TSUNAMI
Samoa, 29 September, 2009

Sunset Lalomanu Beach 2009

An account of the tsunami disaster,
the response, its aftermath, acknowledgement
and the trek to recovery.

Prepared by:
The Government of Samoa

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NOTE!

This is not intended to be a comprehensive account of the tsunami disaster. Such an account would
require more in depth research, interviews with victims and survivors as well as aid and relief workers
and volunteers, both public and private, in order to do justice to such a task and to the memory of
those who lost their lives, those who survived, and those who worked tirelessly and selflessly to try to
alleviate the suffering of the thousands of people affected.
The tsunami was well covered and documented by the media and hopefully those records shall suffice
to preserve the story of this disaster for posterity.
This therefore is only an overview of the disaster, the response to it and the coordination role of theGovernment through the National Disaster Management Council, and the implementation of the
Recovery Plan.
Above all, this is the best opportunity to publicly acknowledge all that was given so willingly andgenerously for Samoa and its people in probably its darkest moments in history.

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Faafetai!
Thank You!
In addition to all messages of gratitude and appreciation we had conveyed either publicly or privately andindividually in the past, this report serves to iterate acknowledgement of the contributions of governments,
International organizations, non government organizations, private sector, as well as individuals, both in Samoa
and abroad, rendered in so many different ways, towards the relief and recovery operations in the wake of theearthquake and tsunami which hit Samoa in late September 2009.
The Government also takes this opportunity to thank all of those who made the commitment to report on
assistance received by them and their distribution. It is not uncommon to face questions on the final destiny of theassistance and on the effectiveness of supply systems to the communities as well as the overall coverage of theassistance during emergency situations.
The report aims to put such concerns to rest by presenting to the public what was received, and administered by
the government, as well as the utilization of such assistance for the affected communities. All contributions
received by or made known to Government, regardless of scope, size, volume or dimension, are hereby
acknowledged with the heartfelt thanks of the government. The generosity demonstrated in so many ways and solong after the disaster has helped the Government lessen the burden of returning the affected communities to somedegree of normalcy as effectively and efficiently as possible.
As much as the government has tried to capture all the assistance particularly those extended to communities
outside the government systems and procedures mainly for accountability purposes, it has not been possible toobtain the information from some of the organizations and individuals concerned. Nevertheless, government
includes all such assistance in this acknowledgement with sincere gratitude. The coordinated efforts of all parties
involved and the leadership provided by the government ensured an effective and rapid response during and in theaftermath of the disaster. This is borne out by the fact that essential services such as electricity supply and public
transport services were quickly restored in affected parts of the country and concentrated efforts were continuing toensure the availability of potable water supplies and sanitation systems.

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May God in his grace replenish in abundance what you have forfeited for Samoa, and May the humanitarianspirit of helping those less fortunate than ourselves, prevail.

Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

Prime Minister & Chairman
National Disaster Council

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A Tribute to What Once was ……….

“Beautiful hues of surrounding green and blue
And inviting golden sand
The soothing breeze blows under the Samoan sun
Peace is close at hand
The horizon is a white line of reef and surf
Fish come near the shore”“The hill stands majestic
An idyllic backdrop of lushness and mystery…
“The sand vanishes into the ocean….”

From the poem, On Lalomanu Beach,by Jorge Salavert1

1 Jorge Salavert, is an Australian survivor of the Samoa tsunami which took the life of his six year olddaughter, Clea. The poem from which this passage was taken, titled, On Lalomanu Beach, was partof a book of poems, Lalomanu, Salavert wrote as a tribute to his daughter. Permission to use thepoem was granted on Tuesday 14 September 2010.

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Contents.
Explanatory Notep2

