PPNG INC. was created to be a voice for change...but with a unique approach. It wasnt created to be an activist organisation but to approach change from the standpoint of attitude.
I.e. it was meant to address the root of all our challenges in PNG: THE ATTITUDE. Its mission is to PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN TRUE LOVE FOR COUNTRY AND CALL FOR INDIVIDUAL CHANGE AHEAD OF NATIONAL CHANGE. Its Vision: "A CHANGED PAPUA NEW GUINEA WITH CHANGED PAPUA NEW GUINEANS"
Its diagnoses of the problem with PNGeans is this: THERE IS A LACK OF PATRIOTISM CAUSING A CHRONIC ATTITUDE PROBLEM AND CORRUPTION. The problem is not the law, systems, procedures, etc. but a DEFICIENCY (in the people) of a real love for this country which could drive the people's to see and make change in the nation. For us this is a paramount consideration in advocating for change.
You see friends many of us would like to march the streets and demand a change in law or something external. But when it comes down to Change it must start from within in order to be sustainable. It must start in the heart...
If you asked if PPNG can lead activism against the current corruption and tyranny of government? Yes it can...but PPNG will not be compromising its Mission and will stick to its focus on rallying and inspiring the people to truly changing themselves in order to see a truly changed nation. Hence its approach will be different--activism for change within...
GOD BLESS PAPUA NEW GUINEA...
Heavenise Day!
Thoughts and Ideas for and regarding Papua New Guinea, the country I love.
29 March 2010
23 March 2010
INTERESTED, ENTHUSIASTIC VS COMMITTED
Patriots,
We had our very first CHANGE ADVOCACY WORKSHOP on Saturday 20th March
2010. Topics covered include the rationale behind the creation of
PPNG, its Mission and Vision, its Core Values (5 Pillars) and the way
forward and PPNG methods of change advocacy. We also discussed some of
the major Challenges that we will be facing as an organisation and a
movement of change. There was a good turnout by students of UPNG and a
couple of NGOs were also represented.
Apart from methods that have been thought up and are being pursued by
the currently actively involved members, there are still many methods
to devise and implement in respect of taking our message to the wider
community, and affecting and sustaining REAL CHANGE in our country.
Related to the actions of the movement, one of the major challenges of
PPNG is REAL COMMITMENT of players and members. Many express
enthusiasm and interest but are not committed. Commitment to a cause
requires that a person buy into the MISSION and VISION of the
movement. Once you grasp and appreciate the mission you may decide
that this is something worth your commitment and participation. If not
you are free to be an enthusiastic but not so active supported as we
do require that as well. Everyone has something to offer in this move
and we encourage you to come forward, find out what Patriots PNG is on
about, and decide whether to commit or not. ITS ALL UP TO YOU.
Being committed also means some SACRIFICE so please consider all the
pros and cons carefully.
To all you who have shown more than mere interest and enthusiasm, on
behalf of the directors and executives of PPNG I would like to thank
you for that. This campaign is not about the organisation/movement
itself. It is about finding a way to truly Change our Great Country.
Heavenise Week…
GDW
Patriots PNG Inc.
We had our very first CHANGE ADVOCACY WORKSHOP on Saturday 20th March
2010. Topics covered include the rationale behind the creation of
PPNG, its Mission and Vision, its Core Values (5 Pillars) and the way
forward and PPNG methods of change advocacy. We also discussed some of
the major Challenges that we will be facing as an organisation and a
movement of change. There was a good turnout by students of UPNG and a
couple of NGOs were also represented.
Apart from methods that have been thought up and are being pursued by
the currently actively involved members, there are still many methods
to devise and implement in respect of taking our message to the wider
community, and affecting and sustaining REAL CHANGE in our country.
Related to the actions of the movement, one of the major challenges of
PPNG is REAL COMMITMENT of players and members. Many express
enthusiasm and interest but are not committed. Commitment to a cause
requires that a person buy into the MISSION and VISION of the
movement. Once you grasp and appreciate the mission you may decide
that this is something worth your commitment and participation. If not
you are free to be an enthusiastic but not so active supported as we
do require that as well. Everyone has something to offer in this move
and we encourage you to come forward, find out what Patriots PNG is on
about, and decide whether to commit or not. ITS ALL UP TO YOU.
Being committed also means some SACRIFICE so please consider all the
pros and cons carefully.
To all you who have shown more than mere interest and enthusiasm, on
behalf of the directors and executives of PPNG I would like to thank
you for that. This campaign is not about the organisation/movement
itself. It is about finding a way to truly Change our Great Country.
