Kyeema’s PNG program is building resilient communities by supporting community-led efforts to help restore compromised coastal ecosystems. This helps to maintain the protective climate-related services they provide. Through complementary activities such as coral reef and mangrove restoration and village chicken rearing, Kyeema is helping to support environmental, food and nutrition resilience in these communities.

Given the large proportion of the rural population that relies on fish and poultry for food, nutrition and income security, we will directly address the improvement of coastal reefs to restore fish breeding grounds and provide affordable protein and income alternatives through village chickens. This will address the high rates of protein deficiency and child stunting. Our model works towards providing an alternative source of protein while reducing the reliance on fish as the main source of protein to build resilient communities in the face of increasing pressures on local reefs and fish stocks.