SIKAIANA COMMUNITIES IN DESPERATE NEED OF FOOD & MED

He also called on the Malaita Outer Islands leaders and the Government to charter a boat to carry food and medicine to Sikaiana.

“We are marginalised communities, farther away, which is very difficult especially when you are talking about five months without a boat. I mean that is just unacceptable as well as unthinkable, so I am trying to call on the leaders on behalf of the Sikaiana people, to try and quickly address this situation by sending a boat with a medical team, education in terms of schools as well as food. We in Honiara can help send food down to Sikaiana, but the problem is the availability of a boat, which is our immediate requirement and not for later.”