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Porebada village, half hour drive north west of Moresby

low tide


A family in the village lost their young child a few days ago. He fell off one of the poorly made walkways during high tide and was washed away in the ocean. This is inside the crying house two days after the death. Family and friends are sharing their grief with the parents, which are sitting in the left doorway. The piles of rice and sugar in the middle were donated to the parents by the Governor.


when we left the house there seemed to be a few kids on the walkways waiting for us to come out to get their photo taken