Jacinto Solivellas de Oleza founded the nonprofit Harmony In Liberty to help improve employment, health, and education in Northern Zambia, Myanmar, Northern Tanzania, and Papua New Guinea to lessen the impacts of poverty. Papua New Guinea has a population of 6.5 million but struggles with low productivity in industries like coffee and cocoa, health issues due to lack of sanitation, and low primary school enrollment at just over 50%.

2.  An active humanitarian, Jacinto Solivellas
de Oleza founded Harmony In Liberty, a
nonprofit organization that helps the
people of Northern Zambia, Myanmar,
Northern Tanzania, and Papua New
Guinea. Focusing on improving
employment opportunities, health, and
education, Jacinto Solivellas de Oleza
hopes to lessen the impacts of poverty.

3.  With a population of around 6.5 million
people, Papua New Guinea is one of the
world’s poorest countries. Even though the
country has several industries exporting
goods such as coffee and cocoa,
productivity is fairly low, with coffee yields
only reaching between 30 and 50 percent
of their potential. Cocoa yields are also
inadequate to support the fifth of the rural
population that engages in its production;
the appearance of the cocoa pod borer
moths in 2006 compounded this situation.

4.  In addition to its economic challenges,
Papua New Guinea’s lack of adequate
sanitation creates several health
problems. The rural population is also
poorly served in terms of education, with
primary school enrollment at just over 50
percent.