Acknowledgement

p3

A Tributep5

Map of tsunami affected areasp7

Prologuep8

The tsunamip9

The aftermath

p10

Early response

p13

Response from international community

p14

The Humanitarian Response

p15

DMO Operations

p18

Early Recovery

p20

Relief Fund

p22

Post tsunami recovery

p23

Insights gained

p27

Epilogue

p29

Photo Gallery

p31

Annexesp35

Annex 1 List of People who diedp36

Annex 2 Relief Supplies

p40

Annex 3 Technical assistancep53

Annex 4 Relief Fundp60

Annex 5 Assistance through third parties

p65

Annex 6 Recovery Plan update

p66

6Map of Samoa showing (insert)Tsunami affected areas

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1. Prologue
Samoa is a group of ten volcanic islands with a total land area of 2800 sq km, located about 2,900 kms
north east of Auckland, New Zealand. Four of the islands are inhabited by about 180,741 people (2006
Population Census) 78% of whom live on the island of Upolu, the second largest of all the islands.
Independent since 1962, Samoa was, prior to that, under New Zealand administration initially as a
British Protectorate, then a League of Nations Protectorate, and latterly as a United Nations
Protectorate. And since becoming independent, Samoa had enjoyed a history of relative political, social,and industrial stability, and had in recent years enjoyed increasing popularity as a tourist destination for
the natural beauty of its tropical land and seascape and the unique hospitality of its Polynesian people
and culture.
The World Bank‟s Natural Disaster Hotspots study identified Samoa as the 30th country in the world
most exposed to three or more hazards. Seventy percent of Samoa‟s population lives on the coast
exposing them to hazards such as flooding, storm surges, cyclones and tsunamis.
And so it was, in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday, 29 September 2009, as people went about
the start of another new day, the serenity of that tropical paradise was violently shattered as the earth
shook to an earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale, which had occurred in the Tongan Trenchjust east of Samoa.
It was a once in a lifetime experience that most people would not care to remember. The earth humped
then hollowed but never ceased shuddering; rising panic started to set in.
For those on the coast who had been roused by the rude awakening, fear turned to flight when theocean vista started to unfold. The sea had receded into the belly of the ocean beyond the reefs,
exposing the moonscape of the lagoon floor and of the coral reefs themselves. Intuition and flashbacksof those public awareness programs and drills staged just three weeks before came rushing back; thealarm was raised with church bells tolling and mobile phones resonating amidst the chaos of anguishand fear. For some, time was not on their side just as it was for many of the tourists who scheduled
their holiday break at Lalomanu at the time. Many rued over the late, too late radio warnings. Unlike theMatavanu volcanic eruption in the last century, the tsunami did not wait, not even to let the mothers
gather their children into their arms one more time.

8In a matter of minutes the once tranquil sea morphed to a white hissing water mountain, rush-roaringat breakneck speed and callously smashing with a vengeance into everything and anything in its way.
The tsunami, the sea monster, had struck, and thousands of lives were transformed, never to be thesame again!

2. The Tsunami
It took only but a few minutes, although it seemed endlessly long, and in its wake thousands of people
were left reeling from the sheer shock of it all and its devastating aftermath.
Some of the survivors spoke of a crescendo of successive waves up to fifteen metres high scouring theland clean of life; others talked of a moving sea wall barricading the flimsy chance of freedom from thedefensive cliff face. The angry ocean swallowed up everything in its path, crushing houses and rippingthem out of their foundations, turning what was village civilisation to a state of nothingness anddestruction. Nobody could understand the pattern of selective destruction that only became apparent
after the event.
For a moment the whole country was rooted to the ground, numbed and confused, grappling with afear of the unknown and a sense of helplessness against the might of such unpredictable forces ofnature. Although parts of Manono and Savaii Islands were affected the eastern and south eastern
coastline of Upolu, seemed to have taken the brunt of the force of the tsunami, they being closest to
the epicentre of the quake. Whole villages were under water and the surging sea carried away buildings,
cars, people, and everything in its way at will, to and fro. Coastal roads were ripped up tar seal and all,and reinforced concrete house foundations were dug up and scattered like sandcastles. Many people
took to the hills cutting pathways where feet had not trod before, with the tsunami in hot pursuit. Somemade it but others were not so fortunate.
At the time, there was never any discussion of the degree of damage and whether the destruction
correlated with the 8.2 earthquake. There was certainly curiosity as to why; there was a scattered patternof impact. What was obvious was the fact that areas popular for tourism development were the worst
affected and theories as to a possible explanation for the observation bordered on rumour mongeringand desperate attempts to fit any potential cause to effect.

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It was only after ten months since the event was there some explanation on the magnitude of theearthquake, the scale of damage as a result of the tsunami and justification of the direction of themonster wave. New Zealand‟s GNS Science in their findings published in the prestigious sciencejournal „Nature‟, explained that the 2009 tsunami was the result of rare simultaneous mega earthquakes,
one hiding the other and certainly increasing the size of the tsunami and its destructiveness. The newdata became obvious to researchers only after rigorous studies of the fault lines, the tsunami direction,
speed and intensity, and the displacement of at least two islands of the Tongan group.

3. The aftermath
When anger was thoroughly spent, the monster wave retreated back to the ocean and an eerie silence
descended briefly on the land, the reality of the devastation and its implications and magnitude, slowly
but surely sinking in. Many homes were flattened and destroyed as were roads and essential services
such as electricity and water reticulation. But for many the first concern was for their loved ones; who
had survived and who had not. And this must have been the most traumatising time for everyone
including those in areas of the country that had not been seriously affected. The search for the missing
had started as families tried to account for every one of their members.
It was difficult to start not knowing where to begin. Villages mainly along the Aleipata coastline were
unrecognizable. Popular landmarks had disappeared save for the odd Samoa Tourism Authority roadsign staking its claim to the land it stood on. Beaches had disappeared as if a giant sand mining
operation had been there and gone in minutes. Rubbish and debris of all sorts, remnants of broken
homes and broken lives was the legacy left behind.

Probably as in any disaster of this nature,

preliminary counts of those affected kept changing on a regular basis, as conflicting reports come infrom different areas and different sources. But soon after, it was established that at least 5000 people
had been directly affected. Some 850 households spread over 51 villages, had been affected as shown
below:
Table 1: Number of Households affected, by Village
Vavau

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Saleapaga

106

Lepa

36

Lalomanu

42

Vailoa15

Ulutogia

49

Satitoa60

Mutiatele

21

Lotopue

42

Malaela

21

Saleaaumua

55

Utufaalalafa

410

Tiavea tai

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Uafato15

Eva

1

Salelesi

1

Lotofaga

8

Matatufu

4

Sapoe

9

Utulaelae

12

Salani

14

Salesatele

4

Poutasi

22

Saleilua2Iliili3

Vaovai

8

Sapunaoa

8

Satalo8

Tafatafa

5

Siumu

11

Saaga

3

Maninoa

6

Saanapu

25

Lotofaga

3

Mulivai2

Tafitoala

23

Sataoa21

Matafaa12

Safaatoa

2

Siufaga5

Samatau

9

Manonouta

7

Apai tai

13

Lepuiai tai

20

Faleu tai25

Vailoa Palauli

1

Faaala Palauli

8

Vaitoomuli

8

Mosula2

Pitonuu

9

Taga

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More than 450 were either, dead, seriously injured, or missing and unaccounted for. And after days ofsearch and rescue operations, the final death toll was confirmed at 143 including nine foreigners. Fourremained missing and presumed dead. Details of those who died are attached as Annex 1, sadly, close
to 50% of them were children under the age of ten – another lost generation.

