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03 May 2012
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Situation Update 11 – Fiji Western Division Floods

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Prepared: 1600hrs Tuesday 02nd May, 2012

KEY UPDATES:

  • Replenishing Health relief stocks in the West branches

  • Health Items distributed based on current needs

  • Health promotion with District Health Teams in identified risk areas

24 Apr 2012
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Situation Update 10 – Fiji Western Division Floods

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Prepared: 1600hrs Tuesday 24th April, 2012

KEY UPDATES:

• Replenishing stocks in the West branches

• Health Items distributed based on current needs

• Focus on Health issues and health promotion in affected areas

• National Office team Redeployment by 25th April

19 Apr 2012
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Situation Update 9 – Fiji Western Division Floods

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Prepared: 1800hrs Thursday 19th April, 2012

KEY UPDATES:

• Replenishing stocks in the West branches
• Distribution of relief items based on current needs
• Assistance in Nayawa Evacuation Center, Sigatoka
• Health support from FRCS to affected areas
• Identified needs from the field

17 Apr 2012
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Situation Update 8 – Western Division Floods

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KEY UPDATES:
• Replenishing stocks in the West branches
• Distribution of relief items
• UNFPA to supply FRCS with Dignity Packs by Wednesday 18/04

13 Apr 2012
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Situation Update 7 – Western Division Floods

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KEY UPDATES:
• Replenishing stocks in the West branches
• Distribution of relief items
• FRCS assist affected communities with cleaning equipments
• UNFPA in planning with FRCS on Dignity Packs to be distributed in the West

12 Apr 2012
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Situation Update 6 – Western Division Floods

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KEY UPDATES:

  • Replenishing stocks in the West branches
  • Australian Red Cross assistance
  • Distribution of relief items in all West branches
  • FRCS has assisted West branches with cleaning equipments　　

SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW

10 Apr 2012
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Situation Update 5 – Western Division Floods

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Prepared: 1900hrs Wednesday 8th April, 2012

KEY UPDATES:

  • Assessment and Distribution continuing in all West branches
  • National Office replenishing stocks in the West branches
  • More WASH Kits from UNICEF

SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW

03 Feb 2012
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Red Cross aids Hygiene and Water Crises

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With disaster relief ongoing in the western branches of Fiji, a team after carrying out assessments while distributing disaster relief packs is now readying to deploy from Fiji Red Cross to help address health and hygiene issues.

30 Dec 2010
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Fiji Red Cross Hopes to Eliminate the Threat of Contaminated Drinking Water

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On 23rd-24th November, Fiji Red Cross Society staff, volunteers, and partner organizations will attend a workshop where they will learn how to operate a newly designed portable water purification system. The Nomad system, at a value of approximately $75,000 USD, was generously donated to the Fiji Red Cross Society by Australian Red Cross. This technology is the first of its kind in Fiji.

"One of the highest priorities when responding to a disaster is securing safe drinking water. People cannot survive without water," said Annie Rogers, Fiji Red Cross National

28 Jul 2010
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Annual Report 2009

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MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT

It is always a pleasure for me to write this Report. This is because it gives me an opportunity to reflect on our Society, our work, our achievements and to contemplate where we go from here. Circumstances evolve of course and it is our challenge to remain focused on our objectives, maintaining and improving our standards when carrying out our work and to abide by our Fundamental Principles at all times.

05 Apr 2010
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Fiji: Red Cross Assists Over 7,800 people

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Red Cross is mandated under the Disaster Plan to provide initial relief to victims affected by Disasters. Our TC Tomas, initial relief operations activated in the immediate passing of the Cyclone resulted in the provision of clothing, blankets, shelter (tarpaulins) and water, cooking sets, water purification tablets, hygiene packs and first aid kits to the most vulnerable affected.

The most affected population were identified from collated assessment data between FRCS and other DISMAC teams. Field verification and distributions of FRCS relief were carried out independently

29 Mar 2010
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Red Cross Strengthens Typhoid Awareness Campaign

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As this edition goes to press, Red Cross volunteers are still reaching out to the most remote districts along the Eastern Coast of Vanua Levu to carry assessments and provide initial relief. For our relief teams, the biggest challenge is on the ground communications. Most areas are still without normal communications access and our teams have kept in touch through the use of satellite phones.

As volunteers conducting initial assessments return to their respective Branches in the Northern Division, Health Awareness teams are being deployed to the identified Typhoid "Hot Spot"

28 Mar 2010
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Fiji Red Cross Donations Update

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As we near the completion of Week 2 TC Tomas Relief Operations, Red Cross has continued to receive donations from Individuals, Groups, Companies and Organisations wishing to donate towards our response efforts.

