We are pleased to once again host this year’s ‘Kokoda in a Day’ half-marathon.

Building on the success of last year’s event, this years half-marathon will be bigger and better.

For more information, please visit https://equalplayingfield.global/kokoda-in-a-day

EPF will join the country to celebrate our 46th independence day.

This will be the first independence without Grand Chief, Sir Michael Somare.

Click HERE to see our Independence message to the people of Papua New Guinea.

It’s been a tough year for our high school seniors but at @equal_playing_field we have a philosophy about struggle. That we can either be a victim of tough times, or become stronger in spite of them.

Equal Playing Field Australia will be holding an event for High School students from around the Illawarra to breath and sweat and chat it out. You will learn some great foundational skills on how to become strong, as well as resilient, in mind and body.

Sessions will begin with male and female groups separate and then finish with us all together. They will include yoga and mobility, basic weight training and boxing, and a chance to learn from some people doing great things in and for the world. You don’t have to be ‘good’ at anything. Just come to learn and connect with other wonderful humans. That’s right, we think you’re wonderful.

Finally, for all the young men afraid of yoga and meditation, you aint hard unless you can be soft.

For all the young women who think you can’t be strong, and feminine, we will show you, you can certainly be both if you choose.

Shoot me a message if you or a family member are interested in attending. Please tag those you think will be interested.

Your coaches for the day will be Travis Roche and Maddelen Rosa and Equal Playing Field Co-Founder Adam Everill and the venue @ghettomovement. Tickets are by donation but cost should not be a prohibitive factor. Numbers will be capped to remain covid-safe.

This showcase day aims for student members of our School Action Groups to learn from the creatives and creative information booths set up to provide creative methods to raise awareness in their schools and communities about non-violent behavior and respectful relationships.

This is an opportunity for students to meet like-minded individuals and share ideas, ultimately, creating a community of young student leaders that promote respectful relationships and gender equality.

Our organisation's story will be showcased in a documentary feature at this weeks 'UPNG Inspired'.
It is a free event, so come and be inspired.

UPNG Inspired is a series of film and documentary screenings at the Main Lecture Theatre (MLT) of the University of Papua New Guinea.

EPF is grateful to share its passion of change with other members of the society. Through our Equal Playing Field for Schools (EPF4S) Program and the Student Action Groups (SAGs), there are a number of notable changemakers that deserve recognition for their efforts in driving change through our schools’ programs.

Meet Mrs. Solok, our Teacher Champion from Koki Primary School who leads the way in educating her students about respectful relationship education through EPF’s School Action Group Program.

Mrs. Solok is part of a team of teachers from participating primary schools around the national capital that have undergone Teacher Training through EPF’s school programs under its Safe Schools Framework. She has been a teacher champion through EPF’s programs since 2017 and says the training she’s received plus the education she imparts to her students has helped her as an individual both in her professional and personal life.

“I am now more considerate of children and students in terms of discipline. A good number of EPF trained students made it through to secondary schools. I emphasise gender equality in my home through household tasks”, said Mrs. Solok.

Mrs. Solok is passionately driven to make change to support students to make their voices heard and to speak up in a respectful way towards others. She believes that with the skills learned and with her personality, she is capable of addressing Gender-Based Violence in her school and to be vocal about these issues through the students’ action groups.

On May 16th, more than 70 bags of blood were collected by the Pacific International Hospital (PIH) at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) from UPNG students, staff and volunteers that turned up and supported the Blood Drive organized by the Equal Playing Field University Action Group (UAG).

In collaboration with PIH, the EPF UAG Team & PIH Teams set up at 9am in the morning and throughout the day gave UPNG students, staff and volunteers the opportunity to become aware of their health status with free HIV / AIDS testing and donate blood. EPF Program Officer, Abednego Airi said, “it’s important for an individual to know about their health status so the blood drive gave us an opportunity for us through PIH to offer this free HIV / AIDS testing to prospective blood donors and anyone that wanted to know about this. It was a very successful day and we, the EPF UAG hope to run this activity in collaboration with PIH again in the second semester of 2019. “ 

The Equal Playing Field’s University Action Group (UAG) is part of EPF’s ‘Safe Schools Initiative’ and its members are comprised of UPNG student volunteers who recently graduated from the EPF’s “Changemakers Academy.” The EPF Changemakers Academy offers volunteers between the ages of 18 and 35 certified training to equip them with the necessary skills and education to carry out EPF’s other programs delivered to NCD & Bougainville primary schools. UAGs are a dynamic group of individuals, trained with valuable knowledge on Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights, Child Protection, Gender Equality and Respectful Relationships Education.

EPF currently has one active UAG under a MoA signed with the University of Papua New Guinea, and is currently in negotiations with and looking at bringing online UAGs at the University of Goroka, Pacific Adventist University and Divine Word University in 2019.

The day was a huge success with more than 70 people now knowing their HIV/AIDS status through the free testing by PIH, and more than 70 bags of blood collected on the day.