Founded in 2006, this organisation has played a crucial role in facilitating the voluntary relocation of the world’s first climate change refugees – the Indigenous Peoples of the Carteret Islands – to Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Tulele Peisa collaborates with host communities on the island of Bougainville to ensure that relocated people have access to sufficient land, infrastructure, and livelihood opportunities. They also focus on preserving cultural connections with the Carteret Islands and have developed a community-based approach to relocation that serves as a positive example for other atolls in the region.
Since 2016, JCJ has been providing significant support to Tulele Peisa. This includes the provision of funds to purchase cocoa seedlings, provide power to their administration building, and fuel their tractor for distributing cocoa seedlings to their farmers. Moreover, JCJ has sponsored the organisation of workshops on cocoa farming, climate change adaptation, and financial literacy. We have also contributed to the construction of raised garden beds on the atolls to protect crops from saltwater intrusion and provided emergency funding for a chartered boat to transport plants, seedlings, and food to the community.
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