Pak Amos, the project leader from the fresh water project in Umbu Langang Village, reports that the system is in good condition, and adds that the community of Umbu Langang has been greatly helped by the availability of clean water. There has been some pipe damage due to cattle trampling the pipes, but this has since been fixed by the community in August 2011. Livestock owners have also been approached about this issue, as they were not aware of the problem, but have since promised to find another route for the passage of their livestock. The living kitchen focuses on just growing two kinds of cabbage now due to the limitation of excess water available. These crops have been successfully harvested and continue to grow. The condition of the protected area up until this report remains in good condition. There is no report of burning of fields, logging or capture of animals. Public awareness has been awakened and is supported by the National Park Authority staff of Manupeu Tanadaru.

The water pipes in the village of Umbu Langang are still in good condition and clean water flows smoothly. Rainfall in the last wet season caused flooding in some streams, which were thick with mud. The existence of the water system allowed them to maintain a constant supply of clean water without having to rely on the river as in the past. The community, especially village officials, meets regularly to discuss various development activities in the village, including the maintenance of the Seacology-supported fresh water system. The pipes are monitored on a weekly basis. For the Living Kitchen project, the village is still getting seeds from Seacology funds, especially for turmeric and green beans. Other types of produce such as tomatoes, chilis, spinach, eggplants and shallots are consumed by the families who grow them and excess is sold to supplement family income. However, green beans, cabbage and string beans have had difficulty because of lack of available seed in the market and high rainfall since June 2010. The protected forest is safe so far; neither shooting of wildlife nor destruction of plants has been reported. Moreover, no more burnings have taken place to clear land for farms as was the case in the past. The villagers understand the importance of the forest and wildlife, and cooperation between the villagers, village government and the staff of the National Park is quite intense and running well.

Field representative Arnaz Mehta reports that there are 100 women involved in the “living kitchen” program who are farming small plots of land around their homes adjacent to the fresh water pipes. A quarter of these women are already into their second plantings with new seeds obtained from vegetable sales from their first harvest. The vegetables that have grown well are cauliflower, water spinach, tomatoes and chilies. Additionally, routine patrols are being conducted with the rangers from Manupeu-Tandaru National Park. From the period between mid- 2009 to May 2010 there was one case of someone trapping monkeys, but this conflict has been resolved within the village by members who support the work of the park rangers.