Bedridden and abandoned by the system
Irene Gilichibi, 22/7/08
This is the story of a dedicated woman who feels she has been abandoned by the system. Sakare Giegere woes began in 2002. She was a teacher at the time at Biawaria Community school, in the rugged hinterland of Morobe province. Since no other teacher was willing to go to such a remote school, she was compelled to teach four grades that year. This year she would have chalked up her 35th year with the Education Department. However her teaching career ended when she was shot in the back by gunmen in her home in 2002. The incident left her paralysed and since then the Education Department has ignored her plight and the Labour and Employment Department has refused to pay her any worker’s compensation.
See: http://www.thenational.com.pg/072208/wkender3.php
Tags: Human Rights, PNG, Violence