4 SEPTEMBER 2015
Four Tongatapu villages received assistance with various projects to establish new rainwater harvesting systems, and to upgrade community halls, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The projects completed on 25 August, In Nukuleka and Tatakamotonga upgraded community halls in each village to withstand cyclones and to function as evacuation centres and become a place of refuge during major flood and climatic events. The structural reinforcement and water proofing is a response to the villagers concern over coastal degradation, erosion, saltwater intrusion, flooding and cyclones due to impacts of climate change.
Source: Matangi Tonga