May those who have passed on rest in peace and may there be healing for the living!

Many more including first responders had been seriously traumatised to varying degrees and most ofthem were probably still suffering in silence; undiagnosed and untreated. A few had surrendered to thebewilderment of life and the cruelty of nature.
On Thursday October 8, 2009, a memorial service was held in Apia for all the 143 victims of thetsunami and the 4 missing and presumed dead, even though by that time the bodies of all the foreign
nationals had been repatriated, and the body of a lone Samoan national returned from American
Samoa. The government had also dedicated a plot of land for „mass burial‟ however in the end only 11of the dead were laid to rest at the Falelauniu Cemetery as most of the families decided to bury their
loved ones where they perished on that fateful day. Because of the nature of the disaster and the time
taken for the search and rescue operations, many of the victims were not accorded the usual lavish
funerals typical of Samoan society save for one last prayer and raining tears.
All families who had lost loved ones were paid a cash grant per person to assist with funeral expenses
under the national Accident Compensation scheme. A memorial monument in remembrance of those11

who perished in the 2009 tsunami would be constructed and unveiled on the anniversary of thetsunami. Thursday October 8, 2009 was declared the national day for mourning and was marked by ahalf day holiday. Later, services were held in overseas countries where there were communities of
Samoan migrants.
A number of medical evacuations were facilitated with the assistance of the medical authorities of thegovernment of New Zealand. The wounded, some of who had surgical operations and those who had
acquired the condition „tsunami lung‟ needed continuing and follow up care. The Australian and New
Zealand Emergency Response Teams, overseas organizations plus some privately funded groups ofhealthcare professionals were split according to their field of specialties and merged into local healthresponse teams led by Public Health (health promotion and prevention) Ministry of Health andNational Health Service clinical teams. Similarly leadership and coordination at the clinical and allied
health support level was executed by the National Health Services in trying to integrate a range ofoverseas based volunteer health personnel into the NHS work structures. Up to 129 or more healthprofessionals were organized into different teams, to staff the district hospitals and work as mobile
medical and nursing teams to complement local service provision. In the height of post tsunami work,
an average number of patients per day seen at the designated health facilities in the affected areas were
122 compared to just over 50 pre tsunami. Over 300 patients were referred to the Tupua Meaole
Hospital at Motootua.
Of the 850 households affected about 502 homes were completely destroyed while 360 suffered severe
but reparable damage. Community buildings such as churches, seven schools and two health centres
were also affected; many declared structurally unsound and unfit for use.
Fifty six beach fale operators and six higher end operators suffered total and/or extensive damages aswell as loss of business earnings. Twenty three registered alia fishing boat operators lost their crafts,
associated fishing equipment and their livelihoods. Damage to livestock and crops in the coastal landarea was complete through wave action and salt intrusion into the land.
Damage to the water supply systems operated by the Samoa Water Authority included 37 kilometres ofvarying diameter water mains and 527 household connections in 22 villages. The worst affected villages
included Saleapaga, Satitoa and Saleaaumua. Under the Independent Water Schemes Association, there
was destruction of 1.2 kilometres of water mains and 71 water service connections all for the Vavau
Water supply network. Damage to the electricity system included: 43 power poles felled, 26 street lights,
11 kilometres of overhead cables lost and the destruction of 303 connections to both domestic andcommercial customers. In terms of transport, damages comprised 31 kilometres of roads mostly

12partially destroyed, crumbled seawalls, the Aleipata wharf damaged before it was even used and the
Salani Bailey Bridge. In terms of communication, damages were mainly on infrastructure, GSM and
fixed line sites at Lepa and an estimated 17kms length of backbone transmission cables. Twotelecentres were completely destroyed.
The tsunami also had significant impacts on the coastal and marine environment causing damage andloss of animals, plants and important ecosystem functions. It also generated a lot of waste and debris
much of which needed to be removed particularly from the marine areas. Marine protected areas and„No take zones‟ were severely affected. In terms of disaster management, the relocation of communities
is an example of an extreme risk reduction measure, in this instance there was no other choice. On theface of it all, the heart wrenching sights were going to take a long time, if ever, to return to their former
authentic beauty and serenity.

4. Early Response
4.1 State of Emergency
Relief and recovery operations commenced almost immediately. The Disaster Management Council
chaired by the Prime Minister was convened later in the same day after the tsunami struck even while
aftershocks continued to put people on edge. The National Disaster Management Plan was activated,
implementation committees met and disaster relief and recovery operations swung into action. A Stateof Emergency was declared on October 2nd after an initial impact assessment was completed.
With the first reports of fatalities and the wounded, the need to ask for medical help became
increasingly urgent. It could not wait for the formalities of official diplomatic notes – the strength of ahandwritten note to the development partners was tested and was proven to be so as evident from theresponse. The public through the radio and mobile phone services were encouraged to report situations
from the affected villages so there could be a strategic approach to reach the areas with the mostpressing needs armed with the appropriate equipment, materials and supplies.
In the meantime people and machines were deployed to start work on clearing the main roads to ensurethat government aid and relief workers could get access to the affected areas. Volunteer ambulanceservices were bringing in the dead and the injured to Lalomanu hospital and then the national hospital.
Temporary shelters were put up further inland for those who had lost their homes, and search andrescue operations were launched for those missing.

