Who is he/she ?

Alofa Tuvalu is an NGO created in 2005 by Giliane Le Gallic.

Did we speak with him/her?

Yes. We spoke with Fanny Héros, project manager at Alofa Tuvalu and scientific journalist.

Nationality:

French and Tuvaluan.

Important Publications/Articles on Tuvalu:

Small is beautiful program, click here.

A pedagic Comic book “Our planet under water”(pdf), click here.

How did he/she get involved in Tuvalu?

It all started when Giliane Le Gallic came to Tuvalu in 2003 to make a movie “Troubles in paradise”. She fell in love with the people of Tuvalu and decided to come back to create an assistance program project “Small is beautiful”. In 2005 the association was born. “Small is beautiful” program aims at finding concrete and reproducible solutions such as the development of biogas with local resources to reduce the impact on the environment.

His/her take on the controversy:

Climate change is responsible for the imminent disappearance of Tuvalu. Climate change is multifactorial and the rising of sea level is one of the impacts of climatic change. The reasons are less important than finding solutions.

Quotations:

“Because we are all Tuvaluans, ALOFA TUVALU nourishes the ambition to contribute to an active global movement through a set of concrete and reproducible actions on the archipelago. Their reproduction will give us as many tools to preserve our environment, and hopes of a solution for all of us”.