PROGRAM – Nurul Hasan High School in Sekely Village is one of the beneficiaries of the road infrastructure improvement program conducted by PT GMM, Tuesday (10/28/2025).
TRIBUNTERNATE.COM – In Sekely Village, South Gane Barat District, a glimmer of hope is slowly emerging. This hope stems not from urban development, but from a tangible action impacting the community’s life: repairing the road to a local school.
The road to Nurul Hasan High School, once slippery during the rainy season and dusty in the dry season, is now safer and more suitable for passage thanks to support from PT Gelora Mandiri Membangun (GMM), a private oil palm plantation company operating in the South Gane Barat area.
This road repair is part of PT GMM’s dedicated Corporate Social Contribution (CSC) commitment to improving educational access in South Halmahera. With better infrastructure, teaching and learning activities can proceed more comfortably and efficiently for both students and teachers.
“By repairing the road, we aim to make it easier for children to get to school and ensure the community has safer, more viable access,” said Mahdi M. Nur, a PR representative for PT GMM. The school, which has five educators and 89 students, is a key beneficiary of the infrastructure program, which was carried out in collaboration with the Sekely Village community.
Beyond infrastructure, PT GMM also supports higher education through a scholarship program for students from South Gane Barat District who are studying at universities in Manado, Ternate, and Bacan Island.
In 2024, 40 students from villages including Yomen, Sekely, Gane Dalam, Kurunga, Jibubu, Awis, and Yamli received educational aid amounting to IDR 1,500,000 per person. The funds were disbursed directly to the students’ parents or guardians.
As a form of its ongoing commitment to enhancing educational quality, PT GMM will increase the scholarship amount to IDR 2,000,000 per student in November 2025.
These infrastructure and scholarship initiatives are part of PT GMM’s efforts to support the community’s socio-economic recovery following the 2019 earthquake, while also strengthening the harmonious relationship between the company and local residents.
“Our flagship programs have focused on repairing roads and places of worship from the beginning. Through these steps, we want to contribute to the village’s progress and the community’s welfare,” Mahdi added.
Development that touches both physical and educational aspects not only leaves a tangible mark on South Halmahera but also fosters deeper meaning—opening paths for children to dream, for teachers to serve, and for the community to keep moving forward. (*)
Source: Tribun Ternate
