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Partnership Fund |
| Freeport Partnership Fund for Community Development |
The partnership fund is administered and disbursed by an organization called the Lembaga Pembangunan Masyarakat Amungme dan Kamoro (LPMAK). LPMAK is managed by a Board of Commissioners consisting of representatives from the local government; Papuan regional leaders; leaders from the Amungme and Kamoro and PT Freeport Indonesia. LPMAK's Board of Commissioners establishes annual budgets for three main development program areas - health, education and village development. The budgets are based on development priorities determined by LPMAK's Board and the projects supported by LPMAK directly benefit the Amungme and Kamoro people and five other indigenous communities in the Mimika Regency - the Dani, Moni, Ekari/Mee, Damal and Nduga people. These groups are represented on the LPMAK board through their community, church and government leaders.
The activities of the LPMAK are conducted through program bureaus which also cooperate with local government agencies and other non-governmental organizations. These teams review project proposals submitted in accordance with guidelines and budgets established by LPMAK. These proposals are then reviewed by LPMAK's Board of Directors. LPMAK programs are closely coordinated with the local government to ensure maximum impact in improving the quality of life for residents in the Mimika area.
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| LPMAK's expanded 101-bed Mimika Community Hospital in Timika serves hundreds of outpatients on a daily basis. PT Freeport Indonesia provided the funds to construct the facility and to support 10 community-based health clinics providing quality medical care to those living throughout the Mimika region. |
The LPMAK guidelines ensure that project proposals reflect the charitable and development objectives of LPMAK and are subject to financial and audit guidelines. Certain types of activities are strictly prohibited and are not funded, including political activities and projects that do not have a wide impact on the community. Each year an independent auditor issues a report on the LPMAK activities, and regular monthly progress reports are made publicly available to ensure that LPMAK's activities are transparent.
LPMAK has made a significant impact on the lives of the local people by funding projects benefiting residents in villages throughout the Mimika area. Examples include hospitals in Timika and Banti which treat thousands of patients each year; the LPMAK education program which has provided scholarships or educational assistance to thousands of Papuan students; and village-based programs which have provided electricity, water, church facilities, and other infrastructure to remote villages in the highlands of Papua. LPMAK is an accountable, professionally managed and successful development program. It is one of the largest, privately funded social development programs in Asia.
During 2003-2004, highlights of LPMAK activities included:
- Appointing of a Health Bureau staff to work with professional groups providing local healthcare.
- Creating of seven Economic Development Bureaus that selected more than 1,000 projects to support in agriculture, livestock, fishing, trade and services in 2004.
- Developing of a scholarship database to accurately track results.
- Upgrading all 11 student dormitories.
- Implementing human rights policies and procedures.
- Signing an agreement with the Mimika Government Health Agency to implement community health partnership projects.
- Constructing two clinics and two paramedic houses in the Papuan highland villages of Aroanop and Tsinga and agreeing to operate them.
- Expanding the Timika Hospital facilities.
- Placing regular advertorials in local newspapers to keep the public informed of their activities.