NBC donates K20,000 towards Oro fund

THE National Broadcasting Corporation has come forward with assistance in kind as well as pledging a donation of K20,000 in cash towards the people of Oro affected by the recent flood.
The donation of 30 pieces of items including suitcases, bags and cartons of clothes as well as cartons of cooking and eating utensils were presented to the chairman of the Port Moresby-based Oro disaster appeal committee Robin Kasi in Port Moresby last Friday.
The managing director of NBC Joseph Ealedona said the radio station would be donating K1,000 each from their respective trust accounts to make up the K20,000 which he said would be presented to Mr Kasi and his committee next month.
Mr Ealedona thanked the National Broadcasting Corporation Oro staff who initiated the appeal to help the people back in their province.
He said that as the national broadcaster, it was NBC’s job to react quickly to help people in the province.
Mr Ealedona said that NBC had also made it possible for them to air post trauma counselling to help the people back to normalcy and also to update the people on distribution, especially pick-up and drop-off points for relief supplies.
So far, his committee had distributed more than 40 tonnes of food to the border areas in Oro-Milne Bay covering Kevansasap to Kira on Morobe border as well as Ioma-Kokoda, Afore, Tufi and Wanigela.
Meanwhile, Mr Kasi thanked the NBC Oro staff and its management for donations as well as for putting NBC Oro back on air as he said “the level of communication is important in any disaster”.
“I’d like to thank you for making it possible to ensure the people know what is happening there back in their home province,” he said.