{"product_id":"kavari-the-school-that-built-women","title":"KAVARI: The School That Built Women","description":"\u003ch2\u003eKAVARI\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe School That Built Women\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome schools are remembered for their buildings. Others are remembered for the lives they shaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKAVARI\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal and moving account of Kavari Girls School, told through the memories of Edith Keke Raka, who entered the school in 1968 at just fifteen years of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story begins when the author discovers a collection of old photographs and sits down with Aunty Edith to ask what life at Kavari was really like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer first memory is not of a classroom or examination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFreshly baked, warm and golden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe girls learned to bake bread and carried it into nearby villages, where they sold it for fifty cents. Families waited for it, and for many, it became breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Kavari offered much more than baking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe students learned sewing, cooking, typing and public speaking. They shopped for their own ingredients and materials, worked together and learned to accept responsibility. Every girl participated. Every girl mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the guidance of women such as Mrs Watson, Mrs Vaieke, Mrs Henao Rarua and Mrs Solomon, Kavari prepared its students not only for marriage or employment, but for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Aunty Edith, typing opened the door to employment at Harvey Trinder Insurance, where she worked for eight years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in an intimate storytelling style, this illustrated eBook explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife at Kavari Girls School during the late 1960s;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe teachers who shaped the character of the school;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaking, sewing, cooking and typing;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe famous bread sold to nearby villagers;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePractical education, responsibility and service;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscipline based on respect rather than fear;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublic speaking and confidence-building;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opportunities Kavari created for young women; and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of preserving the memories carried by earlier generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKAVARI\u003c\/em\u003e is not presented as a complete institutional history. It is a personal oral-history reflection—a window into the school through the memories of one of its former students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a story about women teaching girls to stand on their own feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story about discipline without fear, womanhood with dignity, and skills that fed families and built futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome treasures do not sink. They live on in the minds of women like Aunty Edith.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigital eBook in PDF format\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18 professionally designed pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated historical storytelling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and retold by Mea Podi Vai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelivered electronically after purchase\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo physical product will be shipped\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for readers interested in Papua New Guinean history, women’s education, oral history, cultural storytelling, practical learning and the preservation of community memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mea Podi Vai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44538174439513,"sku":null,"price":7.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/2002\/5433\/files\/2Kavari.png?v=1787096044","url":"https:\/\/meavai.com\/products\/kavari-the-school-that-built-women","provider":"Mea Vai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}