5 Jul 2024

PNG's survivors struggling two months on since disaster

From , 6:01 am on 5 July 2024
The ground is still moving at the landslide site in Yambali village in Enga province.

The ground is still moving at the landslide site in Yambali village in Enga province. Photo: Juho Valta with UNDP Papua New Guinea

Two months after the side of a mountain gave way in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province, survivors are still yet to find somewhere permanent to restart their lives.

The death toll from the disaster ran to many hundreds while thousands who were displaced, are being cared for in neighbouring villages or in tents provided by aid agencies.

The PNG country director of aid agency Care International, Justine McMahon, says finding land people can relocate to, and call their own, is not a simple exercise.

Don Wiseman spoke with Ms McMahon who told him that two months on the disaster zone remains chaotic and confused.