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Naturally the top priority was the people; getting the living to safety, attending to the medical andhealth needs of the injured, and accounting for the dead and missing. The commercial private sector
responded quickly to the government‟s call for the release of essential food supplies with payment
settlement dealt with later. People from other parts of the country not affected flocked to the affectedareas out of curiosity and to check on relatives and families. And the unexpected build up of traffic
compounded by the damage to roads, resulted in traffic congestion and blockages that threatened theefficiency of aid and relief work during those initial stages especially to the transportation of the deadand injured to medical centres.
Under the leadership of the Disaster Advisory Council, roads were cleared immediately with only lightvehicles permitted to the area whilst search and rescue operations continued. It was no longer businessas usual; every one was advised to stay home except for the volunteers called to report for the start ofemergency operations.

4.2 Response from the International Community
The response from the international humanitarian community was immediate, swift and efficient.
Planes had started arriving soon after from New Zealand and Australia with relief, technical andmedical supplies as well as technical and medical personnel, and offers of assistance started pouring infrom foreign governments, national, regional and international organisations, as well as individuals andother local entities all over the world.
Messages of condolences started coming in almost immediately after news of the tsunami hit the
airwaves and cyberspace from world leaders and heads of international organisations. These areacknowledged hereunder:
To His Highness the Head of State
Her Majesty The Queen of England and Scotland
His Majesty The Emperor of Japan
His Majesty The King of Spain
His Excellency The President of Germany
His Excellency The President of Poland
His Excellency The President of Cuba
His Excellency The President of Namibia
His Excellency The President of the Portuguese Republic
His Excellency The President of Slovenia
His Excellency The President of South Africa

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The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
His Majesty The King of Thailand
Director, IMF
To The Honourable Prime Minister
Australia - Prime Minister, Honourable Kevin Rudd
New Zealand - Prime Minister Rt. Hon John Key
Peoples Republic of China - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable YAN Jiechi
Cook Islands - Prime Minister Honourable Jim Marurai
Federated States of Micronesia - Vice President, Honourable Alik L AlikGreat Britain - Prime Minister, Honourable Gordon Brown
Japan - Prime Minister, His Excellency Dr Yukio Hatoyama
Kingdom of Tonga - Acting Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lord Tuita
New Caledonia - President, Honourable Philippe Gomes
Niue - Premier, Honourable Toke T Talagi
Republic of Palau - President, His Excellency Johnson Toribiong
Republic of the Fiji Islands - Interim Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama
Singapore - Prime Minister, Honourable Lee Hsien Loong
Solomon Islands - Prime Minister, Honourable Dr. Derek Sikua
United States of America - President Barack Obama & Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
Wallis and Futuna - Vice President, Petelo LieInternational and Regional Organizations
Asian Development Bank - President, Haruhiko Kuroda
Commonwealth - Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma
Commonwealth Disaster Management Agency - Chairman, Sir Humphrey Maud
European Commission - Director General, Stefano Manservisi
Pacific Island Forum Secretariat - Secretary General, Tuiloma Neroni Slade
Secretariat of the Pacific Community – Dr Jimmie Rodgers
SPREP Secretariat
The World Bank - President, Robert B Zoellick
UNDP - Coordinator, Helen Clark
World Trade Organization - Director, Chiedu Osakwa
Forum Fisheries Agency - Director General, Su'a Nanai Tanielu

4.3 The Humanitarian Response
The Interagency Standing committee under the leadership of the United Nations was set up on
October 1 to ensure a coordinated humanitarian support to Government through the activation of thecluster group (sector) approach. 60 Government, NGO, UN Agencies, Non UN Agencies participatedin the cluster system. Seven clusters were activated to look at the issues of Water and sanitation, Health,Protection particularly of children, Education, Early recovery, Logistics and Information management.
Each of the clusters was led by a Government counterpart. Later, the process of having simultaneous15

