Women Are Unsung Heroes

Women Are Unsung Heroes

By George Siapu in Gizo

The Premier of Western Province, Mr. Alex Lokopio has praised the mothers who have reacted heroically in the face of danger during the earthquake and tsunami that had swept and buried their homes and loved ones.

Premier Lokopio expressed his profound gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to the women who have consolidated themselves and worked hard to organize the memorial service held this morning at the JFK Stadium in Gizo to remember those who have lost their lives on 2nd April.

He told the women that he regarded them as silent heroes.

Speaking during the remembrance-day service, which was marked nation wide as a public holiday, Premier Lokopio said that the mothers are the silent heroes in this deadly tsunami and stressed that if it had not been for the heroic acts taken by this mothers to save their children the loss of lives could have been much worse.

“The gathering here this morning enables us to here words of comfort so let us all grieve as one nation”, Mr. Lokopio said.

Women from various church denominations in Gizo converged at the JFK Stadium in unison to pray, sing and present wreaths to remember the mothers, fathers and children who have died in the tsunami which devastated the western province early this month.

The women have expressed in their own gentle and motherly way that the tsunami, though perilous, has brought unity and hope amongst women from each respective churches.

Meanwhile, Premeir Lokopio has extended his appreciation to RAMSI for providing the helicopter which enabled him to see for himself the stricken areas.

“I am left speechless when I see tears in the eyes of the victims who lost everything”, he said.

“I must also thank the Prime Minister and his delegation for making it possible for me to visit most of the stricken areas”, he added.

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