Monday, March 21, 2011

Kirribati and climate change

Kirribati is a coral atol which contains 33 islands and 100,000 people live there. The average height about sea level is less than 2 metres. They predict that their country will be underwater by 2030. It is hard from them to grow their food and sources to survive due to salanation. As time goes on he storms increase and they feel there will not be much left of their island. The major issue they are dealing with is lack of freshwater supply. The environmental affects are storm serges,drought, and erosion. The governement response to this is to educate and train others, so they will be able to be useful in their own country and be accepted into other communities.

Wheelchairs with students for special needs in Kirribati
Australian Volenteers international help support this cause, they help support those in need for wheelchair to give them sustainability. So far they have donated 60 wheel chairs to those in need.

TuberCulosis 
There are 300 hundred people out of 100,000 diognosed with Tuberculosis in their country. The average number of people in their household is 14  The dots who are nurses that assist those with the disease are funded by the Australian government.

Nurses of Kirribati
They are undertaking a degree at grifth university in brisbane and undertaking a nursing course.

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