Red Cross has to date, received the following donations:

Donation from Chinese Embassy FJ$95,748

National Appeal FJ$70,520

Other donations

Tents NZRC/ NZAID FJ$49,600

Brand New Clothing Courts Fiji Ltd FJ $25,000

In-flight Blankets Air New Zealand (4,000 pieces)

With relief operations continuing in

21 Mar 2010
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TROPICAL CYCLONE TOMAS: Red Cross Doing More, Doing Better, Reaching Further

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Our Emergency Response Teams' (ERT) currently deployed with DISMAC personnel in affected areas in the Northern Division and Lau Group are now wrapping up their assessments. Teams mobilised in remote islands have also been providing initial relief in the form of clothing, blankets, shelter (tarpaulins) and water. Four of the ten teams deployed last week have returned and are preparing for re-deployment to other villages along the northern and eastern coast of Vanua Levu.

Initial damage assessment reports from isolated islands currently without normal communications are being received

18 Mar 2010
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Fiji: TROPICAL CYCLONE TOMAS: Red Cross Northern Division Operations Strengthened

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Red Cross has today relocated all our Northern Divisions Relief Operations to Labasa to strengthen our response and relief efforts for communities and areas affected in the Division.

Centralised in Labasa, and in close collaboration with our Emergency Response Teams, DISMAC Assessment teams and the Commissioner Northern, the team will be mobilising relief stock as per the field assessment reports which are currently being conducted by our Emergency Response Teams. With 5 Disaster Containers already pre-positioned in the North, reinforcement stock is currently being transported to Labasa.

16 Mar 2010
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Fiji: TROPICAL CYCLONE TOMAS - RED CROSS LAUNCHES CYCLONE APPEAL

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Reports received at our National Office, Divisional Service Centres and Branches on standby during the last 96hours have given us some indication on the relief operations and stock that will be required to help relieve the suffering of the victims of Tropical Cyclone Tomas.

To help us assist all the vulnerable people that have been adversely affected by this Cyclone, Fiji Red Cross is launching a Tropical Cyclone Appeal.

Red Cross has 21 pre-positioned Disaster Containers around the country. Each container holds up to $50,000.00 worth

05 Mar 2010
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Strategic Plan 2010-2014

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Introduction

BACKGROUND

The Fiji Red Cross Society (FRCS) is well-placed to plan and carry out activities over the next five years. The review of the last strategic plan (2006-09) concluded that FRCS had acquitted itself well against the plan but that there was room for improvement in most areas.

01 Oct 2009
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American Samoa
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Situation update from Tonga & Samoa RC

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Situation Update from Tonga Red Cross:

- An aerial survey was conducted of the two islands in the Niuas yesterday afternoon

- Only one of the islands, Niua Tongatapu appears to have been impacted

- The newly positioned TRCS container appears to be intact

- The container has 200 blankets, 100 cooking sets, 100 buckets, 200 tarpaulins and 65 20L water containers

- 2 Red Cross staff are on route to the island with a satellite phone and food

- There eta is 6pm this evening

- Secretary General Sione Taumoefolau

01 Oct 2009
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Samoa
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Fiji Red Cross launches Red Cross Pacific Tsunami Appeal for Samoa and Tonga

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The Fiji Red Cross have today (1/10) donated FJD$10,000 to Samoa Red Cross and $3,000 to Tonga Red Cross to assist them with their immediate relief efforts in the wake of the early morning 8.3 magnitude earthquake and its resulting devastating tsunami yesterday (30/9).

The Fiji Red Cross extends its sympathies and condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this disaster.

"We join all other nations in offering our sincere sympathy to the people of Samoa and Tonga for the devastation, death and heartbreaks caused by the tsunami of 30 September," said

14 Mar 2007
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Press Release 14 Mar 2007 No. 5

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Black Packs Issued to 35 Families

Thirty-five families in Orata, Nayaca, Bulileka Low Cost Housing, Namoli, Batanikama, Vunivaivai and Bobale in Labasa were assisted with Black Packs by the Fiji Red Cross Society today (14/03).

The distribution followed a thorough assessment by a team from the District Administration in Labasa, which included the Fiji Red Cross over the last two days. The families comprised of between four to six people.

Black Packs contain items of clothing, blankets, water collection containers, toiletries, insect repellents and