ROTARY NEW ZEALAND WORLD Cyclone Yasa struck on 17 December 2020. 48 safe haven from human traffickers. Primary, secondary hours earlier an alert for a possible call on Rotary’s and tertiary education is empowering the children to COMMUNITY SERVICE Emergency Response Kits response was sounded from become facilitators for development in their own the MFAT Emergency Task Force Centre and Fiji’s communities. Ref. 000 NDMO. 345 kits were placed on immediate standby with the majority distributed by Rotarians supported 1,300 Children Now Have A School by the NDMO. Yasa was the second Thanks to Friends of Rotary Icon Signatory to the Council for International Development Code of strongest Cyclone after Tropical in Faye Cran Conduct 2016. Eight months after Tropical , the category 5 cyclone had a devastating impact in mostly the northern division of Fiji, including maritime areas. NEWS in BRIEF Generally, communities were returning to some normalcy after the devastation caused by Tropical February 2021 Cyclone Winston in 2016 and Tropical Cyclone Harold in 2020. Tropical Cyclone Yasa has been a EMERGENCY RESPONSE KITS severe setback to that, that had been achieved. It is (ERKs) essential that after each distribution, the Kits are replenished. The attached brochure provides

information for sending donations with additional Cyclone Yasa Response information available on www.rnzwcs.org Ref. 308

Empowering Vulnerable Children Friends of Faye Cran well-know of her remarkable and devoted efforts which every day, support those most in need in ways most others only ponder. Faye is known by those who have been recipients of her life's work as Mama Kuku and Mama Faye. Rotary and other groups have recognised Faye in various awards, and now there is a school that honours her work. New Zealand Rotarians visiting Faye some years ago expressed a desire to undertake a major project that would epitomise Faye's Service above Self. After much cajoling, the Faye Cran Chem Chem Primary School and the Mama Kuku Preschool has been built and is functioning in a community that was in desperate need of a primary and a preschool. 16 classrooms, staff

room, ablution blocks, rain water harvesting, soccer The Rescue Mission for Children Inc. began in 1994. and netball fields are included. Many Rotarians who Its purpose is to support the social advancement and have visited Tanzania during the past 20 years as economic development of the Akha Hill tribe group donors and volunteers have experienced Faye's and its children, although its doors are open to any generosity, hospitality and energy as she chaperoned children in need of care. The Rescue Mission for them to the dozens of projects undertaken before and during that time. Rotarians in New Zealand and Children is located in the Mekong Highlands of Thailand, in the Provence of Chiang Rai. It supports elsewhere as well as members of the general public NZHC Fiji Jonathan Curr have contributed. Ref. 406 Inspects the Kits prior to Distribution vulnerable Hill Tribe children, giving medical & health care, nutritious food, shelter, an education and a

COVID – 19 –

Pictures Tell a Thousand Words Thanks to an MFAT/RNZWCS Grant Delivery of talo futuna planting materials to Youth planting a kauri tree on a community plot The Activity to: a) distribute seeds/seedlings/cuttings, community plot b) facilitate sharing of existing seedlings between farmers to supplement seed distributions, c) farm land clearance, land preparation, fencing and e) provide technical assistance to assist small-holder farmers. This initiative focuses on the immediate livelihoods and agricultural humanitarian needs on Tongatapu Island (incorporating Adata and Eveiki Islands as a designated part of Tongatapu, most affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. It reaches 38 Communities i.e., 18,398 (9,138 male / 9,260 female) COVID-19 pandemic-affected people through livelihoods rehabilitation to restore and maintain food security, dignity and quality of life. Ref. 777

Plant kauri on a community plot Farmer receiving taro suckers for their plantation

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Completion of land preparation