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The impact of drought and humanitarian aid on a Yali village in West Papua, Indonesia

The impact of drought and humanitarian aid on a Yali village in West Papua, Indonesia The 1997 El Nio event severely affected the western part of the island of New Guinea. A group of highlands villages at Holuwon experienced drought, forest fires and disruption to food production. This article describes the reaction of the villagers to these natural disasters and to the humanitarian aid that they received. The social order was the first to be affected. Severe competition developed for the allotments of humanitarian aid and yet sharing of land and other help were offered to neighbouring ethnic groups. Reactions were also observed at the level of religion and were manifested in the Yalis search for an explanation of the events. Lastly, there was preservation and reconstruction in the form of the fighting of forest fires and the recreation of gardens following the drought. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Pacific Viewpoint Wiley

The impact of drought and humanitarian aid on a Yali village in West Papua, Indonesia

Asia Pacific Viewpoint , Volume 43 (3) – Dec 1, 2002

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Victoria University of Wellington 2002
ISSN
1360-7456
eISSN
1467-8373
DOI
10.1111/1467-8373.00178
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Abstract

The 1997 El Nio event severely affected the western part of the island of New Guinea. A group of highlands villages at Holuwon experienced drought, forest fires and disruption to food production. This article describes the reaction of the villagers to these natural disasters and to the humanitarian aid that they received. The social order was the first to be affected. Severe competition developed for the allotments of humanitarian aid and yet sharing of land and other help were offered to neighbouring ethnic groups. Reactions were also observed at the level of religion and were manifested in the Yalis search for an explanation of the events. Lastly, there was preservation and reconstruction in the form of the fighting of forest fires and the recreation of gardens following the drought.

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Asia Pacific ViewpointWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2002

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