Elvis Onja is the newest member of Team BIGFISH. Through the Adopt and Angel programme setup by the Kokoda Track Foundation Team BIGFISH has adopted Elvis this year. Elvis is in Year 3 at Kokoda Primary School. Kokoda is the most northern village along the Kokoda Track and most trekkers either start or finish their trek at this point. Elvis is an excellent student and his teacher's believe he has great potential to continue his primary education. Elvis is an excellent leader and was nominated as class leader for 2009. His favourite subjects at school are English and Science. He wants to become a Science teacher when he finishes school. Elvis' mother is a single parent and is a subsistence farmer in the home village. She struggles to earn an income to make a living and cannot afford to pay for all her children's school fees.
Elvis is very grateful for his scholarship and wants the Kokoda Track Foundation to provide more books to the library at Kokoda Primary School so that he can improve his English. Elvis writes "Thank you so much for your love and support towards me and my school". I am looking forward to meeting Elvis on my next trip to Kokoda and welcoming him onto the BIGFISH team.
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