Shivo's Inspo Kona

  What initially began as my participation in the Youth S.P.A.C.E. training coordinated by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems PNG (IFES) in 2022, enabled me to later receive a Trainer of Trainees Certificate to facilitate workshops focused on Elections-Voter Education and Youth Participation. From participating as a participant in a workshop to now engaging in different spaces I’m engaged in.  I was privileged to undertake an internship with IFES. Starting out as a young election ambassador, I facilitated workshops , creating voter messages and hosted mock voter simulations and later worked under the supervision of an expatriate as an intern security analyst during the National General Elections 2022. Following my internship, I continued leading the network I founded—PNG YPWN. This resulted in four consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026) where four of our members were elected into the UPNG SRC Female Vice President seat. Additionally, several members wer...

As one of the eldest daughters in a family of all girls, dutifully checked up on my last-born sister got me thinking through this week after checking up if dad had arrived back home (Hagen) safely. She confided in me and shared her heart with me on her progress and man, I instinctively whispered " God Steady My Heart to hold onto her firmly in her vulnerable moment"!  Started out my year with a Prayer purpose book and a year planner I usually order each year from BellaStyles and coincidentally ended my year with this book gifted to me by my mentee at Rise Empowering Purpose . God does have a way to slow you down to reflect on the journey he took you through. To be an eldest, to do most things as a first generation in my family and to continue pursuing life- personally is not something to be boast about but to be cautious, be prayerful about, be on guard and be thankful for that season God has called you into and most of all be teachable enough to grow through this season. ...