humanitarian and early recovery was commended as one of the most successful processes in the AsiaPacific region – this being attributed to strong Government leadership, buy in of the Early Recovery
process by Government and partners and having a large number of humanitarian and development
partners working together to support the Government
Australia responded quickly and generously. A chartered aircraft from Brisbane with doctors andnurses from Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia arrived within the first 24 hours post
tsunami. Shortly after a Defence C-130 Hercules aircraft arrived with humanitarian supplies which
included emergency supplies such as tarpaulins, water purification tablets, water containers and blankets
to help ease the suffering of people directly affected by the disaster and to help prevent the spread of
disease.
At the peak of the tsunami response, 108 Australian emergency and medical personnel were on the
ground, 72 of whom were medical staff. They performed life saving work including 101 surgicaloperations, 171 field medical treatments, 1,060 emergency department presentations and 33 publichealth village assessments.
Similarly the New Zealand government deployed a P3 Orion on the 30th September and helicopters toassist with aerial photography, damage assessment, supplies distribution, and search and rescue
operations, plus a team of some 130 personnel including medical, forensic, naval diving, engineers andother technical personnel. A C-130 Hercules later arrived, carrying NZ Aid and Red Cross staff alongwith NZDF personnel, medical and relief supplies. Army personnel assisted the injured and worked
among the often bewildered survivors in the devastated communities, while NZ Police Search andRescue dogs and handlers were also deployed to assist in finding bodies among the debris . A group ofnavy divers arrived on October 4th and immediately set to work on their primary task of restoring theunderwater pipeline which provided fresh water to 800 residents of Manono Island, situated 1.5nm to
the North West of Upolu, the main island of Samoa. The water pipeline had been fractured by theearthquake and the subsequent tsunami, leaving about 800 people without fresh water.
International organizations while continuing to support the government in the relief and earlyrecovery phases of the tsunami, opted to advise the government of their assistance but delivered theirprograms including the distribution of materials, equipment, tools and food on their own. The
government does not pretend to do justice to the generous contributions made but suffice to say thatthey thoroughly deserve acknowledgement, minimal as that may be due to limited access to suchinformation. The inventory of relief supplies consigned to government and/or cleared by governmentis detailed in Annex 2.

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The Samoa Red Cross Society (SRCS) responded quickly in accordance with the national disastermanagement plan, as an auxiliary agency to the Government of Samoa. In addition to the Samoa
government national disaster management office (NDMO), SRCS was the main organization at theforefront of the response to the disaster.. During the emergency, SRCS immediately conducted a rapid
assessment of the affected area; and on the basis of this started distributing their pre-stocked relief
items, such as kitchen sets, mosquito nets, blankets, water containers, food, clothes and sheltermaterials..
OXFAM worked with the local authorities and their partner organisation WIBDI to provide
Fresh water supply through construction and supply of materials for rain-water harvesting on
Manono Island and Upolu‟s south coast
Providing fresh water through water trucking and supply of permanent 11,000 litre water tanks
Providing 70 permanent tanks for new government-built houses
Construction and repair of latrines
Public health promotion in water conservation, sanitation and hygiene
Oxfam also worked to help communities rebuild their livelihoods through cash for work programs andthe promotion of organic agricultural production.
ADRA provided packs of flour, sugar, tinned fish, dry food, bottled water and cooking oil to survivorsof the disaster for an initial 30 day period, to help sustain them in the immediate aftermath of thedisaster. In addition, ADRA provided transistor radios and lanterns. These relief supplies were in
response to a request by the Disaster Management Council of the Samoan Government. ADRA
distributed its food and water supplies in partnership with the Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Mission,
which already has an established network of volunteers in the country
Samaritan’s Purse in the initial stages distributed toolkits, agricultural toolkits, kitchen kits, plastic
sheeting (for shelters), blankets, hygiene kits, jerry cans, solar flashlights and mosquito nets. The
content of the tool and kitchen kits were purchased locally, as a way to both support the local economy
and act quickly. After meeting the initial emergency needs, Samaritan‟s Purse worked on the
distribution of Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes and family packs for the communities impacted
by the Tsunami.
Volunteers not affiliated to any governments or organisations also arrived at their own cost to offer
their help and services and were assigned to local teams based on their areas of expertise. Overseas
university students on sabbatical leave sought direction from the Disaster Management Office (DMO)17

or their resident country missions and immediately assimilated to the ever growing pool of goodwill
volunteers.
The Government of Samoa owes a debt of gratitude to each and every one of them.

4.4 Disaster Management Office Operations
Fortunately, and had it not been for an aggressive disaster preparedness program advocated byGovernment, the casualty tally could have been much higher. The program was part of a series ofactivities promoted by the DMO of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Meteorology
which included a radio and television awareness advertising campaign, simulation drill rehearsals, aswell as disaster preparedness training and workshops conducted by the Samoa Red Cross as an auxiliaryarm of the National Disaster Management Council. The DMO was set up after previous devastation
caused by a series of tropical cyclones in the early nineties, not only to better prepare the country andgeneral population for such disasters through public awareness campaigns but also to better coordinate
and manage relief operations..
Relief supplies started arriving in the affected areas almost immediately mainly by relatives and families,
private donors, and charities and humanitarian organisations such as the Samoa Red Cross Society
based more on perceived as opposed to actual needs. Existing and initial relief supplies such as
tarpaulins for temporary shelters, food, clothing and plastic water containers, were distributed initiallyon a village-camp basis but later changed to direct family delivery because of the unstructured spread of
the new locations of displaced households.
Relief assistance from the government‟s development partners, overseas missions, international
humanitarian agencies, individuals, businesses, Samoan communities and church organizations based
overseas, as well as local church and community organizations, private companies and individual
families, were received at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), (Refer to Annex 2.)
which managed and coordinated their distribution. The equivalent of about three hundred (300)
twenty-foot (20‟) containers of relief supplies were received, recorded and distributed to some 824
households from 51 villages by the end of December 2009.
This however did not include relief supplies donated through and distributed by some non-governmentorganizations including church based groups, and for which information was not made available to the
NEOC as requested. The humanitarian phase of the tsunami operations officially ended on October
30th, 2009.

