Samoa

19 December 2012

Red Cross societies organize rapid response as Cyclone Evan hammers Samoa and Fiji

By Patrick Fuller Over the past five days Samoa and Fiji have felt the full force of Cyclone Evan as it tracked across the Pacific. Evan made landfall in Samoa on 13 December as a category 3 tropical storm.  Apia, the capital of Samoa, experienced extensive flooding and there was widespread damage to buildings and critical infrastructu...
Samoa: Nella’s story – a home at last
29 September 2010

Samoa: Nella’s story – a home at last

“I can sleep at night now – maybe because I’m so happy,” Nella Tufugafale says.
Samoa: protecting families from future disasters
29 September 2010

Samoa: protecting families from future disasters

Falefata Elaulau looks across the foundations of his new home to the distant sea below.
14 June 2010

Samoa: Little girls lost

With rebuilding underway and tropical regrowth masking a landscape scarred by last September’s tsunami, internal wounds are still raw in Samoa eight months on.
Samoa: Hands and feet of tsunami response
6 October 2009

Samoa: Hands and feet of tsunami response

Nearly a week after an earthquake and tsunami that caused the worst disaster in living memory, tools and water are top priorities for the Samoa Red Cross Society ...
5 October 2009

Samoa: Humanitarian diary

On 29 September, an 8.
2 October 2009

Humanitarian diary: Tears and generosity in Samoa

On 29 September, an 8.

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