Hi all ,
An update on Port
Vila ,
Things here are
being cleaned up fairly quickly with the trees been cleared away off the roads
and power lines being lifted, also the ring road around Efate is now been fixed
with about 4 bridges being temporary repaired so access to Port Vila can happen
and food to be distributed to outer village from Efate and from here the
smaller island very close to Efate can also get food & water to them by the
little boats .
The outer
Islands we ourselves haven’t been able to hear or
see what is happening and I guess you would have a better view of what its like
as you have TV coverage and we only have cell phones and they are still down
and may be for quite awhile to these outer island. Its quite hard for us as
many of our friends are on these outer Island so we are trying to get snippets
of information of how thing are going.
We have got two new
flat mates with us in Sutherland house its Graham & Maebry Reid from ChCh
who were out at Onesua College and they decided to move back into Port Vila and
give their staff house to the Principle & family who no longer have a house
and were sleeping on a table as about 6 buildings are destroyed.
The People at
Onesua were looking down the barrel of the cyclone as it came towards them
about 20km out at sea so the college took a big hit and had no protection as it
very close to the sea and one house was swamped by waves as it was coming in
off the sea
The 15 winter men
who we looked after at the Wairau Valley lost nearly every house at Tekara as
they live on the beach only 5 min walk from Onesua
We have had a
couple of families move into the other 2 units of Sutherland house as they have
lost roofs.
The Australian Army
and other Organization , unicef and Redcross ,are all here and are waiting to
have all the assessments done for the outer Island and returned so the correct
places get the correct help. Something similar to what happened in the ChCh
earthquakes. Mean while the clean up continues.
Its good to have
the Reid’s here to share and to support each other
As time moves on
things will pick up and work to support others will start so at present we will
be put into teams like Finance, Logistic, church support teams, NGO liaison
team, Overseas supporting church teams, volunteer Coordination.
These teams will
help as Aid comes in and we are asked to help anywhere
So at present the
major Relief Organizations like Army, Red cross, Unicef are in full force but
we know it will be our turn soon to help
Both Gloria & I
are OK and we thank you for your support prayers and wonderful words of
encouragement so we hope this keep you informed
Love Neville &
Gloria
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