The DahCavill Customary School [view map]. is located near Port Moresby in a small swamp village called RakaRaka, at Laloki, adjacent to the Laloki Psychiatric Hospital on the Hiritano Highway of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea (view map). The school is situated on over 200 hectares of customary land on the banks of the Laloki River.

The school is a customary school on customary land of the Motu Koitabu people. It was started in 2001 and has since become an Open Learning & a Resource Centre.

It is a foundation based on family with Melanesian values (Family & Land). It is privately owned & funded and heavily assisted by private patrons. It is corrupt free and based on complete self reliance. Free from Government or mystic influence or any other conmen activity. Its staff members are on voluntary basis. NO SCHOOL FEES are collected.

THE MAGIC SWAMP IMAGE GALLERY
Kids at class	Awarding the young	Starting at 2 weeks old	Our peanut harvest

There are 200 children, aged from 2 years to 15 years enlisted from the immediate area of ‘HIVASO’ (Hiri-Vanapa-Sogeri). Many are TOP UP children from other schools that attend weekend classes and others that do not have school fees & bus fares.

The Centre has a set of standard rules from which a natural selection process of worthy families is conducted.

The school has around 20 computers of various vintage with educational programs (English & Math’s-all ages) of highest International standard. It is open 7 days a week from 7:00am to 3:00pm.

The four main things taught are:

1. Good manners
2. English,
3. Driving,
4. Computers.

Other lessons offered in life skills are: vocational trades, commercial farming, Mama’s refuge & adult literacy, CODE, awareness of customary law and productive village living with Melanesian values.

The school provides 1 meal a day per child. Basic medicine plus transport is available.

The children are expected to pay for their lessons in two ways:

1. That they learn hard in their school lessons,
2. That they work hard in the fields of their school gardens and all life skill activities assigned to them.

Support the DahCavill Customary School. Donations in cash and kind are highly appreciated, thank you!

DahCavill Customary School
P.O. Box 2107
Boroko, NCD 111
Papua New Guinea
T: +675 325 4856 - E: click to contact us