Aid distribution from Girua airfield

A group of very important people visited Oro province to view damage and see the progress made in relief efforts after floods devastated villages when cyclone Guba hit the northern region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Mr Chris Moraitas, the Australian High Commissioner to PNG, was joined by Group Captain Tim Innes, Commander of Joint Task Force 636, Colonel Francis Agwi, Chief Intelligence with the Papua New Guinean Defence Forces, Dame Carol Kidu, Minister for Community Development and Ms Margaret Thomas, Coordinator of AusAID in PNG, surveyed the damage to the region before landing at the operations centre at Girua airfield. The dignitaries then moved to the village of Popondetta, where disaster coordination was taking place and discussed the operation before meeting some of the locals, displaced by the flooding. Ms Margaret Thomas speaks about the coordinated relief effort. Colonel Francis Agwi, Chief of Defence Intelligence with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force

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