Community & Regional Development - Morobe Mining Joint Venture

Community & Regional Development
Overview
The Hidden Valley Joint Venture (HVJV), owner and operator of
the Hidden Valley gold mine, is a responsible corporate citizen
committed to ensuring that the project stakeholders and host
communities benefit from the development of the mine.
HVJV is one of three separate 50:50 joint ventures between
subsidiaries of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and
Newcrest Mining Limited. The three joint ventures, collectively
referred to as the Morobe Mining Joint Ventures (MMJV), were
formed for the purposes of exploring, developing and operating
mines in the Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.
July 2011
Community & Regional Development Plan
HVJV has initiated a 5 year Community & Regional Development
Plan that is built on the four main pillars of Education, Health,
Agriculture and Infrastructure programs.
The Hidden Valley community programs are the result of
extensive community consultation with various stakeholders,
including the different levels of government taking into account
the 5 year development plans of Morobe Provincial Government,
LLG’s, Districts and Wards.
Following these meetings a number of Private Public
Partnership agreements (MoAs) involving HVJV, the different
levels of government, business houses and NGO groups such
as Lutheran Development Services, the Adventist Development
and Relief Agency, Morobe Fisheries Management Authority,
NARI, National and Provincial departments of Works, Health
and Education, Small Business Development Corporation,
Coffee Industry Corporation, Cocoa and Coconut Research
Institute and Mainland Holdings Ltd, were developed to help
facilitate the delivery of the programs and projects for the
affected communities. This ensures stakeholder participation,
commitment and alignment with the 5 year development plans
for the different levels of government to make the programs
sustainable.
Quick Facts
• Comprehensive Community & Regional
Development plan initiated.
• More than K18 million spent on various
community programs to date.
• Community programs cover areas of Health;
Education; Agriculture and Infrastructure.
• Development of Public Private Partnerships
(PPP) with host communities include
government departments, Business
Organisations and Non - Government
Organisations (NGO’s) Lutheran Development
Services (LDS); Adventist Development Relief
Agency (ADRA); Bris Kanda Incorporated;
Mainland Holdings Limited; National and
Provincial Departments of Health, Education and
Works; National Agricultural Research Institute;
Small Business Development Corporation
and Morobe Fisheries Management Authority
(MFMA).
The recently opened Babuaf aid post which will serve 10 villages.
Since 2010, the newly opened mining project has spent in excess
of K18 million on sustainable projects aimed at improving the
lives of its neighbours.
Education
Through a number of agreements and understandings the
Hidden Valley mine education programs currently covers the
following areas;
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Subsidising school fees for Mine landowner village
children in Winima, Kuembu and Nauti;
Subsidising school fees for children of the Watut River
Communities in upper primary (grades 6- 8) through to
high and senior high schools (grades 9-12);
Purchasing of teaching aid and materials for various
selected schools;
Sponsoring training of elementary teachers to help
build capacity; and
Building of school classrooms and teachers houses.
Health
HVJV is working closely with the National and Provincial health
departments to assist its host communities in the health sector.
Already Aid posts for the 3 landowner villages, Nauti Winima
and Kuembu have been completed and stocked with drugs in
the Wau and Upper Watut areas of Bulolo district.
In the middle Watut area of Baiyune, major renovations and
improvements will take place for the Baiyune Health Centre
while the people of Lower Watut area now have access to a
newly opened clinic at Babuaf Village.
A company operated clinic at the Wafi-Golpu project camp also
provides medical service to the people apart from employees.
The clinic already serves over 20 people on a daily basis.
Village health patrols for malaria treatment and immunisation
are conducted in partnership with government health teams
for remote areas in the middle Watut around the Wafi Project
area.
Health and Sanitation awareness are also an important part of
the water supply projects that are being constructed under the
plan so that communities are empowered by having health and
hygiene knowledge to avoid simple diseases.

