Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has made a K1,000 donation to the Bougainville Youth Foundation (BYF) to assist with its annual awareness campaign.
BYF is an organisation of Madang-based Bougainvillean students, who seek to utilise their own education for the betterment of the autonomous region.
Each year the BYF members conduct a travelling education campaign to raise awareness and promote discussion on the issues facing contemporary Bougainville.
The curriculum for the Summer 2013/14 campaign includes education, social issues, health, foreign investment, cottage industries, customary land, the path to referendum, the Peace Agreement, sea bed mining and issues related to mining.
BCL’s contribution will aid BYF provide transport, accommodation and food for its members as they travel to some of the most remote areas in Bougainville.