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4.4.1 Post relief phase operations NEOC
Since November 3rd, 2009, after the proclamation had been lifted, the distribution of relief from the
NEOC was conducted only on Saturdays. This approach continued up to the end of December 2009.
However there were special cases where families, some of them having migrated out of the affectedareas, came directly to the NEOC for assistance. These cases were dealt with immediately but were
subject to verification with the NEOC distribution data and the village mayors of the villages wherethese families were from. The supply of drinking water also continued as it was identified as a persistentmedium to long term demand until new systems were put in place particularly on relocated settlements.
There were also international and local sports organizations, NGOs including Churches and faith-basedorganizations that shipped their own containers of relief supplies and distributed them through theirchosen focal points. These included the Samoa Red Cross Society, Samaritans Purse, EFKS, Seventh
Day Adventist/ADRA and Caritas. These organizations were requested to provide distribution data to
the NEOC however as at the time of print only Samaritans Purse had provided the required
information

4.4.2. Storage and Stocktake
At its meeting of the 23rd of November 2009, the Disaster Advisory Council agreed to store theremaining relief supplies at the Faleata Fire Station. The items stored included excess clothing,tarpaulins and tents, tools, wheelbarrows, timber and other building materials, and other non-fooditems which were stoked in anticipation of the emerging cyclone season. The wooden poles were instorage until distribution once the house rebuilding program began. The final remaining food items andstocked water received after the cessation of the humanitarian phase were distributed on Saturday 5thof December 2009.
All donated medical supplies were handed over to the National Health Services on the 30th ofNovember 2009. All donated desks and chairs were handed over to the Ministry of Education, Sports
and Culture on the 1st of December 2009 for storage and distributed to cater for transitional provisionsof schools destroyed and had to co-locate with existing schools. All books and other educational
materials were sorted according to the school levels in the affected villages and distributed on the 2nd of
December 2009 to the affected schools in their shared co-locations. Planting materials, seedlings, tools
and implements that were donated by FAO valued at US$100,000 were handed over to the Ministry ofAgriculture for distribution at the end of 2009. A subsequent follow up program by FAO would be
implemented in 2010.

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5. Early Recovery
5.1Technical AssistanceTechnical assistance was a very important part of the early response and recovery. The need to restore
essential services and communication was vital to the search and rescue and early aid and relief
operations. Approximately seven million U.S dollars (US$7m) worth of technical assistance poured infrom international partners and donors and was immediately put to use as needs demanded. Annex 3
reflects the level of TA provided through the Interagency Standing Committee as well as through thebilateral partners. Some highlights of such assistance are presented as follows:
Habitat For Humanity NZ worked with the Government, using its disaster response expertise inproviding shelter especially after the 2004 South Asia Tsunami. Habitat for Humanity was also asked to
manage the construction of more than 400 traditional homes (fales). In response an initial team of 10
builders, plumbers and electricians was deployed to begin renovations of a church hall in Lepa, foraccommodating up to 50 Kiwi volunteers at any one time. The team also set up a Resource Centre at
Lepa, where core house kitsets containing all the materials needed to build a traditional house were
mass-produced and sent to final sites for quick building.
UNICEF recruited RedR engineers to work with the Samoa Water Authority on the design of aninterim water system for the Lepa to Saleaaumua network using a gravity fed pipeline from Lake Lano a
newly identified water resource. On Monday 26th October, 2010 the Government, with the supportof The UNICEF and the World Health Organization, started a six week measles immunization
campaign which also included administering vitamin A along with the measles vaccines in order to help
prevent measles and diarrhoea among other diseases.
JICA sent in a team of experts on waste management to design a system for waste collection from theland and the sea. An environmental research team from Waseda University Japan looked at the issue ofbeach erosion and ways by which the beach profile of much of the southern eastern coastline could be
lifted to pre-tsunami levels.
Australia provided experts to work with Government on rebuilding and its Navy‟s HMAS Tobruk
delivered aid supplies and equipment including a new fire truck for Samoa Fire and Emergency Services
to replace the one destroyed when responding to the tsunami, five generators and building supplies.
More than 75 sailors from Tobruk helped the local communities, environmental NGOs and the20

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment with their clean-up and rebuilding activities at
Lalomanu beach, one of the worst affected areas, making use of two light amphibious re-supply cargovehicles (LARCs), capable of being used on land and in the water to lift heavy metal and debris fromthe reef and beach.
In March 2010, following an assessment by the U.S. Agency for International Development(USAID) and recommendation of local officials in October 2009, the basic warning system of 362 airhorns and hand wound radios/torches which were durable, portable and easily maintained were handed
over to the U.S. NGO Samaritan’s Purse and NDMO for distribution and the training of the village
communities on use.
The Psychosocial Response (PSR) was successfully organized and delivered through the invaluableassistance of the Government of New Zealand that provided technical assistance coordinated by the
Ministry of Health; and the National Health Services (MOH/NHS) through the Mental Health Unit
that served as the national focal point for the PSR. Other key stakeholders included the Ministry of
Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD); who together with the MOH/NHS initiatedthe PSR, with the support of “Pulenuu and sui o le Malo” network in the villages; the Ministry of
Education Sports and Culture and the Ministry of Police, Prisons and Fire; the Disaster Management
Office , of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Samoa NGOs such as Samoa
Red Cross, Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa (CADS); Mapusaga o Aiga (MOA); Faataua Le Ola (FLO);
Komiti Tumama Atina‟e a Tina i Samoa (KT); and in particular the Samoa Umbrella of Non
Government Organizations (SUNGO) who all provided dedicated services for the affected
communities to help restore hope, dignity and integrity in the lives of the tsunami victims and theirfamilies in meeting their psycho social needs. The contribution of church ministers and their spouses
from all religions both in Samoa and overseas for taking this work out in the field is acknowledged withgratitude and so as the inputs of the three theological colleges in providing pastoral care that provided
warmth to the troubled and anguished.
New Zealand mental health staff also played a key role in establishing the `train the trainer' courses forschool teachers to ensure they were equipped to support young people through their grief.
The tsunami saw the deployment of overseas based Samoans that were skilled in the various areas of
emergency health procedures, psychosocial counseling, medical care; public health and other allied
health services who had volunteered their services to assist meet the pressing demands of the disaster.
In many ways also, in hindsight, so much time was spent on continuing assessments without everconsidering efficiency gains from sharing such analytical work. It seemed like every organization that
intended to help needed to carry out an assessment for them prior to action. And while there is always

