Letter as sent to Stuart Batty, Director, RNZWCS Ltd (Rotary New Zealand):
G'day Stuart
The Director of NDMO, Shadrack Welegtabit,has asked that we send a note of
appreciation for the Emergency Response Kits provided by Rotary New Zealand.
I understand a mention should go to the Rotary Club of Otahuhu who packed
the kits and of course your Rotary colleagues in Port Vila and Luganville.
I have just returned from Santo, so saw first hand the quality and variety
of your relief items. In addition, the excellent plastic boxes that
protecting the materiel during transportation will also have a very useful
secondary life with the communities you are assisting in Santo.
The assessment mission identified, in the remote and isolated West Coast
2 communities, 16 families in Patmel and Wunavai and boarding school at
Selusia, for immediate assistance.
The school with nearly 100 pupils and teachers lost roofing and the
important school gardens were badly damaged.
The Rotary assistance, with other urgent supplies are being delivered to
these locations.
As they are remote,in fact several boat days away and expensive to reach,
our teams are using a Police launch.
It was mentioned when the Emergency Response Kits were handed over that
Rotary was thinking of pre-positioning in Vanuatu additional kits. This is
something very useful and would be warmly welcomed, if you inform NDMO, we
would again facilitate customs and duty exemptions. We would also added the
details to our in country emergency stock database.
The Rotary assistance was very welcome and much appreciated by Vanuatu.
On behalf of Director Shadrack and the NDMO team
Many thanks
Terry
Terry Lewis
Emergency Logistics Coordinator
National Disaster Management Office
Vanuatu
More information: www.rnzwcs.org
