1. Executive summary Introduction On 15 January 2022, the explosion of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haapai (HTHH), two sister underwater volcano located in an uninhabited area about 65 kilometres north of...
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Tonga | Volcano and Tsunami - Operation Update #5 (18-month Report), Emergency Appeal N° MDRTO002
SITUATION ANALYSIS The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano on 15 January 2022 was the largest recorded since the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The eruption triggered tsunami waves...
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Let’s build on 75 years of health progress in the Pacific to achieve a healthier future: Tonga Ministry of Health, SPC, WHO
Suva, Fiji and Nuku’alofa, Tonga, 7 April 2023 – The Tongan Ministry of Health, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are jointly celebrating the 75th anniversary of...
ADB, Tonga Sign $10 Million Grant to Help in Disaster Response from Natural Hazards, Health Emergencies
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (15 March 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tonga today signed a $10 million grant agreement to help the country expedite its recovery from disasters...
Tonga | Volcano and Tsunami - Operation update #4 (12-month report), Emergency Appeal N° MDRTO002
To date, this Emergency Appeal, which seeks CHF 4 million, is fully funded. With the appeal funding, the Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS) and IFRC will assist approximately 17,000 people (2,833...
Children still afraid one year on from volcanic eruption in Tonga
TONGA, 14 January 2023 - Children are still displaced, afraid and have faced significant disruptions to their education, one year on from a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami that damaged or...
Tonga rebuilds local communities with disaster recovery programs one year since volcanic blast, earthquake and tsunami
One year since the underwater volcanic eruption that struck Tonga in January 2022 Caritas Tonga, together with its partners, have developed a long-term recovery program to support local communities...
Tonga launches new laboratory to test for COVID-19 and other diseases
8 December 2022 Joint News Release Nuku'alofa, Tonga The Ministry of Health of Tonga opened a new laboratory in Vaiola Hospital yesterday with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and...
UNICEF – Ministry of Internal Affairs launch TOP1.5million Humanitarian Cash Transfer Programme
Tonga 17 October 2022 – UNICEF and the Ministry of Internal Affairs launched a new social protection initiative on Humanitarian Cash Transfers today. The TOP 1.5 million funding will support Tongan...
Tonga: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tonga
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with Tonga Washington, DC : The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation 1 with Tonga. ...
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New Zealand announces new partnership to develop Tonga’s resilient health workforce
HON NANAIA MAHUTA Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has concluded her visit to Tonga, meeting the Minister of Health Dr Saia Piukala and frontline healthcare workers in Nuku’alofa. “As a country in and...
Let’s re-imagine education: Tonga boosts efforts to ensure all its children are able to access quality education
Nuku’alofa, TONGA, 11 August 2022 – “If we possess and action our four pillars of Tongan values (Faa‘i Kavei Koula) to re-imagine education, everything balances itself out and us, as children, are...
Tonga | Volcano and Tsunami - Operation update #3 (Six month report), Emergency Appeal N° MDRTO002
This Emergency Appeal, was increased from CHF 2,500,000 to CHF 4,000,000 on 6 April 2022. Based on hard and soft pledges, the Emergency Appeal is currently fully funded. With the appeal funding, the...
Stepping Up Immediate Support to Tonga After a “Once in a Millennium” Natural Catastrophe
The 2022 eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano and subsequent tsunami caused over $90 million in damages impacting approximately 85,000 Tongans (85 percent of the country’s...
Rapid market assessment for Tsunami affected population in the island of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga
Introduction: General Introduction: The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano erupted on the evening of 15 January 2022. The Government of Tonga and humanitarian partners report that the...
Tonga, Asia Pacific | Volcano and Tsunami - Emergency Appeal N°: MDRTO002 - Revised Operational Strategy (Revision # 1)
TIMELINE 15 January 2022: The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai erupted and was followed by a tsunami. 16 January 2022: TRCS commenced needs assessments and worked with the Government of Tonga to commence...
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WFP Pacific Country Brief April 2022
Highlights US$ 0 six months (May-October 2022) net funding requirements Food Security & Livelihoods • The regional Pacific Food Security Cluster (rPFSC) coordinated activities to support knowledge...
Caritas Tonga Report on the immediate responses during the Volcanic eruption and Covid-19 crisis (January-February 2022)
Tongatapu Emergency Relief Distribution Through the Prepositioning Stock Project, Caritas Tonga worked in partnership with the Tonga National Youth Congress in cooperation with the National Emergency...
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Japan and UNICEF partnership to support the Kingdom of Tonga’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
Nuku’alofa, Tonga 4 May 2022 – The Government of Japan has handed over a speedboat, procured by UNICEF, to the Ministry of Health in the Kingdom of Tonga to boost COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the...
Tonga: Red Cross tackles triple disaster - COVID-19, volcanic fallout, tsunami
Kuala Lumpur/Suva 15 April 2022 – Three months on from the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami, the Pacific island nation of Tonga is battling another disaster: its first serious outbreak of...