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 »
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One year on, Samoa continues to recover
Thursday, September 30th, 2010Emergency Appeals 2009 – Update
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Share 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, 2010Share 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, 2009Share 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 »
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