The Enga Enda Anda Women’s Association is a strong force for peace in communities affected by tribal conflicts.
This group includes 36 registered women’s groups from Enga Province, helping women lead recovery and peace efforts.
They met with His Excellency (H.E.), Jacques Fradin, the European Union Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, to showcase their organic and cultural products.
These include spices, strawberry jam, honey, bilum wear, and seed bank nurseries that supply vegetable seedlings to farmers.
H.E. Fradin congratulated the Engan women for their resilience, commitment, and innovation.
Ms. Deborah Sungi, Acting Managing Director for Climate Change Development Authority, said, “Partnership and coordination effectiveness is important and having Enga province implementing this project with beautiful stories at the national government level.”
“I would like to see this successful project being replicated throughout the country.”
With support from the European Union, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has helped Enga communities by improving land management, food security, and climate change adaptation.
Some products were recently displayed at the PNG Protected Areas Forum.
The Conservation Environment Protection Authority wants to show these products at the upcoming 16th Conference of Parties on the Convention of Biological Diversity in Colombia as a best practice nature-based solution that promotes local livelihoods while protecting biodiversity and the environment.