Children, backed by youths from the ethnic minority group of Rennell and Bellona Islands, residing in the national capital of the Solomon Islands, Honiara, had taken the initiative of reaching out to children in the flood zones of White River, West Honiara and East Honiara.
“It’s heart breaking to visit and see some of these people….they have nothing at all”, said community and church leader, Johnie Tangimatai Tango.
“We are targeting children in our effort to assist flood victims as a recognition of their special needs”, he said.
“Children have specific and immediate needs as victims of the recent flood, but their needs and wants are tacked under the general welfare of their parents and families”.
Mr Tango thanks a number of local and overseas donors, who have responded positively to their initial appeal and provided clothing, cooking utensils, garden tools and basic medicines such as aspirins, Panadol, which they were able to distribute to the needy.
A media report last week highlighted two incidents in one of the care centers, Panatina pavilion, where a child had died of ill health due to poor sanitation and health hazard abolition block. And the second case occurs when a group of adults fought over food.
Some tertiary nursing students of the youth group were able to carry out surveys in the disaster zones, which showed that the affected families are still a long way from getting their life back to normal.
He said most assistance given by aid donors and channeled through normal humanitarian organizations in the national capital are only enough for the flood victims in government established care centers.
According to Tango, most victims of the flood zone in West Honiara, who were turned back by the care centers due to overflowing capacity are still waiting for anyone to help them.
Most of these families have nothing left in their possession and homes. Some of them don’t even have a home. They live under open and makeshift shelters build from a collection of materials from houses and homes, which were destroyed by the flood.
They simply survive by sharing the little things they received from friends, relatives and small church groups, who have visited them so far.
Many families, who are living along the Mataniko river, Lunga river and White river, are urgently needing help of many sort, especially water tanks and basic tools to help in their cleaning up.
“The situations in many of these areas are so desperate. It is heart breaking to see families with children still struggling with even the most basic things".
Some of these families do not have a home or shelter to start with. They did not own cooking utensils, water tanks and even water-bottles to fetch water for drinking, let alone clothing, gardening tools and proper toilets.
The demands for basic things like cups, drinking bottles, cooking ports, plates, spoons and kitchen utensils, household stuff, food and clothing to name a few, are urgently needed in these disaster zones.
Many families have nothing at all and the worse part of it is there are many children. Some of them are going around with their little naked bodies because of lack of clothing.
There are many good Samaritans in the non-flooding areas in Honiara, who are willingly giving and offering help but they are not enough and only restricted to what they can afford to give.
Mr Tango said his target group are children and so far, they have distributed some of the donations that many good people in Honiara and few overseas friends have contributed.
Despite the generosity of their donors, many families are still missing out.
He appeals for donors to provide water tanks, water containers to fetch and store water for drinking, gardening tools and clothing for young children.
According to Mr Tango, the group is continuing its work and appealing for assistance from willing donors.
Contact: (677)7606089 for donations. To overseas donors, send donations through our church account, but narrate it as “Avaiki Students flood response”. Notify Johnie Tango jtango@adventist.org.sb copy to Church CFO (Frazer Alekevu) falekevu@adventist.org.sb .
Send us your donation to: Account Name: SDA Church-Solomon Islands. A/C no: 9000390301. Swift code: NBSISBSB. Address: P O Box R145, Ranandi, Palm Drive, Lungga, Honiara
Physical Bank Address: Bank South Pacific, P O Box37, Mendana Avenue, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Donors will receive regular updates and financial report of their help via email. As of today, we have already provided five financial reports and updates to our initial donors over the past three and half weeks.
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| White River area opposites the clinic |
“We are targeting children in our effort to assist flood victims as a recognition of their special needs”, he said.
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| A stand alone small hut in the midst of debris |
Mr Tango thanks a number of local and overseas donors, who have responded positively to their initial appeal and provided clothing, cooking utensils, garden tools and basic medicines such as aspirins, Panadol, which they were able to distribute to the needy.
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| Children in the flood zones, who had received clothing from donors. |
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| Children preparing to take clothing to children flood victims |
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| Children feeding children in the flood zone |
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| The supporting team to the children program |
He said most assistance given by aid donors and channeled through normal humanitarian organizations in the national capital are only enough for the flood victims in government established care centers.
According to Tango, most victims of the flood zone in West Honiara, who were turned back by the care centers due to overflowing capacity are still waiting for anyone to help them.
Most of these families have nothing left in their possession and homes. Some of them don’t even have a home. They live under open and makeshift shelters build from a collection of materials from houses and homes, which were destroyed by the flood.
They simply survive by sharing the little things they received from friends, relatives and small church groups, who have visited them so far.
Many families, who are living along the Mataniko river, Lunga river and White river, are urgently needing help of many sort, especially water tanks and basic tools to help in their cleaning up.
“The situations in many of these areas are so desperate. It is heart breaking to see families with children still struggling with even the most basic things".
Some of these families do not have a home or shelter to start with. They did not own cooking utensils, water tanks and even water-bottles to fetch water for drinking, let alone clothing, gardening tools and proper toilets.
The demands for basic things like cups, drinking bottles, cooking ports, plates, spoons and kitchen utensils, household stuff, food and clothing to name a few, are urgently needed in these disaster zones.
Many families have nothing at all and the worse part of it is there are many children. Some of them are going around with their little naked bodies because of lack of clothing.
There are many good Samaritans in the non-flooding areas in Honiara, who are willingly giving and offering help but they are not enough and only restricted to what they can afford to give.
Mr Tango said his target group are children and so far, they have distributed some of the donations that many good people in Honiara and few overseas friends have contributed.
Despite the generosity of their donors, many families are still missing out.
He appeals for donors to provide water tanks, water containers to fetch and store water for drinking, gardening tools and clothing for young children.
According to Mr Tango, the group is continuing its work and appealing for assistance from willing donors.
Contact: (677)7606089 for donations. To overseas donors, send donations through our church account, but narrate it as “Avaiki Students flood response”. Notify Johnie Tango jtango@adventist.org.sb copy to Church CFO (Frazer Alekevu) falekevu@adventist.org.sb .
Send us your donation to: Account Name: SDA Church-Solomon Islands. A/C no: 9000390301. Swift code: NBSISBSB. Address: P O Box R145, Ranandi, Palm Drive, Lungga, Honiara
Physical Bank Address: Bank South Pacific, P O Box37, Mendana Avenue, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Donors will receive regular updates and financial report of their help via email. As of today, we have already provided five financial reports and updates to our initial donors over the past three and half weeks.
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