Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Head of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in PNG, Bir Mandal stated this during the World Food Day Celebration held today in Port Moresby.

The World Food Day is an international day celebrated on October 16 every year. The day commemorates the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

The theme for this year is 'Water is Life, Water is Food. Leave No One Behind.'

Mandal said only a smaller percent of the earth's water is freshwater where people approximately 600 billion people depend on to sustain their livelihood.

The Hela Provincial Government, United Church in Hela Region (UCHR), Catholic Diocese, Evangelical Church of PNG, along with the private sector, and civil society organisations, are also assisting with the humanitarian and peace building efforts for communities affected by the recent clan violence.

Relief efforts are focusing on ensuring that urgent needs such as shelter, food, water, sanitation and hygiene for the affected communities are met.