Ramu NiCo helps local aid post

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RAMU NiCo Management (MCC) Ltd has helped Nugu aid post in the Usino-Bundi electorate, Madang,  with building material and other household goods worth K5,129.94.
The aid post was demolished to pave way for the nickel-cobalt pipeline running from Kurumbukari mine to Basamuk refinery and was erected later by community health worker Tani Soni and the village volunteers.
Due to financial constraint, Tani and his volunteers requested Ramu NiCo to help in cash and kind to speed up the completion of the aid post.
Ramu NiCo, through its community affairs department, responded with materials including five doors, 10 pieces of plywood, one tuffa tank which can accommodate 3.000l two floor mats, three cement bags, three tins of paint, 16 steel louvre frames, 60 louvre glasses and one washing sink.
The materials were delivered by the company truck yesterday at Nugu village.
Tani and his volunteers, who were present to receive the materials, were pleased with Ramu NiCo for the help and thanked the company on behalf of the people who would directly benefit from the clinic.
“We always ask the company and the government to give but it is important we must rely on our resources. We have done that with the building of the aid post but could not go far due to financial constraints.
“That is when we kindly asked Ramu NiCo and the company was kind enough to help us. Actually, we did not ask for that much but the company saw our needs and helped us with more than what we asked for.
“On behalf of the community, we say thank you to Ramu NiCo. The management can rest assured that we will work closely with the company,”
Tani said.
Village elder Turaik Wakira said Ramu NiCo was still in the construction stage but had helped most of the project impacted communities and “we are proud of the donation of building material”.
Turaik and Tani also thanked their local MP, Samson Kuli, for donating 44 v-creams to help in the building of the aid post.
The aid post, when completed, will serve more than 6,000 people covering wards 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 in the surrounding communities.
Tani said due to the building problem, he was treating patients from his house but once completed, he would return to the  aid post.
He said common diseases in the area included malaria, diarrhoea, flu, skin diseases and also delivery complications.
Tani said the new aid post will help the community and he was expected to use the new building early next year.