PROJECT SITE
Village: Wuguble

LLG: West Wape

Ward Number: 7

TCA DS site/team: Womourou (Maiwetem)

 

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION
Community working days:

 

COMMUNITY PORTRAIT
Active community groups:

Culture Group: Wape

Language: One

Number of Clans: 3 main clans and 7 subclans

Wuguble (Peter Sual)

Aupolo (Alois Poyke)

Waumosu (Gerald Suweri)

Aurlaripi (Robert Wena)

Airine (Bernard Aiyape)

Kubarilif (Canesius Kova)

Laupe (Pascal Iyo)

Rurraleiclan (Frank Youli)

Anini koisa (Canesis Asaila)

Nosiala (Alphone Noala)

 

VILLAGE OFFICIALS
Ward Councilor:

Ward committee members:

Village elders:

Church leaders: Raphael Waso Robert Purku walks in to conduct services from Wai'eli

Women's leader:

Youth leader: Leo Owi

School Headmaster: Nick Sango during 2002.

Magistrate:

TCA Representatives: Fabian Ombeye, Paul Sitoro

Aid Post Officer: Phillip Rofi

School Board Representatives:

 

DEMOGRAPHY
Number of houses: 27

school: One available but no teachers available to teach so students go to Kabori

Churches: Catholic

Mission: Lumi

Aidpost: Karaitem or Kabori

Population: 182

 

INFRASTRUCTURE
Trade store: None

Fuel Supply: Lumi

Vehicles: None

Permanent Buildings: None

 

GEOGRAPHY
Distance by road: Very isolated and at least 1 hours walk to the nearest village

Rivers: Surrounded by river at the base of the ridge (30 minute walk)

Terrain: Ridgetop and hilly

Elevation: 448 meters above sea level

 

SOCIAL ISSUES
No school due to lack of teachers. Lack of interest due to the isolation

Water would be their first priority. Did submit a septic tank proposal to LLG but no response

Road access is a problem to sell cash crops

Enemies with the Mogai people

 

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Cash Crops:

Other sources: Some women go to the Karaitem market on Sunday but sell very little

 

TENKILE / ANIMAL INFORMATION
Confusion over clan boundaries

Bush is full of Rengile and they make a hissing sound when they are captured

They had two tenkile pets but they were eaten

Claim that the villages on the other side of the range Koiniri and Nengia were also killing Tenkile