Boera village was officially given keys to a new two storey community Hall Building.
Mineral Resources Development Company Ltd (MRDC) under its Gas Resources PNG-LNG Plant Ltd (GR-PNGLNG PL) Community Infrastructure Trust Fund (CITF) with support from Exxon Mobil PNG, were able to deliver the project to Boera, one of the four impacted Central villages involved along the PNG-LNG plant site.
The CITF delivers infrastructural projects as a portion of benefits to these villages of which Boera is one of them.
Exxon Mobil Plant Manager, Justine Claudio said the partnership between two companies enables them to deliver CITF projects to the four villages at the plant site.
“We really appreciate the partnership with the Gas Resources and its directors since they took office, not only in this project but in other projects in all four villages located in the plant site”, said Claudio.
Meanwhile Managing Director for MRDC, Augustine Mano was honored to be part of the opening ceremony; he said this was one of the first villages to have received dividends to the PNG LNG projects.
“In 2016, in this very place we distributed the first dividends to the PNG-LNG project”.
“It was not easy to put a project like this, it’s the first of its kind that we have done under the CITF projects, creating a community centre is like a hub, where it becomes a venue to host certain occasions. We supported the proposal handed to us by the village councils”, said Mano.
Mr Mano said, investing in such infrastructural projects is a worthwhile investment as the last community hall lasted for at least 30 years and with the upgraded hall, it can go for another 30-40 years.
The opening ceremony was also witnessed by Kairuku-Hiri MP Peter Isoaimo who also presented a cheque of K10, 000 to the women fellowship group, who are the new care takers of the new Boera Community Hall.
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