Measles Samoa Fund Appeal

Tuala Tagaloa Tusani and Leapai Richard Brown of ASA Foundation with Good Samaritans Doris from USA and Christina as part of the MEASLES SAMOA FUND APPEAL (MS19) and relief work presenting your kind assistance to James and Alice Ati, parents of 3 months old baby Moefilifili Victoria, at his grave at Ma’agiagi.

ASA Foundation and partners have been on the ground in Samoa for 5 weeks now providing financial assistance to families that have lost a loved one to measles.

If you want your donation to go straight to support these families, we urge you to please donate to the Givealittle page MEASLES SAMOA FUND APPEAL: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-donate-to-measles-samoa-fund-appeal

ASA Foundation is grateful to companies, churches, organisations and individuals who have partnered with us to ensure there is a well coordinated operation to reach the people in need as soon as resources are available. Most donors that have contacted us wants assurance that their donations goes directly to the people.

Report to date of donations through ASA Foundation and partners:

1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Supported 32 families to date. 43 more families to go as donations becomes available. Today the most urgent assistance needed by the families directly affected with the loss of a child is financial assistance to give the children a proper burial. This work continues until we have helped every family that have lost a love one.

2. COFFINS & FUNERAL EXPENSE: ASA Foundation is offering a coffin donated by Kiwi Coffin Club in New Zealand and a financial contribution to the funeral service expense to ensure every child has the opportunity for a proper burial. If your family or know of a family that is struggling with funeral cost. We want to help. Please contact us. This assistance is available for as long as it’s needed.

3. RELIEF SUPPLY: A 20 footer container of nappies, wipers, children care supply, masks, gloves and hospital supply from Auckland arrives in Samoa this week. Donated supply from across New Zealand have been transported to Auckland free of charge courtesy of Main Freight. Another 20 footer container from Auckland and a 40 footer container of supplies from outside of Auckland will be shipped to Samoa later this month with the help of EIF International and Henderdon Cars. A container is also coming from Australia courtesy of appeal partner J & R Enterprise in Sydney.

All this would not have been possible without the dedicated teams of volunteer partners below:

1. Marlborough: Lynette Leota

2. Christchurch: Martha Tuli

3. Wellington: Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa

4. Palmerston North: Fatima Sae

5. Levin:

6. Auckland - EIF International Aaone Culham

7. Auckland - Henderson Cars Tofiga Fepulea'i

8. Auckland - Main Freight

9. Auckland - Maketi Samoa SSetu Mua, Jenkins Tesese

10. Auckland - Pacific Ezy Allan Stowers

11. Auckland - GMana Galumalemana Tai Galumalemana

12. Auckland- Tavita Lefale

13. Sydney: Shearer Pule Maiava

14. Sydney: J & R Enterprise Sita Taalili

4. FUNDRAISERS: Thank you to individuals, groups, churches and companies that have chosen to donate and partner with ASA Foundation. The MS19 appeal is direct from donors to the people affected... right now, not a week or a month later. We welcome anyone who wants to partner with ASA Foundation.

5. LIBRARY BOOKS: ASA Foundation and partners will be working through Christmas and New Year with the library book drive. Watch this space.

6. FLYING VOLUNTEERS: ASA Foundation is on the ground in Samoa up to the end of February 2020. If you are in Samoa and wish to join our volunteer team on the ground, contact Tofilau Esther Tofilau 021 029 26670. ASA Foundation is coordinating a team of flying volunteers from New Zealand and Australia to Samoa in January and another group in February. Join us!

We acknowledge the significant humanitarian and medical assistance offered by the international community. We are also very grateful to the generosity of ordinary New Zealanders and our Samoan people who are donating nappies, wipers, masks, gloves, hygiene and other supply to assist children that are hospitalised.

We are reaching out to you and anyone that is able to donate funds as this is the quickest way to get help to the families that have lost a child, especially the numbers keep rising. The crisis of the mind and the heart also deserves attention and support.

CLICK link to view update: https://youtu.be/Rgnhpx7qol4

Contact Tuala Tagaloa Tusani on (+6421) 0223-8663 or email tagaloatusani@gmail.com if you wish to be involved in the collection of hygiene supply for Samoa. We have collection points in Auckland and Sydney with other overseas cities to be confirmed soon.

Please share our updates to people that care of what’s happening in Samoa. If you want to help and for more information contact Teleiai Edwin Puni on (+6421) 618-042 or email: edwin@puni.co.nz

ASA Foundation is only able to help these grieving families because of ordinary people responding to our call for action. The MEASLES SAMOA FUND APPEAL goes directly to the people affected as you can see.

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