ExxonMobil staff help youths clean Komo

STAFF from ExxonMobil PNG’s Hides gas conditioning plant (HGCP) volunteered their time to support youths from the Komo area, Hela, in their community beautification and cleanup initiative.
With the theme ‘Yumi Klinim Komo’ (Let’s Clean Komo), the cleanup project involved over 45 youths from three different churches Komo – Catholic Church, Evangelical Church and Seventh-day Adventist Church.
ExxonMobil PNG HGCP staff joined the youths in this first-of-its-kind cleanup initiative carried out in the Komo area.
The cleanup initiative encouraged youths from different denominations to work together, to pick up rubbish and plant flowers around Komo government station.
HGCP field operations manager Kim Hahn said it was good to see young people in the area demonstrate leadership and initiate
such projects for the benefit of everyone.
“When they do this, they are effectively contributing to community development, including peace-building and social cohesion,” he said, “It also provides an opportunity for the younger members within our community to appreciate and protect the environment.”
Pr Lini Alo, from the Evangelical Church, said youths were the future leaders and advocates of change.
“Supporting their initiatives shows that we have confidence in them as leaders of tomorrow,” he said. “This in turn motivates them to want to make a difference in their community.”