Continuing to Light Up Papua New Guinea

The second annual fundraising event for 'Light Up Papua New Guinea: The Captain Nichola Goddard Project' takes place Saturday, November 6 at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall on the UPEI campus.

The evening gets underway with a reception at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm and features guest speaker, Valerie Fortney, author of Sunray: The Death and Life of Nichola Goddard as well as musical entertainment. At the dinner, there will also be an opportunity to contribute to the new Captain Nichola K. S. Goddard Scholarship in International Education, awarded to a student studying in the Faculty of Education at UPEI.

The 'Light Up Papua New Guinea' project is in honour of Nichola Goddard. A Canadian born in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Nichola was a Captain in the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery when she was killed in combat while serving with the Canadian military in Afghanistan. Although her family left PNG when Nichola was three years old, she was always proud of the fact that she was born there.

As part of her legacy, the Goddard family is working with Light up the World, school children, people across Canada and around the world to raise money to light up first aid posts and rural health centres in Papua New Guinea. Since July 2008, solar light systems have been installed in more than 230 rural health centres and birthing centres.

Ticket cost is $125 each and may be purchased by calling (902) 569-5665. More information about the project can be found at www.nicholagoddard.com.