Campaign names Havora, Hunters as ambassadors

MISS South Pacific Abigail Havora and several SP Hunters players were announced as ambassadors for a campaign aimed at helping communities affected by climate change last Friday.
The event was organised by student members of the Voice Inc. under the Carteret campaign with the aim of bringing greater awareness and support to communities affected by climate change.
The support from the SP Hunters and Miss South Pacific would do a lot in terms of awareness and effecting change in the country according to co-founder of the Carteret campaign Brian Sasingian.
“We got the SP Hunters and Miss Pacific Islands so they can use their titles and influence to create awareness of the campaign and most importantly of the issue of climate change,” Sasingian said.
“There are communities like the Carteret Islanders throughout the country who are living with consequences of something they have no control over and they need support.”
The Carteret campaign began through the collective initiative of students under The Voice after travelling to the Carteret Island of Bougainville in 2013 and witnessing the effects of the climate change on the island and its people.
The campaign aims to create a movement in getting people aware of the issue, to raise funds to assist affected communities and to lobby policy to the benefit of affected communities and enable greater help from the Government.
The campaign vision is about identifying areas affected by climate change and natural disasters and being able to relocate people to build for themselves resilient communities, as introduced at the event.
The campaign ambassadors endorsed the Carteret campaign in a well-organised event held at the PNG Bible Translation Association hall in Waigani Port Moresby to announce the ambassadors.
The campaign would mainly look at the helping the victims of climate change and helping to making awareness of the danger and risk of the climate change and how people could prepare to employ measures that will reduce the impact.