Heavenise Week…
GDW
Patriots PNG Inc.
09 March 2010
THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE IN PEOPLE
In the movie “Freedom Writers” we follow the story of a teacher getting into a new job at a public high school with troubled youngsters who are raised in difficult and trying circumstances such as broken homes, gangs and gang violence, ethnic wars and so on. She starts helping those students live up to their potential by inspiring them to rise above the odds and be different. She tries to get them to read certain literature that they can identify with and attend events that she thinks will inspire them. She creates a loving environment for them which allows them to be themselves and excel. Most importantly she shows them that she believes in them.
She faces stiff opposition from a few of the conservative experienced teachers who don’t approve of her methods. They are sceptical and don’t have any care for the students. They don’t believe that the students are worthy of any extra attention. And they never take time to understand the lives they were dealing with.
At the end of it all the teacher triumphs and the movie shows clearly the transformation of the lives of her students despite previously being so hardened by their circumstances. The movie is based on a true story and the legacy of the teacher who had the courage to believe in her students lives on. The other sceptical teachers fade into insignificance when this story is told. But the teacher who believed has made a difference worthy of a feature film.
So take time to believe in people. It takes courage and much risk. But the belief that people can change may be the most important ingredient for a change advocate to make a difference in this country. It may be the only thing that makes everything else work…without such a belief we cannot hold on to hope for our nation.
I believe this nation can change because I believe the people can change.
God Bless Papua New Guinea.
Heavenise Week!
GDW
She faces stiff opposition from a few of the conservative experienced teachers who don’t approve of her methods. They are sceptical and don’t have any care for the students. They don’t believe that the students are worthy of any extra attention. And they never take time to understand the lives they were dealing with.
At the end of it all the teacher triumphs and the movie shows clearly the transformation of the lives of her students despite previously being so hardened by their circumstances. The movie is based on a true story and the legacy of the teacher who had the courage to believe in her students lives on. The other sceptical teachers fade into insignificance when this story is told. But the teacher who believed has made a difference worthy of a feature film.
So take time to believe in people. It takes courage and much risk. But the belief that people can change may be the most important ingredient for a change advocate to make a difference in this country. It may be the only thing that makes everything else work…without such a belief we cannot hold on to hope for our nation.
I believe this nation can change because I believe the people can change.
God Bless Papua New Guinea.
Heavenise Week!
GDW
23 February 2010
DESPAIR VS. HOPE
Hi Patriots,
You know trying to help ourselves and our people change the way we think is a mammoth of a task...some (in fact many) say it is impossible because we look at this endless sea of people with a fixed mindset and a reinforcing culture and environment. The negativity seems endless too!Is there hope??
I read yesterday about the hopeful perspective of Mother Teresa who faced a massive mass of humanity living in despair and was often asked how she could change this. Everywhere you look in India there would be a hungry, despondent, dying soul..and endless sea of them. What could she possibly do? But she didn't look at the overwhelming mass in despair and get discouraged. She considered that every time she rescued a girl from prostitution, fed a hungry child, cared for the sick and dying, she considered it as sutracting from the despair and adding to the hope. Now that attitude there is "HOPE".
That's how we consider this move of Operation Senisim Pasin. We don't consider the negative mentality of the majority of PNGeans to be overwhelming. But every time we inspire at least one person to think differently and embrace a new mentality, we are subtracting from the number of people with negative mentality and adding one more positive, value-adding citizen to the citizenry. That gives me hope that this nation can change.
So don't be overwhelmed with the negative and stubborn mindset of PNGeans, but consider the hope of subtracting from that despair and adding one more person (maybe yourself) to the number of PNGeans with hope that we CAN change the way we think...and in fact we are already on that course.
God Bless Papua New Guinea!
Heavenise Week!
You know trying to help ourselves and our people change the way we think is a mammoth of a task...some (in fact many) say it is impossible because we look at this endless sea of people with a fixed mindset and a reinforcing culture and environment. The negativity seems endless too!Is there hope??
I read yesterday about the hopeful perspective of Mother Teresa who faced a massive mass of humanity living in despair and was often asked how she could change this. Everywhere you look in India there would be a hungry, despondent, dying soul..and endless sea of them. What could she possibly do? But she didn't look at the overwhelming mass in despair and get discouraged. She considered that every time she rescued a girl from prostitution, fed a hungry child, cared for the sick and dying, she considered it as sutracting from the despair and adding to the hope. Now that attitude there is "HOPE".
