Rotary in Fiji is providing immediate response to those severely affected by the recent and ongoing flooding.

Rotary New Zealand World Community Service (Stuart Batty) and District 9920 Governor Alan Eyes are in regular communication with Fiji.

There is a coordinated response being managed by Rotarian Bob Niranjan with distribution of prepositioned Emergency Response Kits and food parcels being assembled and delivered to families and communities.

Rotarians in New Zealand have asked how they can assist personally. We invite all Rotarians and others, to consider making a donation to purchase a NZ $40 food parcel which will provide basic non-perishables for a family of four for a week. These are being supplied to Rotary on credit in good faith by grocery merchants in Fiji.
As money is urgently needed

Donations would be appreciated to the Rotary New Zealand 2012 Fiji Flood Appeal via:
• Rotary New Zealand World Community Service http://www.rnzwcs.org where there is a PayPal credit card facility, or
• Internet banking telegraphic transfer to Westpac Banking Corporation, Wellington, NZ account number 03 1702 0192208 02 (international donors will also require Swift Code WPACNZ2W, IBAN Code 031702) for account name RNZWCS Limited (Rotary New Zealand), and include reference Fiji Flood , and/or donor name and club
• Cheque made payable to RNZWCS Limited posted to PO Box 20309, Christchurch 8543, New Zealand
Donations are tax deductible within NZ.
If the food parcel appeal is oversubscribed, then the surplus will be used to directly assist those in need and/or replenish the Emergency Response Kits.
Rotary in New Zealand also requests clubs to consider making a donation to replenish the Emergency Response Kits which are currently being distributed. A suggested figure is $600 per kit. www.rnzwcs,org provides more details.


FOOD DISTRIBUTION
DAY 1
26/01/12

Hard working Torika head of Andrews Primary School evacuation center in Nadi receives 22 packs of basic food items from RC Lautoka President Rick Eyre.
Contents per food pack: 4kg flour, 2 kg rice, 2kg sugar, 2kg potatoes, 1kg onions, 2 pkts breakfast crackers, 2 tins of fish, 1 pkt tea leaves, cooking oil, garlic, noodles. Value $35 each.
The evacuation center at this time had 86 families. Rotary was second behind the group called DEEDS from Suva. Red Cross was not far behind. All foods put together and distributed equally among the evacuated families.

The Operations Center at the District Office in Lautoka.

PP Willy planning next attack after covering a lot of ground in the Drasa area outside Lautoka distributing 58 food packs already.

100 food packs Courtesy of RB Patel. Value $35.
Contents: 3 packs of 5 Noodles, 4x 1.5L water, can opener, 6 pkts breakfast crackers, 4 tins of fish

Pick up of 40 ERK kits from Niranjans storage building.

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