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Home » Floating Gardens & Platforms

PROVIDING A SAFE AREA FOR PEOPLE & LIVESTOCK

Due to the climate changes the Keram grassland villagers of the Angoram District recognised that there were big challenges ahead, as now in the wet season the river water rises to a depth of 8-11 meters.  At this time their stilt homes flood and the domestic animals drown. The pigs and chooks have to be kept in the family home as there is no other place to put them. Babies, elderly and the disabled are the most affected during the flooding season and are usually the first to drown.

Stilt Houses flooded to roof level
Stilt Houses flooded to roof level
Pigs n Piglets in homes
Pigs n Piglets in homes

HEAPS PNG and these villages were fortunate to receive UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme funding to enable them to implement a sustainable food management project through building floating gardens and platforms.

Floating platforms built

Platform
Platform floating in river
Platform uses as a daily fish market
Platform uses as a daily fish market
More floating platforms built to be placed in the river
Pigs on new platforms

Platforms being used as a central fish market and a safe area for livestock

Floating vegetable gardens built

Vegetable garden
Floating garden produce to feed river families

The video we made of this project was a successful winner in the PNG Human Right Film festival 2017 which toured major towns in the country. Link

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HEAPS International Foundation

Australia Office

+61 891 921 970

PNG +675 7367 4428

0419 847 936

heapspng@tpg.com.au

PO Box 1083,

Broome, Western Australia 6725

Sue Laird

HEAPS Contact in PNG

heapspng@tpg.com.au

+675 3239448 -Phone/Fax

+675 72321202

PO. Box 5206 Boroko NCD PNG

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HEAPS SIO

Village Office

Located at the Basakalo School building;

Tewae-Siassi District, Morobe

Health Worker - Mr Noel Lotto

PNG +675 715 65470

HEAPS Wewak

Valley Lane Street Wewak Hill Wewak

Village Office

11 river villages of the Keram LLG

Box 1041 Wewak ESP

Project Co-ordinator - Mr Lucas Kou

PNG +675 71992984

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