Socioeconomic Assessment Brief Picture Story

Abstract

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) ProjectPacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project Kivori Villages PNG forKivori Poe VillageUnsafe road conditions contribute to vulnerabilityEducation is a challenge in the Kivori community as children have to walk for hours to reach schoolSports can keep youths away from trouble but no proper facilities availableCooperatives - failure to form cooperativesKivori communities suffer a double banger – flooding at one extreme and drought on the other.DroughtPests destroy food / cash crops and contribute to insecurityHealth - shortage/no medicine; no ambulance; increase number of deathsHereparu VillageRoad Conditions very difficult contributing to community vulnerability.Efforts had been made to supply quality drinking water to the people of Kivori HereparuPeople on well water but also have pit toilets nearby.Kivori is always hit by droughts 6 months of the yearMetal posts corroding when in contact with sand Meauri VillageAn estimated 10m beach erosion p