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Tenkile

  1. 34 out of 40 of our villages have contributed their 10% community cash contribution for water and sanitation materials, raising K168,885!
  2. 96 tanks now in Lumi only 20 to go. Health and Hygiene Education program complete in first village. Big meeting with 100+ people on Monday
  3. Tanks galore in Lumi - up to 60 have now been delivered. Health and Hygiene education in Maui village tmw.
  4. Well I think we impressed them - stay tuned!
  5. Sustainable Development Program Board members arrive in one hour! Pressure is on to impress.
  6. A hive of activity at the TCA base today, solar lighting going in, Health and Hygiene facilitator training, cooking, laminating, cleaning...
  7. First 16 water tanks arrived in Wewak today only 227 to go!
  8. First ever captive bred Golden-mantled tree kangaroo (Weimang) is well and truly out of the pouch but manages to squeeze back in somehow!
  9. back in Lumi after a couple of weeks in Sibilanga. Did heaps drama program, RWSSP baseline surveys, meetings and the first Weimang research
  10. We've just returned from Sibilanga, the centre of the Weimang's range, where we conducted Distance Sampling and drama programs. All good!
  11. Jim back from the mountains once again - measuring trees with WWF again.
  12. Project Officer and Facilitator training complete and the water and sanitation project is now officially underway. Wewak tmw to spend big!
  13. Jim is back in the mountains today looking for Tenkile poo. Jean is busy training Project Officers and facilitators in Lumi.
  14. Woken up by a palm cockatoo this morning - Jim
  15. Lots of rain overnight after a very unusual dry spell - tanks just ran out 2 days ago so we are very grateful for the latest downpour - Jean
  16. Jim getting organised for another trip into the mountains - swepini - where Tim Flannery first saw the Tenkile in 1990.
  17. Very hot here in Lumi today. last plane for 2 weeks tmw - pilot on holidays (should have my training manuals) - no body get sick! - Jean
  18. Today @ Lumi market- bananas, greens n peanuts 5c, pawpaw n coconut 10c, christian evangalists, drunkards fighting 100s run, gunshots - Jean
  19. Woke up in the misty rainforest to the call of birds of paradise, vulturine parrots and hornbills, ready to start looking for more poo - Jim
  20. Project Officers will be pleased - I have arranged a car to pick them up on Saturday - saves them a 16 hour walk! - Jean