"We stand up for a violence free, healthy, and wealthy society."
OUR TEAM
Sir Paul Kurai,
GCL, MBE, ML, MCS, CRL,
Founder and Chairman
Sir Paul Kurai is the Managing Director of Neno Group, a private group of company in the construction, real estate, hotel and restaurant industries. He is a philanthropist and also a Local Local Level Government Ward Councilor, Kaiap Ward, Wabag LLG, Enga Province. He has been serving for more than eight terms (40 years) now. He is on the board of Enga Provincial Health Authority, Sports PNG Board and a member of the Governing Council, Enga School of Excellence. He is a strong advocator of peace and good order in Enga Province and the upper highlands region. He has been doing that for the last thirty years.
Dr Benedict Thomas Yaru,
Deputy Chairman
Dr Yaru has well over 15 years’ experience as alternate and full board membership roles and over 30 years in executive and senior management levels, and he’s well-travelled and network. He is currently the Managing Director of KMK Ltd, Chairman of Kumul Petroleum Holdings, Director of PNG Petroleum Holdings Ltd, Chairman of PNG Schools Rugby. Past Managing Director of Niugini Environmental Consultants. He also provides Board oversight, as Chairman of the Kumul Petroleum Foundation. He is a current Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Ruth Kissam Tindiwi Board Member
Ruth is the Director of Special Projects for PNG Tribal Foundation, as a community organizer and a human rights activist who has focused on Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SRV) in Papua New Guinea. She was awarded the Westpac Outstanding Woman (WOW) Award in Papua New Guinea in 2018 in recognition of her work in SARV. She is the recipient of many fellowships but notably the Obama Foundation Scholars Program and was attached with Columbia University in the US. She is on the board of many institutions at both provincial and national level.
ABOUT US
KURAI FOUNDATION INC.
Kura Foundation has been in operation for more than 10 years prior to its incorporation in October, 2021 as an association with the Investment Promotion Authority (IPA). The philanthropist Chairman of the Neno Group of Companies, Chief Paul Kurai, GCL, MBE, ML, MCS, CRL ran the activities of the foundation under the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) role. A role that he directly oversights and impact communities in which the company operates in. Most of these activities are in the form of donation and infrastructure Development.
VISION and MISSION
The development of the Foundation’s Vision and Mission statements stems from the Founder and chairman himself Chief Cr. Paul Kurai, a philanthropist who had often envisaged a progressive peaceful society and has strenuously spent every resource, time and energy promoting peace, justice and development in a geographically rugged and war-torn Province. Frequent tribal warfare has spiral effects on businesses and public security, which is often one of the major development challenges for the province.
Vision
People fully transformed, living in peaceful communities progressing in life through education and spiritual formation enjoying profitable economic benefits.
Mission
Work in partnership with all stakeholders using people centered bottom-up approach in program and project designs, to achieve progressive results in peace and good order and empowering people to become the architects of their own development.