People in the villages of Central Province benefiting from the PNG LNG project, will continue to enjoy these benefits through the various Community Investment Programs initiated by the developer ExxonMobil PNG or its partners, such as NiuPower Limited. This week the people of Kido, one of the villages benefiting from the gas project, were told just that when the Independent Power Producer (IPP) company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Michael Oiari and his team were there to present six 9, 000 litre water tanks for the community to use. The CEO said services like water and sanitation, education, and health are important and will continue to be their priority. “For us, water security is important to you in the villages, education to your kids is very important and that’s what we support,” said the CEO. However, he said all these was made possible with support and the main support is from PNG Power Ltd, who purchase electricity that NiuPower produces and sells. “None of these will be possible without PNG Power support, so I think it’s very important we acknowledge PNG Power’s contribution to the program. Without them we couldn’t do all of what we wanted to do.” NiuPower’s Community Investment Program covers water and sanitation project, health and education, life skills training, church activities and sports. Meanwhile, the water tanks delivered to Kido village were from the 2021 batch, while the six more from the 2022 batch will be delivered once they are ready. “It’s really encouraging, and I encourage you to get your water tank foundations ready quickly so we can have the next six put in place.” Through NiuPower’s Community Investment Program, the villages continue to benefit from water tanks and just last week, the company delivered six water tanks as well to the Boera village community.