Looks like a great step ahead. Finally the Prime Minister is supporting an initiative that will definetly call for sustinance for the local population.

Source: Post Courier

PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill will officiate at the ground-breaking ceremony of Nawaeb district coffee and chocolate factory and fresh food depot in Morobe Province next month.

Neknaisi Coffee Cooperative will own the factory and fresh food depot.

The cooperative has also entered into partnership with Watut cocoa growers to supply the factory once it is in operation

The factory will assist the cash crop farmers and the vegetable growers in Boana which are the highlands area of the district and the Watut coffee growers in the Huon district.

Nawaeb MP Gitsuwat Siniwin said Erap-Wain and Nabak local level government and Watut people are known of their hard work in carrying bags of coffee in rough terrains and weather to reach the market in Lae.

Mr Siniwin said the factory would be a blessing for the years of hard work.

The local MP said it is now a time for the people of Nawaeb to farm coffee and cocoa and to bring them to the factory once it is operating.

He said Nawaeb highlands has been the hub of the vegetable growing and the depot with its bigger coolers to store vegetables can allow locals to bring their garden crops, which will be re-sold at wholesale price to mining and resource companies and stores in Lae and Port Moresby.

Mr Siniwin urged the people to grow orange, avocado, pineapple, cardamom, onions and taros so that they can sell to earn a living and plan for the future generations.

After many years of struggle, Mr Siniwin is turning dreams into realities for his people.