Kokonao Village

Last week I had an incredible opportunity to join 7 women on a visit to Kokonao Village and deliver food and school supplies donated by our community here in Tembagapura.  Kokonao is the home of a large dormitory facility run by the Indonesian Catholic church. The dormitory, Sisters, Father and staff provide a safe place to live and go to school for over 140 grade 7 - 9 students from remote villages.

To get to Kokonao we drove via taxi 1+ hours to the port of Timika. From the port we hired a boat to carry us and the supplies 3+ hours along the maze of rivers, out to the Arafura Sea and back to the mangrove rivers before arriving at Kokonao.

Posing outside of the boys dining area. We are NOT camera shy!

A walk to the end of town on the docks of Kokonao.

Some of the local flavor!

Fish heads anyone? Yummy!!! 

Me with the 9th grade class I got to teach English that morning!

Our last night we were entertained by the girls and boys from the dorm and their many talents of dancing and singing

Our group of traveling ladies at the beach nearby.