Jonglei State’s government has given more than $80,000 to the administration of Bor County for the construction of a primary school. 

The money is part of $150,000 donated by the government of East Timor in December 2013 for building a primary school in Malou, a village located in Kolnyang Payam.

The state’s Finance Minister, Dhano Obongo, says the prime minister of East Timor laid the foundation stone before the outbreak of the current conflict.

The county commissioner Mamer Ruk says a five-member committee will manage the funds.

He says the money will be used properly to attract more donations.

“After the construction of the school, the donation will never stop and they are also promising to build clinic in Malou area,” Mr Ruk added.

The commissioner says the contract for the construction has been awarded to a company that came through Intersus, a humanitarian agency.