Roselyn Wamo, a 22-year-old from Southern Highlands’ Ialibu/Pangia District, was offered a place at the University of Goroka (UOG) in 2021 but couldn’t pursue it due to financial constraints.
She supposed to study Bachelor of Arts in Teaching, but she withdrew from UoG. This does not abort her dream.
Miss Wamo comes from a poor family background, with no educated or working family members.
Despite this, she is determined to pursue her education.
“I passed out of my grade 12 at Ialibu Secondary School in 2021 and was offered to study in the University of Goroka, Bachelor of Arts in Teaching program,” she said.
However, there were no sponsors and school fees’ assistance, so she was backed at the village for two years (2022 & 2023).
“Life is too hard for me to seek opportunities at the village, so in 2024, I traveled down to Port Moresby with my cousin sister to look for opportunities to work,” she said.
She told our reporter that after struggling over two years in searching for a job in the city, “I am now working as a security guard with Pacific Corporate Security (PCS).”
“I am working for only two fortnights and trying to save up the wages increasing over the years to go back to study,” she said.
“I was born once, and I will die once, so I must work harder to achieve my goals despite not being supported by my family and relatives,” Wamo said.
She encouraged women and girls to take charge of their lives, saying, “To be uneducated and living in poverty is not the influence of our families, or our people and even the government, but it is ourselves doing it.”
Wamo plans to work for another two years to save enough money to return to school, believing that “hardship in life brings happiness in the future.”