December 24, 2020 7:21 am
The Australian Government will provide $4.5m in humanitarian relief to assist Fijians who suffered the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne says His Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Adelaide will be deployed to provide immediate assistance to the thousands of affected Fijians.
Payne who is set to arrive in Fiji next week says the Pacific region has endured a lot with intensifying cyclones and the shared challenge of COVID-19.
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The Australian Foreign Minister assures that the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort will be taken in accordance with the COVID-19 measures.
Australian sailors will embark on a Christmas eve humanitarian mission to help thousands of people in cyclone-struck Fiji.
HMAS Adelaide will leave Brisbane on Thursday with a crew of about 400 to help the island neighbour recover from category five Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
The system was one of the strongest cyclones recorded in the Pacific, and made landfall on the northern island of Vanua Leva last week.
Destruction On Kia Island and across the North of Fiji after Destruction On Kia Island and across the North of Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa tore through
Torrential rain and gusts up to 345km/h hit the archipelago, which was already ravaged by Tropical Cyclone Harold in April.
Australia stands with our Fijian Vuvale following Tropical Cyclone Yasa
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Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, Minister for Defense
The Australian Government will provide $4.5 million in humanitarian relief to support the people of Fiji in response to the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Additionally, HMAS
Adelaide will be deployed to provide immediate assistance to thousands of Fijians, including many from remote islands, whose homes, schools and other local infrastructure were damaged or destroyed by the category 5 cyclone.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne said
Adelaide will leave Brisbane on 24 December and is expected to arrive in Fiji next week.
Australia providing $4.5 million in humanitarian relief
HMAS Adelaide to be in Fiji next week
Australia providing $4.5 million in humanitarian relief
HMAS Adelaide to be in Fiji next week
HMAS Adelaide [image: Australia in Fiji/Facebook]
$4.5 million in humanitarian relief is being provided by the Australian government to support the people of Fiji in response to the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Australia’s $4.5 million package will include humanitarian relief supplies such as building materials, tents, medical supplies, solar lighting and hygiene kits.
It also includes education supplies to enable children to return to school and support for international and local NGOs and the Fiji Red Cross to aid their work with affected communities.
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