INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has donated school equipment to the Baruni Primary School in the Motu-Koitabu village in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Manila-based ICTSI Foundation and wholly-owned ICTSI subsidiary Motukea International Terminal (MIT) donated 150 student desks, six teachers' desks and 300 chairs.
The ICTSI Foundation is also lending technical and logistics support for the implementation of various high-impact programmes and projects in PNG.
The state primary school, built by the British serves the communities of Baruni, Tatana, Kanudi and Koukou, as well as Roku further west of Motukea island. Like many other schools it needs of teaching materials as students must sit on the floor.
'More than helping improve the ports infrastructure in countries where we operate, ICTSI continues to touch on providing greater opportunities for marginalised and vulnerable sectors in the society, children in particular,' said ICTSI Asia Pacific head Christian Gonzalez.
Motu-Koitabu assembly chairman of the Opao Udia noted that the Baruni community has not received any tangible help for many years.
'This school, which was built during the colonial era, has produced many of the country's brightest minds but still remains the same in its deteriorating state,' he said.
ICTSI has also signed an agreement with the Noho-Magae organisation, which represents the Baruni and Tatana communities that would allow the latter to become shareholders of the Motukea International Terminal that serves the capital of Port Moresby and South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT) in Lae Tidal basin.
Manila-based ICTSI Foundation and wholly-owned ICTSI subsidiary Motukea International Terminal (MIT) donated 150 student desks, six teachers' desks and 300 chairs.
The ICTSI Foundation is also lending technical and logistics support for the implementation of various high-impact programmes and projects in PNG.
The state primary school, built by the British serves the communities of Baruni, Tatana, Kanudi and Koukou, as well as Roku further west of Motukea island. Like many other schools it needs of teaching materials as students must sit on the floor.
'More than helping improve the ports infrastructure in countries where we operate, ICTSI continues to touch on providing greater opportunities for marginalised and vulnerable sectors in the society, children in particular,' said ICTSI Asia Pacific head Christian Gonzalez.
Motu-Koitabu assembly chairman of the Opao Udia noted that the Baruni community has not received any tangible help for many years.
'This school, which was built during the colonial era, has produced many of the country's brightest minds but still remains the same in its deteriorating state,' he said.
ICTSI has also signed an agreement with the Noho-Magae organisation, which represents the Baruni and Tatana communities that would allow the latter to become shareholders of the Motukea International Terminal that serves the capital of Port Moresby and South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT) in Lae Tidal basin.