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a period of waiting while such assessments were being done, the Government took the lead to restore
as much as it could while awaiting the outcome of the early recovery assessment augmented by themore detailed Damage and Loss assessment supported by the World Bank, Asian Development
Bank and UNESCAP. These assessments were the bases of the Government‟s recovery plan thecompilation of which was supported by AusAID funded TA.

6. Relief FundThe Government in response to enquiries on where financial contributions could be deposited opened
up two depository accounts in a selected commercial bank, and these were later made known to the
local public as well as those from abroad who had offered to help. It was humbling to know that
despite its geographical isolation and smallness in size, Samoa was surprisingly well known globally
gauging from the sources of the donations. The willingness of the global family to assist throughwhatever means including the pull of kinship for the global Samoan family as well as associations madewith known Samoa branding such as the Manu Samoa rugby team reflected humanity at its best.
Anecdotal evidence suggested that many of the beach fale operators who started rehabilitation workwithout waiting for the support from the government were able to do so with financial donations fromformer guests.
The Samoa missions in Asia, Europe, the Americas and in Australia and New Zealand assisted tocoordinate the setting up of accounts for the public in their parish countries. All funds collected by the
missions were transferred to Samoa at the end of 2009. All financial contributions made to theGovernment of Samoa‟s Relief Fund estimated at just over ST 14 million are acknowledged andreflected in Annex 4. The most recent donation was paid in on the 18th August 2010 by DeLaRue, thecompany that designs and prints Samoa‟s paper money. As of the first week of September, advice wasreceived of further pending contributions.
Locally, a number of organizations and private sector companies organized tsunami public fund raising
activities such as radiothons and musical concerts. A number of them handed all proceeds from such
events to the government and are also acknowledged received in Annex 4 whereas some decided tochannel this financial contribution through government linked specific programs for early recovery.
The mobile phone company Digicel used their fund raising proceeds to build 50 out of the 800 homesthat were totally destroyed and/or needed repair and renovations through the housing/security
program. It is also likely that there would have been contributors who donated to privately organized22

fund raisers and have had funds transferred directly to affected communities; and hence theircontributions would not be reflected in this report but are acknowledged all the same.
In a few cases, the Government was requested to provide acquittals of financial contributions to theRelief Fund; and such have been complied with. In a later chapter, there is a reflection of the details on
the utilization of the Relief Fund for the implementation of the Recovery Plan.
It also goes without saying that there invariably would have been fundraising activities staged in thename of the Samoa Tsunami which proceeds would never have found their way to Samoa and to theaffected communities. Such is the nature of opportunities that come about as a result of crises andemergencies. In this instance one can only surmise that „it is the thought that counts.‟

7. Assistance through Third Parties
A number of governments advised their support for the tsunami relief efforts through the relevant
diplomatic channels, and further confirmed that actual delivery was through third parties. Estimated atjust under ST 4 million these are listed in Annex 5 and acknowledged even though the government was
not in a position to verify receipt and utilization by the third parties concerned.

8. Post Tsunami Recovery Plan
An outline of the Recovery Plan over a three year period is attached as Annex 6 and provides therationale for the allocation of resources to the sectors that were affected as well as a statement ofprogress to date. While there is always the public perception that things are not moving fastenough, nothing has been spared to ensure that the affected communities receive the support
needed. While only 2.6% of the population were affected, the costs of recovery are significant given
the fact that not only have services and amenities been restored to resettled areas, the majority ofcommunities have chosen to relocate resulting in the provision of new service networks including
provisions for risk management. The success or failure of communities‟ and government‟s efforts
to reduce vulnerability to natural risks by establishing resettlement areas is highly dependent onwhether the basic services could be provided quickly and sustainably to relocated people. This has
been the key goal of the Government‟s recovery plan. Today, there is no evidence of shifts back to23

the coastline except for those who have chosen to re-establish their tourist beach fale operations
while still maintaining permanent accommodation in the uplands.
The recovery plan which is premised on the „build back better‟ principle is estimated to cost justover US$100 million and the major burden of meeting these costs would be borne by the public
sector.
There is also acknowledgement of the contributions that were provided specifically for recovery
work which constituted new funding commitments over and above continuing as well as new
programs of assistance and these are outlined as follows:
Table 2: Donors and donations to Recovery Plan
Development

Form

AmountRemarks

Australia

Budget support

A$7.5 million

China

Project support

RMB 40 million

European Union

Budget support

Euro 4 million

Lightly tagged to Environmentand Disaster Management
Initial work on schools
reconstruction
To be received

