukautim Graun Program (LGP) works with the Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) to increase financial literacy in PNG, particularly rural and remote communities with an emphasis on women.   Working together, CEFI and USAID’s LGP graduated 19 participants as financial literacy trainers on May 13 in Lae, Morobe Province.