14 reactions · 12 shares | Last year, UNDP awarded its annual #EquatorPrize to Mauberema Ecotourism & Conservation, Education Research & Training Center (MENCERTC), an Indigenous-led NGO based in #SimbuProvince, #PapuaNewGuinea. WATCH how MENCERTC used the prize money to construct an early childhood development center to provide educational opportunities for local youth. Equator Initiative | UNDP in Papua New Guinea | Facebook

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