2016 Digicel PNG Foundation Men of Honour Community Ingenuity Award

The Kumura Foundation was established to support healthcare, education, Eco-Tourism and other much needed community development projects.

Founder Vincent Kumura said the foundation aims to help improve the livelihood of the poor and disadvantaged people of remote Bundi.

He said this is part of his community service work for the people of remote Bundi.

Kumura was the 2016 Digicel PNG Foundation Men of Honour Community Ingenuity Awardee for the numerous volunteer community services he did for the people of Bundi since 2013.

Participants came from all over the rural Bundi area including Usino and Chimbu Province.

The workshop was organised by Vincent Kumura, who does community work and was awarded the 2016 Digicel PNG Foundation Men of Honour Community Ingenuity Award.

The workshop was aimed at building a better, progressive and violent free Bundi with the theme “Yes We Can! Building a better, progressive and violent free Bundi tomorrow”.

Violence and lawlessness were norms for Bundi over the last decade which Kumura believes are results of the Marengo Mining exploration boom.

The patients received medical check-up by the six member medical team from Kundiawa Hospital on October 11-17 at Yandera, Upper Bundi.

Among the patients were two 50-year-olds, one with stage four cervical cancer and the other with chronic Henson disease, who suffered severe abdominal pains and renal issues for six years.

The cancer patient was referred by the visiting medical team for urgent treatment and blood transfusion at the Kundiawa Hospital.

A four-year-old female patient with chronic productive cough was also among the five patients being airlifted.