The first phase of the invitation then went onto the second phase in which funds were sourced from the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, through EDM, in Japan that made available one million yen to our museum to buildup a data base on natural disasters. The significance of these funds was to keep a database on natural disasters in the country in the form of various multimedia and later be disseminated to the public to increase awareness of future natural disasters. After returning from the Tsunami disaster area last year (2001), the museum's senior staffs had a meeting with the counterpart researchers and discussed the importance of enhancing public awareness toward natural disasters by using all forms of media. Video and printed materials were some forms of media suggested to enhance a successful exhibition initiated by the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery that traveled through out PNG and Sydney, Australia in August 2002. Thus after the counter part researchers left for Japan, they sent some funds that was made available to our museum as per the conference we held. By using some of these funds, the writer then joined Isao in September this year (2002) at the tsunami disaster area specifically to investigate the economic flow of the people and the education system. This time stayed longer than on the previous trip. We were based at Arop 2 and went out to other villages to interview and record the people's perceptions. Whilst Isao was recording the responses in his note pad, the writer was once again recording the responses using the video camera. Since our stay was longer than last year, the video camera ran out of battery on the last two or three days. However, we managed to grasp what we had focused on during this trip. When we returned to Port Moresby, Isao was asked to formerly present the equipment purchased with the money to the Director of our museum. The equipment includes a digital color scanner to scan photos displayed in the traveling tsunami exhibition, a computer and its accessories to setup a database. The writer's task for this joint research project is now to interpret the video captured both last year and this year and come up with a storyboard to produce a video on the same theme. Minpaku and the PNG National Museum's belief that 'where there is existence of human being's, they is a living culture. Where there are no people, there is no living culture'. As such, the people need to be made aware of similar disasters in order that they can be prepared at least to safe their lives. This is a continuous research as part of the Toppan project and as we grow closer to each other, both museum's consolidate their sister relationship and work in collaboration.

Conclusion

After the writer's training by JICA and Minpaku, he was equipped with video camera equipment and the basic skills and know-how to produce materials for the museum-goers in PNG. This equipment and the skills acquired have enabled the writer to further increase awareness of the museum's existence in the writer's society. Some tangible activities executed were the continuous working in collaboration with the staff of Minpaku, filming real-life events of PNG for the Toppan project, producing school holiday programs using various forms of media and the most notable one is by using the video camera and various presentations using diverse methods in articulating the museum's roles and it's exhibits. These activities have had significant impact as is evident in the increase of the number of people visiting the museum. The joint research project currently has funds allocated which our museum can no longer withstand, and as such have boosted the initiatives taken to increase awareness of the people about natural disasters. The project will eventually produce videos to be distributed throughout PNG and the writer will be heavily involved in this particular project. It is anticipated that some tangible results will be shown by the end of the next fiscal year for Japan in order to demonstrate to the tax payers of Japan how the funds has been used. At this point in time, the writer is fully engaged in interpreting the interviews taken from the recent research in the tsunami disaster area. He is expecting to carry on with a storyboard to come up with our first video program in due course.