C ough drops made from the rich organic honey produced by Alma Napo’s bees and mixed with homegrown ginger and lemons from her farm high up in the misty mountains of Buang near Bulolo, southwest of Lae, have won a national search for PNG’s most innovative homemade product. In second place in the Lily HOMEMADE Microbusiness Competition is a galip nut oil skincare range of products Morobe beekeeper Alma Napo harvests honey at her Buang farm to make her popular all-natural cough drops that were the winning product of the 2023 ‘Homemade’ Competition
Gracelyn Takiu, and in third place are pretty floral baked clay earrings with coconut shell inspired by PNG flowers crafted by Alice Kolokolo in Port Moresby. The three inspirational
women were named as the winners of their respective categories of Edible, Useful and Wearable on November 17 last year, then on April 22 in the new issue of PNG women’s magazine Lily , Alma
was revealed as the overall winner of the K10,500 cash prize from PNG-Australia Partnership, MiBank and Women’s Micro Bank. Runner-up Gracelyn received K3000 and Alice
K2000 from the PNG-Australia Partnership. All three also now
“This has showed us we can turn what we are passionate about into something big, and have our lives changed entirely”
handmade by Kavieng-based
have business websites in a
Businesses officially launched! ‘Homemade’ Competition finalists graduate from Pacifund’s 30-day BizLaunch Challenge at Port Moresby’s Gateway Hotel on February 14. From left are Keith Kipma, Vinzealhar Nen, Alma Napo, Gemona Kila, Freda Binsarp, Marilyn Menz, Alice Kolokolo, Asaria Sokove and Steven Kaikai. Finalists Grace Takiu (in Kavieng) and Kzeal Yonon (in Lae) graduated remotely. Four other finalists have not yet completed the training. 27 VOLUME 38 2024
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