That's how we consider this move of Operation Senisim Pasin. We don't consider the negative mentality of the majority of PNGeans to be overwhelming. But every time we inspire at least one person to think differently and embrace a new mentality, we are subtracting from the number of people with negative mentality and adding one more positive, value-adding citizen to the citizenry. That gives me hope that this nation can change.
So don't be overwhelmed with the negative and stubborn mindset of PNGeans, but consider the hope of subtracting from that despair and adding one more person (maybe yourself) to the number of PNGeans with hope that we CAN change the way we think...and in fact we are already on that course.
God Bless Papua New Guinea!
Heavenise Week!
11 February 2010
SEA OF HUMANITY
Hello Patriots,
Yesterday I was chatting with the President of PPNG INC., Mr. Henry Osembo and he mentioned something that I thought was very inspiring n that I should share with you.
He mentioned how someone had told him long ago that our lives must be able to positively impact society. He said our lives must be like a river flowing down to impact the sea of humanity.
Its a truth that we cannot escape. Our lives, are like those streams and rivers that flow into the sea of humanity..affecting it. We never notice how much impact the rivers have on the sea with a simple observation. When a river flows into the sea we don't know how much higher the sea level rose, or the salt content of the sea or whatever...but there is no doubt that the river does contribute something to the sea.
In parallel your life is a river that affects this sea of humanity. it can bring life and enhance the quality of the sea...or it can be a polluted river that harms the sea by bringing what it contains into it. The choice I guess is yours...and mine.
No matter how much we'd like to deny it, each of our individual lives affects humanity. It affect this country....and it DOES affect the world.
Mr. Osembo's and my hope is that more and more PNGean lives will be positive rivers that positively affect the sea of humanity in this country.
Heavenise Week and God Bless Papua New Guinea!
Your friend and fellow patriot...
Yesterday I was chatting with the President of PPNG INC., Mr. Henry Osembo and he mentioned something that I thought was very inspiring n that I should share with you.
He mentioned how someone had told him long ago that our lives must be able to positively impact society. He said our lives must be like a river flowing down to impact the sea of humanity.
Its a truth that we cannot escape. Our lives, are like those streams and rivers that flow into the sea of humanity..affecting it. We never notice how much impact the rivers have on the sea with a simple observation. When a river flows into the sea we don't know how much higher the sea level rose, or the salt content of the sea or whatever...but there is no doubt that the river does contribute something to the sea.
In parallel your life is a river that affects this sea of humanity. it can bring life and enhance the quality of the sea...or it can be a polluted river that harms the sea by bringing what it contains into it. The choice I guess is yours...and mine.
No matter how much we'd like to deny it, each of our individual lives affects humanity. It affect this country....and it DOES affect the world.
Mr. Osembo's and my hope is that more and more PNGean lives will be positive rivers that positively affect the sea of humanity in this country.
Heavenise Week and God Bless Papua New Guinea!
Your friend and fellow patriot...
01 February 2010
Constant Positive Information Changes Minds
Hello Patriots,
You know I don’t think many of you read these messages. But I do hope you do and will. We don’t send them based on that. We send them out because we think this is our small part in helping PNGeans to change our mindsets.
When asked in a recent radio appearance about how we could change the mindset of PNGeans I said people need to receive the right kind of information. They need to hear positive things and they need it constantly...
I would love for every person in PNG to change the way we think. But this won’t happen overnight. It’s probably like water beating against a rock. But one thing is certain. As sure as the constant flow of the water in a river beats against a stone and eventually makes a dent, the constant hearing of a message can eventually change the minds of the recipients. I just hope you don’t take yourself away from the flow of positive information... from these such messages, or through the media or some other medium such as books etc.
That is what we are trying to do in Patriots PNG...to spread as much positive information around as regularly as possible so that we and other people of PNG can experience change in mindsets...and then a change in our rock-hard ATTITUDE...CHANGE CAN HAPPEN...one dent at a time.
Heavenise Week....And God Bless Papua New Guinea!
You know I don’t think many of you read these messages. But I do hope you do and will. We don’t send them based on that. We send them out because we think this is our small part in helping PNGeans to change our mindsets.
When asked in a recent radio appearance about how we could change the mindset of PNGeans I said people need to receive the right kind of information. They need to hear positive things and they need it constantly...
I would love for every person in PNG to change the way we think. But this won’t happen overnight. It’s probably like water beating against a rock. But one thing is certain. As sure as the constant flow of the water in a river beats against a stone and eventually makes a dent, the constant hearing of a message can eventually change the minds of the recipients. I just hope you don’t take yourself away from the flow of positive information... from these such messages, or through the media or some other medium such as books etc.
