A wood cladded, coastal house on stilts sits has a beautiful red and orange sunset behind it. There are trees that are silhouetted and you can just make out a small cooking fire burning with two people gathered around it. The image feels peaceful.

Milne Bay Province

Community, culture, and collaboration in the heart of New Guinea rainforest, the third-largest rainforest in the world.

This beautiful (and remote) 60,000-hectare area of New Guinea rainforest is home to less than a thousand Milne Bay Province residents. All of which protect rainforest just by being there.

We work with communities in three villages: Gadaisu, Sololo and Wabumari. People that live here have done so for thousands of years. Their knowledge is crucial in the fight against the climate crisis.

Milne Bay communities inspire us by tackling threats to ensure the greatest carbon sinks on Earth stay that way.

Forest Solutions

Our work with clans in the Milne Bay Province area creates choice. A choice to protect rainforest in the face of financial and climate pressure.

CURRENT PROJECTS

These projects, funded by your cash and led by local people are taking place in the New Guinea rainforest right now.

Education

Education programmes here are growing, moving beyond primary education and life skills. Programmes aim to instil the confidence needed to make decisions that affect an individual's future and the future of rainforest.

Education

WASH

Water, sanitation and hygiene. Kickstarted from a household survey, this project doesn't just save cash, it saves lives. Think fresh drinking water from rain tank installations, floodproof loos and handwashing stations installed as part of a rapid response to Covid-19. All reducing the need (and cost) for trips to medical centres.

Cash Giving

Respecting the clan social structure that exists in Papua New Guinea, we give cash to ensure leaders can distribute it for life's necessities. Be it food, medicine, clothing or dinghies.

Paraecology

People looking to develop careers in conservation and research can be led by locals in the Milne Bay Province area. By training guides to coordinate skill sharing and research, as well as an opportunity to host and feed students, new revenue streams can be created.

Radical Solutions

Climate action and cash-driven initiatives that benefit people and fight the climate crisis.

Radical Solutions

Forest Solutions

CURRENT PROJECTS

Radical Solutions

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