BSP renews its support for BbP

BSP PNG | “Equipping children at an early age to read and write is fundamental to kick start a child’s life,” said BSP Group General Manager Retail, Paul Thornton, when announcing BSP’s continued support to the Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) Library Learning Centres in PNG.

Mr Thornton said that BSP was continuing its support as a platinum sponsor with over K226, 000 to the program this year. He said teaching children from a young age the basics of early learning skills with an emphasis on literacy and numeracy is vital for a successful start to their education and career.
 
“BSP is happy to contribute towards the development of our children in PNG not only through basic numeracy and literacy skills but also through financial literacy, equipping them with real life skills to sustain and apply in their livelihoods now and in future.”
 
Mr Thornton added that BSP has so far invested over K1.4m since 2012 in assisting Buk bilong Pikinini with their operations as well as maintaining and sustaining the three libraries in Lae, Goroka and Manus.
 
In 2019, financial literacy sessions were introduced at the libraries in partnership with the BSP team to teach the children the value of money and saving through fun and interactive games and activities. 
 
BSP’s donation enables the enrolment of over 470 children in 2020 at Library Learning Centres in Lae, Goroka and Manus, as classes resume today (04/05/2020).
 
BSP has been working in partnership with BbP since 2012 and have witnessed hundreds of children graduating from the program with acquired skills and positive behaviours. These sessions will continue this year across BbP’s Library Learning Centres.
 
In addition to this, BbP has upgraded its numeracy and pre-STEM curriculum to provide the children with an opportunity to learn through play and gain better skills in these subjects before starting school. The children engage in activities such as counting on abacus, shape sorting, measuring objects and body parts, finding materials and weighing them, assessing volumes and much more.