Water and sanitation the top priority

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – World Vision Papua New Guinea is assisting 5000 people with water and sanitation following February’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake in the Highlands.

The aid agency’s country co-ordinator Stella Rumbam said the organisation had assessed and conducted an initial aid distribution to Bosavi in Southern Highlands province.

Rumbam said blankets, water containers and purifying tabs had been given to 125 households by world Vision.

She said the distribution would continue in the region along with an education programme.

Severe water contamination was a major issue in Western Province as thousands of tonnes of debris and mountainous terrain were emptied into the rivers causing contamination. - RNZI