RAMU NICO SUPPORTS FAMILY

Mining companies are in the real world - not like UN and AusAID.

Ramu NiCo is a Chinese mining company in Madang province. There have been problems with their planned disposal of waste in the sea. Their environmental record is yet to be observed.

But we read in the media that the company gives support to families in the Madang area and hinterland. It seems that this Chinese company will see that in a democratic country such as PNG, the best strategy is to support community welfare.

We see the same approach on the other side of the country with Exxon Mobil. It is obvious that they will work to strengthen families by education and training, health support, employment and support to village industry.

It is obvious that family welfare will be the diplomatic focus of the US based company Exxon Mobil and the Chinese based Ramu Ni Co.

Why then is the United Nations and AusAID placing focus on an anti-family strategy? There are rights, rights, rights and condoms for women, boys and girls. There should be a focus on family welfare as we are seeing with Exxon Mobil and Ramu NiCo.

AIDS Holistics has supported Exxon Mobil. We accept that there are good people at the helm. But our email messages on Positive living have always been blocked by someone in Exxon Mobil.

The reason given is that the message is offensive. Perhaps there is a small clique of expatriate gays and lesbians employed in Exxon Mobil.

They want to block the message of family and health from the thousands of villagers in the LNG area. We have the latest information on HIV/AIDS for their teams.

It may be that the hearts and minds of  families will make the difference in years to come. Families full of rights and no responsibilities will become weak and quite dysfunctional.