10
structures were erected by the government.
These were to be
used by the members of the Kili boat crew and others while
the craft was anchored off Jabwor.
Three smaller islands were
provided from which the Kili residents of Jabwor could obtain
coconuts, pandanus and other local foods.
The typhoon wiped
out the village on Jabwor and the few Kili people there left
the atoll for good.
A community development project was set up to assist the
KAl4d people to develop and exploit the resources of the island
to the maximum,
Handicraft production was stimulated.
The
production of the now famous Kili. Bags has continued but other
items are no longer made for export.
Attempts were made to exploit the large taro patch area aa
a source of food,
and possibly cash income.
Two taro lifts
were made to Kusaie Isiand in the Ponape District.
Large quan-
tities of high quality taro plants were obtained and planted on
Kili.
It soon became obvious that the former Bikinians,
whom taro was a
very minor and
unimportant
item,
interested in cultivating this useful plant.
were
to
not
It should be
added that taro cultivation ise becoming increasingly of less
importance throughout
the Marshalls,
even in those areas
southern Marshall where taro once flourished.
The taro patch
itself was ruined during the typhoon of December 1957.
action flooded the area with
plants which were
salt water,
left and affected the
ns
in the
which killed
Wave
the few
freshwater lens.