PT Vale Provides IDR 70 Billion PPM Funding in Morowali
25 Oct 2025, 05:42 AM
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PT Vale has disbursed funds for its Community Development and Empowerment Program (PPM) in Morowali reaching tens of billions of rupiah through the fourth quarter of 2025.PT Vale is committed to ensuring the economic benefits of the IGP Morowali project are tangibly felt by the community through various empowerment and social development programs by continuously strengthening the PPM Program.As part of the MIND ID group, PT Vale Indonesia’s IGP Morowali is committed to implementing the PPM program in line with the Morowali Regency Medium-Term Regional Development Plan (RPJMD). The program includes support for education, health, skills training, local economic development, and village infrastructure development in areas around the mine, including Bahomotefe Village.Recorded from 2015 through Q4 2025, PT Vale has allocated PPM funds totaling IDR 70 billion across all assisted villages as proof of its commitment to social investment.One implementation of the PPM Program in the IGP Morowali empowerment area under the Economic Independence pillar was training on producing nata de coco and standardizing smoked-fish packaging. The training was held in Laroue Village, East Bungku, Morowali, Monday–Wednesday (March 4–6, 2024).This training aimed to equip the community with new skills based on abundant local commodities and to increase the added value of local production.A total of 20 participants took part, consisting of Laroue residents, representatives of the Family Welfare Empowerment Team (TP-PKK), and smoked-fish entrepreneurs in the empowerment area. The East Bungku subdistrict head, Sukman Gamal, opened the training.The Director of Mine Project IGP Morowali, Wafir, stated that this inaugural activity is one of the company’s efforts to help communities become more self-reliant through local economic development and skills enhancement.Another PPM implementation is the Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly Healthy Agriculture Program (PSRLB) using PT Vale’s Organic System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method. This program targets dozens of farmers in 13 assisted villages in Morowali Regency within the Indonesia Growth Project (IGP) Morowali area.Wafir explained that since 2022, PT Vale’s PPM has implemented the PSRLB through PT Vale’s Organic SRI—or organic rice—and has expanded to other organic agriculture programs such as vegetable commodities and the cultivation of organic herbal plants.“In Morowali, the initial stage in 2022 involved 12 farmers across four assisted villages—Kolono, Ululere, Bahomoahi, and Bahomotefe—with a total cultivated area of 1.2 hectares. Today, it has grown to 90 farmers in 13 villages, including 25 rice farmers with a total organic paddy area reaching around 6.8 hectares. From that area, organic rice harvests hit a record 17.6 thousand kilograms,” he said.Beyond organic rice, PT Vale recorded 25 vegetable farmers and 40 herbal farmers from village TP-PKK groups, with total organic vegetable harvests in 2023 amounting to 78 kilograms.“The success of the mining industry is measured not only by production output, but by how far its presence opens opportunities and brings positive change to surrounding communities,” Wafir emphasized.The commitment to developing local talent is also implemented so they can be absorbed into the mining industry within the IGP Morowali area in various roles—ranging from permanent company employees, partnership-based workers through local companies, to employees of local contractor firms.With a spirit of collaboration and sustainability, PT Vale remains committed to strengthening partnerships with all stakeholders, ensuring every development step aligns with national goals to realize competitive nickel downstreaming and deliver impact for the welfare of the people of Morowali and Indonesia—among others by channeling PPM funds in its empowerment areas.
