Posts Tagged ‘Samoa’

One year on, Samoa continues to recover

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Share In September and October 2009, several Church Partners of the Uniting Church in Australia faced some of the most destructive and widespread natural disasters in memory. A community centre is being built in Poutasi, Samoa in partnership between UnitingWorld and the Methodist Church in Samoa Last September in Samoa, entire communities were swept away as tsunami waves reportedly measuring up to... Read More »

March E-News

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Share CONTENTS: Emergency Appeals 2009 Update | New Volunteers in North Korea | Church Leaders from East Timor Visit Australia | News and Urgent Experience Opportunities| Experience Volunteer in Focus | New Peacemaking Strategy in Mindanao | Farewell to Visitors from Tonga Emergency Appeals 2009 – Update A village in Samoa after the tsunami hit During September and October last year, we... Read More »

Emergency Appeals 2009 – Update

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Share Click here to download a printable version of this update. CONTENTS: From the Relief and Development Unit | Zimbabwe Food Relief Appeal | Typhoon Ketsana, Philippines Appeal | Sumatra (Indonesia) Earthquake Appeal | Samoa Tsunami Appeal | Donate From the Relief and Development unit Dear Friends, In September and October last year, UnitingWorld respond to the urgent needs of several of... Read More »

Pacific Partners Return to Normal after Bracing for Tsunami Warning

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Share UnitingWorld’s Partner Churches in the Pacific have returned to normal after bracing for a possible tsunami that was predicted to hit Pacific island nations during early Sunday morning. Emergency evacuations were carried out in response to regular warnings issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, who indicated that a tsunami was generated by the earthquake that struck off the coast of... Read More »

An Update from Samoa

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Share Last week, Rob Floyd Associate Director Relief and Development, met with leaders from the Methodist Church in Samoa to discuss relief efforts. The leaders took Rob to a village, Satitoa, in South-East Upolu that suffered the loss of 15 lives as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. He has reported back on the impact of the disaster on this village and the relief effort that is planned for the... Read More »