MORDI Tonga

Partnering in with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with MORDI Tonga Trust in providing cash assistance for 800 families in Tonga who were directly affected by the recent crisis, the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami that occurred in Tonga on 15^th January. 

The training has been a partnership between Local Government, IFAD and MORDI Tonga.

As the participants pack away their canoes to re-assemble in Ha’apai, many have shared their appreciation for such a training. The outer islands especially in Ha’apai are known to generate many skilled fisherman and over the years they have seen to the phasing out of traditional outrigger canoes in favor of modern modes of fishing including motorized boats and kayaks.

The nursery houses many varieties of plants that have been propagated to reach certain desired ages. The nursery supplies 122 rural communities that covers all island groups of Tonga reaching far northern most islands of Niuatoputapu, Niuafo’ou, Vava’u, Ha’apai, ‘Eua and mainland Tongatapu. The structure is built to withstand any weather conditions and when strong gale wind forces are in forecast, it is easily disassembled by the workers.

The visit advances a new development goal based on sufficiency economy that has an interconnectedness to the work carried out by MORDI Tonga to rural communities of Tonga.