Drought In Papa New Guinea

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El Nino is a climate cycle of weather patterns across the Pacific Ocean. It has caused a drought in Papa New Guinea which has affected almost 2.5 million people by destroying food crops and livestock, what is left has been eaten by pests, this has caused an increase in starvation (Abc, 2015). This food shortage has especially affected the children of Papa New Guinea as families are selling their children in exchange for rice (Telegraph, 2016). Children are feeling ignored and no one is caring for them as they receive little support from this crisis as their parents are caring more about food then their children. Sally Llyod who worked on a mission trip says "They'd received no drought supplies at all. The only relief they've received is a very minimal amount of rice or things that we've been able to fly in” (LLyod, 2016) With no …show more content…
Roy Trivedy, the resident coordinator in Papa New Guinea says "This is an extremely costly operation and we've got colleagues from the World Food Program, as well as DFAT Australia, trying to support that initiative." (Trivedy, 2016) Although the process is costly, the government values the people and children of Papua New Guinea first, making sure they are fed and won’t be traded by their family for food.
International Organisation in Migration [IOM] has responded to this crisis by giving relief kits for drought-related bush fires and over 2,000 collapsible water containers to the rural warehouses. These water containers are to combat the crisis of water at health facilities. The IOM also are educating communities on health and hygiene and training farmers in conservation. The IOM are training these farmers by establishing 100 ‘Master Farmers’ in affected areas to provide guidance and support to the communities. (International Organisation in Migration1,

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