Digicel, PNG’s Bigger, Better Network, in conjunction with the Digicel Foundation has once again shown its support for the WeCARe Foundation by hosting an early Christmas picnic with over 500 orphaned and vulnerable children from several settlements in Port Moresby.   

The WeCARe Christmas picnic is  an annual event organised by the WeCARe Foundation and supported by Digicel and their staff. This year was another record event with over 500 children attending and close to 50 Digicel staff volunteers and friends helping out. There were various activities organised for the children including ball games, face painting, as well as a surprise performances from Digicel.

Founder and Chairman of the WeCARe Foundation-Father John Glynn said during the Christmas Picnic:

 “This is a special Christmas treat for the many children from settlements and streets who are orphaned, abandoned, neglected and who feel rejected and unloved. WeCARe Foundation strives to create a vision where children and women in these situations through support and care can become, good, decent, valued and productive citizens of PNG.”   

Digicel Foundation CEO-Marina van der Vlies said:

 “We are proud to be supporting the WeCARe Foundation’s work in helping disadvantaged children around Port Moresby. We believe that our continued support of WeCARe Foundation will go a long way in making this Christmas a special occasion for all those children who may not get a chance to celebrate otherwise. We will do our best to put a smile on every child’s face this Christmas with the Digicel Santa and his helpers on hand with a bag full of surprises for all the children,” said Ms van der Vlies.

Digicel Foundation together with Digicel is handing out 3,000 Christmas gifts to less fortunate children across the nation this Christmas month. Digicel staff are bringing Santa visits to all its Community Learing Centres in Port Moresby, Mt Hagen and Goroko as well as the childrens wards at various hospitals in Kokopo, Kavieng, Kimbe and Buka.

To date the Digicel Foundation has funded 131 community based projects covering 20 provinces in PNG and put K8 million back into marginalized PNG communities which has directly impacted more than 100,000 people. The Digicel Foundation plans to continue the funding of community projects in the area of basic education and health aiming to support communities as they become more self-reliant in the future. 

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