Kiribati and climate change.

Kiribati

Kiribati is a coral atol containing 33 islands and 100,000 people live there. The average height above sea level is less than 2 metres. The govener of the country predicts that their country will be underwater by 2030. It's hard for them to grow any food for them to live off because of salanation. as time is going on Kiribati is getting more and more violent weather and it is washing away some of the islands. The major issue is that lack of fresh water supply. The environmental effects on the island are storm surgers, drought, and erosion. The governements response is to educate and train others, so they will be able to be useful in their own country and be accepted into other countries.

 

Wheelcharis

 

Wheelchairs for students with special needs in kiribati,

Australia volenteers international

Tuberculosis

The rate of people that have tuberculosis in kiribati is 300 in 100,000. The world health organisations see an  issue if over 25 per 100,000. Kiribati is well over this limit. Tuberculosis is an airbore disease passed through sneezes and coughing and almost every house in kiribati has 20 people living in it, even when the houses are as small as your bedroom. This makes the disease easy to be passed on. They only have 4 specialist nurses who are dedicated to identify people who have tuberculosis and they help them to take the right medication at the right time of day. They also take them away and isolate them, treat them and send them home, this means the disease isnt transferrrd to everyone in the house. These nurses are called the dots who are funded by the Australian government. australia is also supplying money to help kiribati build labs and pharmacys. The goal is to reduce the amount of people with tuberculosis by 30%. the treatment is antiobiotics and there was a vaccination but it is no longer affective.

Nurses of kiribati

The students are undertaking a nursing degree at gritthis university in brisbane as part of the kiribis, australian nurses annitiative. This project is funded by Aus-aid. The nursing is a response to climate change in two ways, 1. They are going to be able to help in their communities

2.They are going to have a chance of employment in other areas.

The government needs to find ways of educating the people of kiribati so that they can migrate with some skills. The have 4 months of training at kiribis and 4 months in brisbane to learn with medicine and computers so they can get a degree.There is a shortage of nurses all over the world, so they are trying to train more people with the skills to help help the nurse shortage.

Erosion in kiribati.