More aid for Fiji needed
PA Auckland A New Zealand Christian World Services team visiting hurricane-devastated areas of Fiji will recommend more money for food, housing, and school reconstruction, says a Methodist minister, the Rev. Wallace Chapman, of Nelson. A five-month drought had already stretched Fijian Government resources, he said yesterday in Auckland after a two-week visit to the islands. Sugar cane farmers alone were suffering from a SF3O
million deficit when production after severe hurricane damage was impeded. A total of $2 million in official overseas aid (some from New Zealand) had been received, plus $102,000 from overseas church agencies, said Mr Chapman. Church aid was administered by the Fijian Council of Churches, which had provided roofing iron and timber and food rations for those in need. Fiji was struck by Hurricane Oscar on March 1 this year, then by Hurricane Sara several days later.
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Press, 25 June 1983, Page 9
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146More aid for Fiji needed Press, 25 June 1983, Page 9
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