That is what we are trying to do in Patriots PNG...to spread as much positive information around as regularly as possible so that we and other people of PNG can experience change in mindsets...and then a change in our rock-hard ATTITUDE...CHANGE CAN HAPPEN...one dent at a time.
Heavenise Week....And God Bless Papua New Guinea!
18 January 2010
IN HONOUR OF PNG
Hello fellow Patriots,
Thank you all for being a part of this new movement of change in the country. I hope that the recent journey with PPNG has kindled a flame for our country. Today I’d just like to mention one of PPNG’s core values. It’s our two-part pillar #3: RESPECT & HONOUR...particularly honour.
What does it mean to honour someone or something? Why does God ask children to “honour” their parents? What does it mean to be an honourable person? Why is Patriots PNG asking the citizens of PNG be honourable?
Simply put honour, for me, means two things: (1) I do that which brings PRIDE and JOY to the object of my honour (e.g. my parents, God); and (2) I avoid that which could bring SHAME and EMBARRASSMENT to the object of my honour.
So by asking ourselves as Papua New Guineans to honour our country we are asking ourselves to be and to do what we can to make our country proud. I don’t need to remind you of the swell of pride this nation felt when Ryan & Dika & the Kumuls did well in the international sport scene. Conversely you’d understand the shame and embarrassment we felt when something happened to tarnish the image of Papua New Guinea.
I’d like to kindly remind us that in everything we do as Papua New Guineans, we either make our country proud or we bring it into shame. All our actions or their fruits are watched and by them opinions are made of our PNG.... It’s so easy to say that some other ‘notable’ person is more prone to bring either honour or shame to PNG (by doing that you reduce your individual significance and worth..please don’t). But the truth is both you and I and every single Papua New Guinean shapes the outlook of PNG to the world. Remember PPNG mostly advocates about doing the little things...
Whenever you spit on our country, litter on her, cheat on n steal from her, or sell her cheaply etc., imagine her as a mother looking on you in embarrassment and shame....And when you’re that good responsible citizen loyally serving and defending her, imagine her beaming with pride coz you love her and care enough to GIVE HER THE BEST and to BE THE BEST you can be for her sake....
Heavenise Week
and God Bless Papua New Guinea.
Fellow Patriot
[PS: ORIENTATION MEETING for members and interested person coming up end-of month or early next month in Port Moresby...please come along]
Thank you all for being a part of this new movement of change in the country. I hope that the recent journey with PPNG has kindled a flame for our country. Today I’d just like to mention one of PPNG’s core values. It’s our two-part pillar #3: RESPECT & HONOUR...particularly honour.
What does it mean to honour someone or something? Why does God ask children to “honour” their parents? What does it mean to be an honourable person? Why is Patriots PNG asking the citizens of PNG be honourable?
Simply put honour, for me, means two things: (1) I do that which brings PRIDE and JOY to the object of my honour (e.g. my parents, God); and (2) I avoid that which could bring SHAME and EMBARRASSMENT to the object of my honour.
So by asking ourselves as Papua New Guineans to honour our country we are asking ourselves to be and to do what we can to make our country proud. I don’t need to remind you of the swell of pride this nation felt when Ryan & Dika & the Kumuls did well in the international sport scene. Conversely you’d understand the shame and embarrassment we felt when something happened to tarnish the image of Papua New Guinea.
I’d like to kindly remind us that in everything we do as Papua New Guineans, we either make our country proud or we bring it into shame. All our actions or their fruits are watched and by them opinions are made of our PNG.... It’s so easy to say that some other ‘notable’ person is more prone to bring either honour or shame to PNG (by doing that you reduce your individual significance and worth..please don’t). But the truth is both you and I and every single Papua New Guinean shapes the outlook of PNG to the world. Remember PPNG mostly advocates about doing the little things...
Whenever you spit on our country, litter on her, cheat on n steal from her, or sell her cheaply etc., imagine her as a mother looking on you in embarrassment and shame....And when you’re that good responsible citizen loyally serving and defending her, imagine her beaming with pride coz you love her and care enough to GIVE HER THE BEST and to BE THE BEST you can be for her sake....
Heavenise Week
and God Bless Papua New Guinea.
Fellow Patriot
[PS: ORIENTATION MEETING for members and interested person coming up end-of month or early next month in Port Moresby...please come along]
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