Six months have passed with no formal justice for a 29-year-old mother, her husband, and their six children, who continue to live in fear of being attacked or killed by members of their community over sorcery accusations. The family has been forced into hiding in Port Moresby.
PNG Tribal Foundation visited the family and provided food supplies after they had run out of food and were hoping to find something to feed the children when the team arrived.
With the youngest children being 11-month-old twin boys and the eldest a teenage son, the family is currently taking refuge in a shelter provided by a Good Samaritan woman who has operated a small safe house in the suburbs for more than 25 years.
The safe house owner, who received the food rations on behalf of the shelter, thanked PNG Tribal Foundation for reaching out to assist.
“I sell garden produce at the market just to feed the survivors whenever we run out of food. For weeks, I have not been selling because I have not been able to buy produce for resale.
“We are facing an economic crisis across the city, and I am struggling too, just to make sure our survivors are fed while I continue my visits to the Family Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU) regarding the case and provide counselling,” she said.
She is currently caring for three adults and six children, all of whom are survivors of repeated cycles of sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV).
Picture: A mother with her children received food supplies from PNG Tribal Foundation today.