PROJECT SITE
Village: Lilal

LLG: Nuku

Ward Number: 1

TCA DS site/team: Woloplik (Mupun)

 

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION
Community working days: Monday

Active community groups:

 

COMMUNITY PORTRAIT
Culture Group:

Language: Yel

Number of Clans: 3

Mangi (Seibe Araman)

Wigloum (Matthew Yani)

Mapuk (William Balken)

 

VILLAGE OFFICIALS
Ward Councilor:

Ward committee members:

Village elders:

Church leaders:

Women's leader: Roberta Aranam and Rebecca

Youth leader: Jack Wolaki

School Headmaster:

Magistrate: Matthew Yani (in Aitape)

TCA Representatives: Alois Aulan and Jerry

Aid Post Officer:

School Board Representatives:

 

DEMOGRAPHY
Number of houses: 23

school: Elementary school established but no teacher. Pimon Community school long distance.

Churches: Catholic

Mission:

Aidpost: Yomoum

Population: 152

 

INFRASTRUCTURE
Trade store: Go to Wigote

Fuel Supply: Go to Wigote if available

Vehicles: Lilal have a vehicle that is kept in Aitape

Permanent Buildings: Good church

 

GEOGRAPHY
Distance by road: Not accessible by road. Building an airstrip in the hope planes will land in the future. Walking tracks access Yomum, Hapseim, Yangkok and Mupun.

Rivers: A fair distance 40 minutes away

Terrain: Ridgetop on the other side of Yomum. Fairly flat at the village

Elevation: 892 meters above sea level

 

SOCIAL ISSUES
No road access to get supplies.

Very low protein supplies in village.

Water is difficult to access

Are in the process of building an air strip

 

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Cash Crops: Coffee, Vanilla, Cocoa, Catamoun (spice) but hard to sell. Carry it to Fatima or Yangkok both at least half a days walk away.

Other sources: women sell food at the Yomoum market.

 

TENKILE / ANIMAL INFORMATION