Jiwaka Coffee Night

The Jiwaka Students Association (JSA) in Divine Word University (DWU) had hosted a coffee night the previous month (Much 2013). The aim of the coffee night was to raise funds for the student club. Well hosting coffee nights in DWU is a common fundraising activity. Most provincial clubs in the campus host coffee nights to raise funds for their clubs.

After a close observation, one can suggest that highlanders on campus are the ones that host complicated coffee nights; that is just a blunt statement. Well, highlanders have a culture were big men usually take turns to talk and preach during feasts and celebrations or any event in that manner were food and people are involved. We have a culture to support each other in times of need.

Those little coffee nights that we host around on campus produces a typical scenario of our culture being exhibited. Students from  different highlands provincial clubs come by to buy food staff and drink a cup of coffee. Some may present a amount of cash. Also highlanders from the neighbouring Madang town and staffs of DWU come around to support the students. There at the coffee nights we take turns to talk on important issues. These types of activities, especially coffee nights creates an environment where students get together and build a strong bond of unity and nationality.

The Jiwaka coffee night was fun and also a success. the money raised was for the welfare of the Jiwaka students on the campus. One can recommend that those kind of activities in campus had have positive outcome and thus be encouraged to be carried on as a tradition.