Wewak, ESP – The European Union-funded United Nations Joint Programme for Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade and in PNG. EU-UN Joint Programme STREIT in Papua New Guinea continues to expand its support to rural areas of the Greater Sepik Region, specifically targeting women and youth in capacity building of agri-food value chain. Here, the programme extended technical assistance to a cooperative society in Turubu LLG of Wewak, East Sepik Province, with the help of a strong young woman. Hallilah Nakumai 24-year-old Hallilah Nakumai from Dandan Village in Turubu LLG, Wewak District in East Sepik Province is one of the vibrant women the EU-STREIT PNG Programme has come across in supporting build capacity and providing technical assistance to their established rural business activities. Graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture at Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources (UNRE), Hallilah found herself back in the village in Dandan