Almost three months after tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin, communities on Futuna are still trying to recover.
The Futuna Area Administrator, Isom Nemei, said all six communities are implementing their own action plans. He said the main activities are footpath clearances so roads to the gardens are now accessible and they can replant their food, thanks to assistance from the Futuna Area Council.{div class=”gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao”}{div class=”gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY”}Nemei said the people of the Ipao community have cleared their section of the footpath to ensure their children have access to return to school.
He said the Futuna Carvers Association have stepped in to assist villagers in Ipao and other villages to repair their canoes that were damaged in the cyclones. They even helped to build new canoes so fishermen can continue to fish and provide the much-needed protein for their families, he said. The Futuna Area Administrator said the people of Matangi village are rebuilding houses that were totally damaged by the storms.
The people of Yasua who are the most affected on the island as a lot of trees fell and damaged their homes are still cleaning up and removing fallen trees.
Nemei said people at Ilua are assisting villagers from Ipao to rebuild damaged canoes while people from Maratu are assisting each other to rebuild fallen homes.
Apart from rebuilding, Nemei said there is a lot of backyard gardening going on and a lot of families are already harvesting cabbage from these backyard gardens. He added that assistance has been received from the Futuna Area Council and the Department of Agriculture.
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