Support to Rural Enterpreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG)

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24/05/2022

EU Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme Steering Committee Meeting 2022

30/05/2022

EU-STREIT PNG, as part of its mandate to expand the banking infrastructure and access to financial services and products across the Greater Sepik region, entered into partnership with a number of leading local micro-finance institutions to operationalise banking access points in the target areas with the aim to reach 150,000 beneficiaries in total.

01/06/2022

EU Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme, in collaboration with governmental and provincial authorities, works on providing technical support to equip [selected] public facilities in the Sepik region, including schools and health centers, with solar power generation to promote awareness of sustainable and renewable energy.

20/06/2022

The EU-Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG continues to reach out to remote areas of the Sepik Region to provide technical assistance and support to rural farmers in cocoa, vanilla and fisheries value chains. Here’s a glimpse of the EU-STREIT PNG Vanilla team's mission into the remote village of Mandigen in Wewak, East Sepik Province

18/08/2022

Hear from the beneficiaries" The European Union in Papua New Guinea- funded Streit Programme Png on another phase of supporting rural vanilla farmers in remote villages of the Sepik region delivered vanilla cultivation, husbandry and processing materials to farmers in Green River LLG of Sandaun Province after providing them with intensive vanilla farming training in 2021.

18/08/2022

"Hear from the Beneficiaries" The European Union in Papua New Guinea-funded STREIT PNG Programme in partnership with the Cocoa Board of Papua New Guinea. rolled out the Cocoa Quality Assessor Training program to train 400 plus cocoa fermentary owners across Sepik region.

23/08/2022

"Hear from the Beneficiaries" Vanilla farmer Robert Yamba from Imonda station is one of European Union in Papua New Guinea-funded STREIT PNG Programme beneficiaries in the rural hinterlands of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Here, Robert speaks about the support he is receiving from the Programme under the vanilla value chain component.

24/08/2022

EU-STREIT PNG Programme, in its efforts to improve vanilla production in Sepik region, is establishing vanilla treatment sheds across various central locations of rural villages where farmers have been intensively trained by the Programme on proper ways of farming vanilla.

25/10/2022

"Hear from the Partners" The EU-Funded 🇺🇳 UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme in close partnership with the Cocoa Board of PNG introduces new solar combination cocoa dryer to be established across the Sepik Region. The solar combination dryer aims to improve and maintain uniformity in the quality of cocoa produced as well as consistency in the supply.

28/09/2022

"Hear from the Partners" Mr Gregory Jamai, South Wosera LLG President, explains how the #EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme's interventions to improve transport infrastructure and access to markets and towns, reduce transport expenditures and bring agribusiness opportunities and economic change to the rural communities.

25/10/2022

"Hear from the Beneficiaries" 35-year-old Jacklyn Yatawi is a hardworking cocoa farmer from Aunilup village in Maprik District, East Sepik Province 🇵🇬. She is a mother of 5 who depends on cocoa, vanilla, and food crops for income to support her family.

30/09/2022

"Hear from the Beneficiaries" Preston Karue, a medical Dr. by profession, was one of the participants who attended the recent Geographical Indication (GI) workshop in Wewak where the #Eu-funded STREIT PNG Programme in collaboration with the PNG Investment Promotion Authority.

28/09/2022

"Hear From the Benefirciaries" Sperian Kapia is a lead cocoa farmer in Angoram district, East Sepik province who attended the programme's workshop on on Geographical Indications and how it can benefit local farmers and products in Sepik and Papua New Guinea.

06/09/2022

"Hear from the Beneficiaries" Lucas Mandambu, a cocoa fermentary owner in #PapuaNewGuinea, is one of 400 farmers trained on Cocoa Quality Assessment by the #EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme. Now he hopes they can produce quality cocoa in the future.