The proposed project is to reduce the vulnerability of Avao village and the surrounding ecosystems from the impacts of climate change. The villages of Salei?a and Vaipouli and part of Avao village suffer from regular flooding from the stream and wetland directly behind these villages. The flooding from the stream and wetland caused severe damage to the villages with the loss of homes, land, and the destruction of agricultural and livestock several times a year.

The project proposes activities to reduce the vulnerability of the communities by directing the river flow to one of its historical pathways. This was blocked due to fallen trees and sedimentation from the cyclones and heavy rainfall during the rainy seasons. The project further proposes a replanting program for the wetland, the watershed area and the ridges along the stream to reduce sedimentation build up along the stream banks and pollution of the inshore reef.