Papua New Guinea is prone to natural hazards such as cyclone, earthquake, landslide, flooding, droughts, volcanic eruptions, and rising sea level that leads to displacement of people and economic loss every year. Disasters affect thousands of people on a personal, business, community and national level.

Each year the government is forced to spend millions of kinas to rebuild roads, bridges, schools and health centers damaged during disasters. Not only does the government have to deal with this insurmountable task, but it is also faced with limited resources and resurging violence.

Landslide experienced in rural parts of the country has claimed the lives of so many innocent people including vulnerable children, the elderly, pregnant women and persons wi