Field Trip to Tanimbar Islands, July 2019

  • NZMATES team with staff from Bappeda Tanimbar Islands District after a coordination meeting
  • NZMATES team met with the Wuarlabobar subdistrict secretary and Wunlah head of village
  • Wunlah Village during the day
  • Power house of the solar and storage plant in Wunlah village
  • NZMATES team assessing the solar panels of the Watmasa plant
  • NZMATES team in Watmasa village with a teacher who helped in assessing the solar PV plant
  • Dried seaweed is a prime commodity of coastal communities on Tanimbar Island
  • NZMATES team, Bappeda staff and Watmasa Village secretary in Watmasa village
  • NZMATES team meeting with the head of Selaru subdsitrict before leaving for Eliasa Village in Selaru Island
  • NZMATES team chat with Eliasa Village government staff
  • Junior high school at Eliasa Village
  • NZMATES team, Bappeda staff and Eliasa village government staff in front of the power house after checking the solar plant
  • The solar PV installation in Werain village
  • Kindergarten at Werain Village