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It's really a heart breakable and inspirational story. Thankyou for sharing 🙏

That's show the real definition of how powerful you are congratulations on you my finest Brother and a good role model as all. Very painful story inspiring us a lot because of your struggles, commitment and self-sacrifice that pays off, you deserve the most better in your next schooling journey. As you proceed on with your next career may our good Lord above bless you and inspired you with more good thoughts so that you will produce more out of it and those ones that come after you may know and follow your footsteps. Congratulations 🙏 my Finest Brother keep going and can't wait to see the next part. ❤✊ Thank you 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰.🚦

Stay with you my brother.

Very inspirational and motivational journey. For every success there's always a challenge. Congratulations for your achievement 🙏🙏

Well done my champion. I'm more than happy for you. Your very inspiring story is a walking stick for those who are still struggling out there. May our good Lord bless you and protect you in your final year of studies and in your future career. Much love. Hu angim. Mangi Olmap Bush♥️

An inspiring story of hardship...

Dear my brother you are my motivation through your stories. You are one of those people that keeps PNG hoping for a better tomorrow. Keep up and get going angam.

This is an interesting and timely read, as well as the Bedford's earlier post on the RSE numbers. (Pacific seasonal workers’ participation in the RSE scheme: the numbers and their implications). A stand out, covered by the article is the longevity of a seasonal worker. Every few years there are calls to put a time limit on RSE workers from various interest groups and countries. This data shows that such limits are unnecessary, with the average falling below the usually recommended length of 3 years. One factor that may skew the data down a bit is when NZ increases the quota. This causes a significant bump in the "1 year" data with a net reduction in average years. It would be interesting to see what happens in future years as those first years roll through, but I would expect the average to increase. When considering a Ni-Vanuatu worker's socio-economic perspective, (likely similar to other Pacific Islands) their three basic needs are school fees, pay land and build a house. These are mostly achieved by Year 3 or 4 if they are in the right employment. Usually longer for those on the SWP/PALM program which surprises many. (NZ employment law being more economically favourable for seasonal workers than the Australian Fair Work regulations – that is another story!) Another factor not considered is the effect of the SWP/PALM program (Australian schemes) and how many RSE workers crossed the ditch to those programs. So again, the average time a seasonal worker spends across both schemes should be considered especially from an sending country's policy decisions. The PALM program also allows for up to a 4 year visa, or short term 3 year (read seasons) visas. The impacts on whether those workers re-apply past that initial visa is to be determined in, well, 3-4 years!

Very inspirational, hope one day your dream of building a school at you community come true.

Tough life experience as young human we proud of you 👏 🥰 💛 Your experiences are our motivation ✨️ 💪 🙏 🙌 🙂 ❤️

Well done Mek. You certainly have a brighter future ahead.

Very interesting and an inspiring story ... Congratulations for successfully withstanding the challenges to get to the Point you are right now ... All the best in your final year studies @UPNG ...