United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) Program Partner's with OTDF
This is a monthly publication of the Ok Tedi Development Foundation and its community partners of Western Province Issue 46- November 2019 Inside this issue: CMCA women attend Partners discuss Communications Mining conference economic future Patrol complete JOINT OTDF & INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES DELIVER RELIEF SUPPLIES TO WEST PUPUA REFUGEES AT (KELEBIT CAMP IOGI VILLAGE) United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) Program partner’s with OTDF Aside from delivering services relief supplies being delivered to the bales of rice, sugar and cartons of tinned to the CMCA community, OTDF refugees, arguing they themselves also fish, noodles and biscuits. Given the continues to partner with other needed assistance. refugees’ situation in their villages and stakeholders to provide assistance An elder refugee, Mr Yosep Owing the limited resources available to them to other communities within Western said, the refugees in Kelebit Camp hail in the camp, the delivery was worth Province. from 5 different West Papuan Border all the effort and money spent. OTDF In this instance, United Nation’s villages of Up Yetatko, Woropko, encourages other organisations and Food and Agriculture Program (FAO) Mokbiran, Wankat Kibi and Upkim. individuals to support the camp in the requested OTDF’s assistance with the “Some refugees came first, others near term. transportation of rations from Kiunga came later (men, women & children), town to the Kelebit Refugee Camp the current condition at the camp is at Iogi Village, in North Fly District of good” he said. Western Province. Yosep said the main reason for their To bring the rations to the camp, entry is to flee ongoing tension in their OTDF team needed to hire a 2 tonne area and seek shelter.
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