Mary Kekedo
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mary-kekedo-193-4140716
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Mary Kekedo
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Dame Mary Angela Kekedo DBE, BEM was a Papuan educator. Born on Yule Island she moved to Kokoda, after her husband found work there in the local government office. Keen to educate her children but with the district lacking a school she began to teach them herself. Her class soon grew to encompass many local villagers and, with Jessie Yeoman the wife of the assistant district officer, she established a school. Kekedo also taught modern health techniques to local women before becoming a child welf
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Papua New Guinean educator
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2024-04-04T13:12:43Z
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