Natural Distasters - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:18:38 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Natural Distasters - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Solomons: Many in still in shelters 18 months after tsunami https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/09/26/solomons-many-still-shelters-18-months-tsunami/ Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:03:04 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=63378

More than 18 months after a tsunami caused widespread destruction in the remote Solomon Islands' Temotu province, more than a hundred families are believed to still be living in temporary shelters. After the disaster struck, almost every affected family was left having to build a shelter for themselves. A permanent housing strategy has been developed Read more

Solomons: Many in still in shelters 18 months after tsunami... Read more]]> More than 18 months after a tsunami caused widespread destruction in the remote Solomon Islands' Temotu province, more than a hundred families are believed to still be living in temporary shelters.

After the disaster struck, almost every affected family was left having to build a shelter for themselves.

A permanent housing strategy has been developed but it's yet to get Cabinet approval.

Temotu Premier Fr. Charles Brown Beu has expressed his gratitude to Red Cross, World Vision, UNDP, Oxfam, Live and Learn and all other organisations that have assisted.

"We just don't have the manpower or experience to completely manage everything on our own right now," he said.

Patterson Fakavai, the Director of the Solomons' Architecture and Building Division says the communities have generally shown great resilience but many still don't have a place to call home.

To assist with recovery and on-going disaster risk management, UNDP has provided the Temotu Provincial Disaster Council with extra support through its Pacific Risk Resilience Programme (PRRP).

A spokesperson from the UNDP in Solomon Islands says a lack of expertise within the National Disaster Management Office, the NDMO, has delayed the recovery for tsunami victims in Temotu province.

 

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Solomons: Many in still in shelters 18 months after tsunami]]> 63378 Catholic communities help victims of the Torokina eruption https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/09/23/catholic-communities-help-victims-torokina-eruption/ Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:03:37 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=63387

On September 7 all Catholic communities in Bougainville held a special collection for the victims of the Bagana eruption on the south-western part of the island on August 17. The Diocese of Bougainville estimates that 1380 people have been affected by the eruption. The local villages most affected are those living in the hills below Read more

Catholic communities help victims of the Torokina eruption... Read more]]> On September 7 all Catholic communities in Bougainville held a special collection for the victims of the Bagana eruption on the south-western part of the island on August 17.

The Diocese of Bougainville estimates that 1380 people have been affected by the eruption.

The local villages most affected are those living in the hills below Bagana.

Gardens and water sources have been damaged and a number of people are being looked after at care centres.

They have experienced contamination of drinking water tanks and the closure to two primary schools in the area.

The Diocese of Bougainville is joining efforts with the national and local autonomous government.

Bagana is 1750 metres high and is also one of the world's most active volcanoes.

The Torokina district around Bagana has a population estimated to be 6000 people who are scattered and isolated.

The closest location is accessible by banana boat, a trip that takes 4 hours from Buka.

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