Miner funds development

 AN isolated rural community in Morobe is starting to see development after years of government neglect.
The people of Babuaf, in the Wampar local level government, in Huon Gulf, are riding on the back of development initiatives carried out by Morobe Mining Joint Venture (MMJV).
MMJV, through a Community Participation Agreement (CPA), has built a number of facilities in the Wafi area since 2011.
The Demakwa and Waim bridges, Wafi access road, Babuaf Elementary School, aidpost and community hall are among those built by MMJV.
Wampar ward 26 councillor Zoram Goff said he was happy to see the development taking place in his ward but  was concerned that some of the things reached under the CPA were yet to be fulfilled.
“I see development but some things promised to us were not built,” Goff said.He said the four Babuaf villages of Kapongo, Wonkings, Wori and Mazim were yet to be connected by road to the Bulolo Highway and to Lae.