New Learning Tools Given to Daughters of Charity Cook Islands Prison School (found on the Daughters of Charity website)

Inmates at Rarotonga’s prison have been given $7,000 worth of  new books and learning resources to help them prepare for a positive future back in the community.

The ultimate purpose is for enabling students to equip themselves for their return to the community.

The $7,000 grant for new resources, books and chairs came out of Kempkers’s Head of Mission Fund, a $75,000 pot of money used to help projects in the community.

“We try to target projects in the $2,000 to $5,000 range and it’s largely for community groups, where a small amount of money can make a big difference.”

Tango Akarangatira is run by teacher Sarah Tonorio and tutors Sister Patty and Sister Margaret, and opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Sister Patty said the High Commissioner’s Office has been instrumental in helping education services across the island, as well as in prison.

“We were really encouraged by the High Commissioner’s Office to apply for this grant.”

She said the school’s purpose is to help the students become men and leaders who can one day contribute to the Cook Islands society.

The above article was originally posted on the Cook Islands News website by Ben Chapman-Smith. View the story here.