Water is a crucial human resource, providing nourishment, hygiene, and crop growth. For Samoan communities living in vulnerable villages, accessing water remains a challenge. Despite their proximity...
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Accessing Safe Water in Samoa
Access to safe, clean water for drinking and hygiene purposes is one of the key environmental issues monitored by Caritas through its State of the Environment for Oceania report, released on St...
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Caritas mobilises in Pacific for cyclone relief
Caritas agencies in the Pacific are mobilising to provide cyclone relief and assistance to thousands of people in Samoa, Fiji and elsewhere affected by Cyclone Evan. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has...
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Caritas breaks quarter million in Pacific Tsunami appeal
Four weeks after the devastating tsunami that killed almost 200 hundred people in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has received more than $250,000 in a generous response...
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The next steps in Samoa
A Samoan man walks through debris of his neighbourhood near Lalomanu on the southern coast of Western Samoa September 30, 2009, as he looks for a matching shoe. His village was destroyed by a...
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Caritas delivers aid as fear of increased death toll in Samoa
"We were there within 5-6 hours after the tsunami struck delivering assistance. The devastation was astronomical, worse than anything I have ever seen", said Peter Bendinelli Chair of Caritas Samoa. ...
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Samoa: Pacific tsunami causes severe destruction
Caritas teams say that a significant tsunami triggered by an 8.3-magnitude earthquake in the South Pacific has caused appalling destruction on the Samoa islands. The quake struck at dawn, causing a...