Community & Regional Development
Road Infrastructure
Under the infrastructure program, over
K7.5 million for emergency repairs,
maintenance and upgrade of the Lae –
Bulolo highway has been spent, with an
additional K400, 000 provided to develop
the Wandumi access road linking Wau
and Bulolo, as a restricted alternate
route.
Health and Education Infrastructure
The company’s contribution towards
capacity building doesn’t stop there.
A substantively funded and ongoing
education program for Hidden Valley
and Wafi children has been expanded to
cover most Watut communities.
This has seen more than K1.7 million
spent on education subsidies, providing
better access to educational opportunity.
The program also funds education
infrastructure, teaching aids and teacher
training.
An aid post, elementary classrooms
and community hall each in the three
landowner villages of Nauti, Winima and
Kwembu have been completed, at a cost
of K1.5 million. The construction and
fitting out of the Babuaf clinic in the Lower
Watut area at a cost of K191, 000. The
clinic will serve 10 villages. Construction
of 8 school buildings (double highset
classrooms) and three teacher’s houses
at locations in Wau, Baiyune, Bulolo and
at selected locations along the highway is
progressing with 4 of the building already
completed. Projects are in line with the
Clean water supplies, more reliable than
seasonal river flows, is brought right to
community door steps.
Provincial Department of Education
planned priorities for school infrastructure,
through its SLIP Program.
Water Supplies
For many communities who face long
daily walks to access fresh water supplies,
more than K2.1 million has been spent
on providing clean, reliable village water
installations. The water supply program is
accompanied by sessions of health and
sanitation awareness.
This program will improve life and
community health in up to 40 villages
throughout the Watut River region.
The people of Golden Pine, Winima, Manki
1, Manki 2, Kuembu 1, Kuembu 2 , and
Society in the Upper Watut are already
enjoying the benefits of clean fresh water,
while progress on awareness, feasibility,
soliciting village commitment to ensure
ownership, and the ordering and delivery
of materials are being progressed for the
remaining villages of Kuembu 3, Nauti,
Latep, and Leklu. All 13 villages in the
Lower Watut are already enjoying the
benefits of clean fresh water while in
Middle Watut pre-feasibility studies are
still progressing for Vidipos, Baiyune,
Samsam (Pelengkua), Sambio (old &
new), Galawo, Taiak, Gawapu, Bangalum,
Biamena, Dambi, Kapin, Nayakes and
Piu in the Middle Watut.
Agriculture/Aquaculture Programs
Along with clean water goes improved
nutrition, and also addressed are
agriculture and fish farming.
Training is aimed at complementing the
skills of the village people who depend
on their land. More than K130,000 has
already been spent on basic husbandry
and Start Your Business trainings and
extension services, with a further K130,
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472 1703 or visit our website at www.morobejv.com
July 2011
41 fish farmers from Sambio village in the Middle Watut who successfully completed a
Business Management training in July conducted by Small Business Development Corporation.
000 spent to date on cocoa farming in
the Lower Watut region and K230,143
on fish farmer training, pond construction
and stocking. Three fish farmer trainings
for Lower Watut and 2 for Middle Watut
have been completed while four model
fish pond construction and stocking has
been completed at four villages in Lower
Watut which are Mafanazo, Magaring,
Malasap, and Kisi-Ono. Fish are thriving
in the ponds, and adding a new source of
nutrition and family income.
In an area where alluvial mining follows
the rich history of gold production from
the sands of the rivers of Wau and
Bulolo, more than K16, 000 has been
spent to send selected landowners and
community representatives to the Wau
small scale school of alluvial mining.
This practical program was initiated by
the Mineral Resources Authority and the
European Union with the sponsorship
commitment of Hidden Valley, to improve
techniques and yields for small scale
miners.
Quick Facts
• Up to forty villages spanning
the Upper and Mid to Lower
Watut areas will benefit
from clean, reliable fresh
water supplies and health
and sanitation awareness
training.
• Over K 7.5 million spent
on emergency repairs,
maintenance and upgrade
of the Lae - Bulolo Highway
keeping this vital link open.
• A K26 million power
transmission line project will
enable rural electrification
opportunities for
communities.