The data presented here was collected via the World Food Programme's mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) survey through telephone interviews conducted across eleven districts using...
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Samoa - mVAM Bulletin - September 2023
The data presented here was collected via the World Food Programme's mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) survey through telephone interviews conducted across eleven districts using...
Scoping Study on Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition and Managing Risks and Shocks in Asia and the Pacific Through Support to Social Protection Systems - Samoa (February 2023)
Executive Summary Samoa is a small island state comprising approximately 200,000 people. Informal and traditional forms of social protection are the most common forms of support to those vulnerable...
WFP and Government of Samoa hold first ever technical workshop in Samoa to bolster market monitoring for food security
APIA: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with Samoa’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the University of South Pacific conducted a two-day workshop on critical...
Samoa Secures a Sustainable Future with New Ocean Strategy
The Honourable Prime Minister and partners launched the Samoa Ocean Strategy to effectively conserve long-standing economic, subsistence, and cultural benefits from our ocean into the future. Apia,...
Food security and food consumption in Samoa: Based on the analysis of the 2018 household income and expenditure survey
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The high rate of adult obesity observed in Samoa (almost 46 percent in 2016) points to access to an amount of dietary energy that is well above the minimum amount of dietary energy...
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Partnering to improve food security and income-earning opportunities
Samoa joined FAO in 1979 and has hosted the FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands since 1996, covering 14 island states. Over the past 35 years, FAO assistance has focused on building the...
After Cyclone Evan
In December 2012, Tropical Cyclone Evan tore through Samoa. In January, Stephanie Lalor, Pacific Islands Program Coordinator for Caritas Australia, caught up with the staff and volunteers at Caritas...
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Pacific: Tropical Cyclone Evan Situation Report No. 10 (as of 25 Jan 2013)
Highlights Both Samoa and Fiji are transitioning from humanitarian response to early recovery and rehabilitation. 2,729 houses have been destroyed or severely damaged affecting approximately 17,000...
Samoa government calls off Evan state of emergency
Posted at 19:21 on 20 January, 2013 UTC The State of Emergency declared in Samoa following tropical cyclone Evan has expired. Read the full article on Radio New Zealand International
Appeal to help Samoan farms affected by Cyclone Evan
In December, Tropical Cyclone Evan left a trail of destruction across the Pacific. Appeal to help Samoan farms affected by Cyclone Evan (Credit: ABC) Hardest hit were Samoa and Fiji, and both...
Samoan farmers urged to replant tree cuttings
Updated 4 January 2013, 15:16 AEST Samoan farmers are being urged to replant fallen fruit trees rather than simply cut them up for firewood. The NGO Women in Business is offering advice on the best...
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Pacific: Tropical Cyclone Evan Situation Report No. 6 (as of 23 Dec 2012)
Highlights 2,714 people remain in 59 Evacuation Centers in Fiji, down from 11,676 on 20 December. 1 man is missing at sea in Fiji. Typhoid outbreak of 18 cases in Ba district, Fiji. 5,500 people...
The need is great following destruction in Samoa
Caritas Australia, the international aid and development agency of the Catholic Church in Australia, is spearheading emergency relief efforts in Samoa, following Cyclone Evan, that’s left at least...
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Pacific: Tropical Cyclone Evan Situation Report No. 5 (as of 20 Dec 2012)
Highlights • 11,676 remain in Evacuation Centers in the Northern, Central and Western Divisions in Fiji. • Preliminary assessments of damage to crops and livestock in Fiji is estimated to be US$30...
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Cyclone Evan – ADRA responds in Samoa and Fiji
Wahroonga, New South Wales — Following Cyclone Evan’s destructive path across the South Pacific, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is assisting some of those most seriously affected...
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NGOs working to provide clean water in Samoa following cyclone Evan
Posted at 22:36 on 18 December, 2012 UTC Ensuring those families that have been displaced by Cyclone Evan stay healthy, is being seen as crucial over the coming days as Samoa deals with the cyclone’s...
Caritas Australia opens Pacific Emergency Appeal
Since Tropical Cyclone Evan hit Samoa on Thursday 13 December four deaths have been confirmed and Caritas Samoa Director, Puletini Tuala says 20 people are missing, more than 4,500 people are in...
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Samoa and Fiji: Tropical Cyclone Evan - Information Bulletin n° 1
This bulletin is being issued for information only and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...
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Pacific: Tropical Cyclone Evan Situation Report No. 3 (as of 17 Dec 2012)
Highlights Extensive damage is feared after Tropical Cyclone Evan passed right over the western coastline of Fiji, one of the most populated areas. There is no detailed information available as yet...