Japan Trust fund

Project support

US$1.5 million

Pledged – to be received

New Zealand

Budget support

NZ$6 million

Lightly tagged to housing

Through PSSF

NZ$ 2 million

Through CBS

NZ$ 2 million

United States

Project support

SAT631,000

Tagged to tourism beach fale
operations
Tagged to interest subsidy
scheme – tourism
Tagged to NDMO operations

Relief fund

Budget support

SAT14.2million

All sectors

United Nations

Project support

US$0.45 million

ADB

Budget support

US$16 million

World Bank

Budget support

US$23 million

Implementation of its earlyrecovery program
Emergency
responsetofinancial crisis and tsunami
Emergency
responsetofinancial crisis and tsunami

partner

Samoa is party to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and is in the process of finalizing its
report of the DAC Evaluation of the Paris Declaration in Samoa. Samoa is also committed to theimplementation of all the principles of the Paris Declaration but more importantly those to do withManagement for Results and Mutual Accountability. These are the key principles upon which Samoa is24hereby presenting its response to the ever bandied about question by the media both national andinternational, of; “Is Aid reaching the affected communities and People?,” through this publication.
The Government under its first Supplementary budget in December 2009, allocated ST58.5 million for
the first year activities of the recovery Plan in the sectors of water, electricity, housing, health,education, agriculture, tourism, transport, community development, environment management anddisaster risk reduction and communications. To date around 75% of the proposed activities have been
completed.
Overall, there has been good progress in the implementation of the Recovery Plan albeit it was delayed
initially and it certainly has not been uniform across the sectors due to the diverse nature of therehabilitation peculiar to each sector, capacity and geographical constraints. Where progress was slow
was due particularly where rehabilitation involved a redesign of infrastructure, physical development of
new terrain and the outsourcing of services.
Water was and remains a priority need particularly for the relocated communities. Transitionalarrangements through the regular tanking of water to communities are proving very costly; the capacity
constraints which slowed down the progress in establishing the Lake Lano system to cater for the
relocated communities in the Lepa – Lalomanu area have been overcome. It has been estimated thatthe new scheme will adequately cater for the water needs of up to 5000 residents. There is a need toensure that water quality standards are met to avoid the problems of disease; which to date have notsurfaced at all due to consolidated community and public health efforts to enhance disease prevention.
Regular visits of health personnel to the affected areas and relocated communities to follow up on
wound care, tsunami related conditions and general health care screening have been maintained. The
Samoa health mission comprising New Zealand based Samoan nurses and doctors will be mobilized in
October to supplement national staff teams to deliver health screening programs with a priority focus
on the affected communities.
In terms of other utilities namely electricity and telecommunications, former systems have been
restored including the development and connection of new lines to relocated communities where they
were already settled in permanent housing. All telephony connections and services have been restored
in the tsunami affected areas including the GSM, broadcasting equipment and fixed line sites at Lepa.
The telecommunications infrastructure as well as radio and TV broadcasting transmitter sites have beenshifted to higher and safer grounds.

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In the infrastructure transportation sector, restoration of former services has been completed; as well as
the upgrading of all ten access roads originating along the coastline from Lepa to Saleaaumua to therelocated communities. Construction of one of the two new inland arterial routes from Lepa to
Lalomanu is under way. The second route from Samusu to Lalomanu of 6 kms is expected to becompleted over the next 2-3 years.
The implementation of the recovery plan has also provided the opportunity to strengthen public private
partnerships needed for efficient and effective service delivery particularly in the areas of health,tourism and education. All destroyed schools have secured resources for funding and all except one
have begun construction. A public library for the Aleipata district and funded by Farmers Trading of
New Zealand is almost completed. The special tourism support programs are operational and a numberof businesses have reopened however the bulk of the beach fale operators have yet to submit proposals
for assistanceIn terms of housing, while the Damages and Loss assessment viewed this as a private cost, theGovernment approved a housing scheme for an estimated 502 new homes and about 360 homesneeding significant repairs, to be built using a standard design that provided for a cyclone resistant
structure including sanitation facilities and a water tank; the total estimated value being ST9 million.
Actual expenditures came to ST9.34 million. The prefabrication of the homes was made possible
through the NZ Habitat for Humanity. To date, supplies for 502 new homes and 360 needing repairs
have been supplied. The total number of homes provided by NGOs is 181; in total 862 homes havebeen supplied. About 95% of the total homes have actually been built.
Support for the agriculture and fisheries sector is premised on the provision of alternative livelihoods
that is suited to relocation sites and would continue to support food security as well as replacement offishing vessels for communities who have opted to remain in the fishing industry. Twenty three
replacement fishing boats are under construction.
Community development projects included the construction and repair of 9 women‟s committee
centres as well as the construction of 6 new preschools and repair of 2 for villages in the Aleipata andFalealili districts as well as the promotion of vegetable gardens for improved nutrition and introducing
alternative livelihood options particularly for the youth. On going psychosocial counseling services
continue to be delivered under the umbrella of the Ministry of Women Community and Social
Development in association with the Ministry of Health and National Health services and the NGO
community who were and remain stalwart supporters of these programs.

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Overall, early recovery activities have been achieved; the medium to long term activities are expected tobe completed over the next 3 years. No new funding will be sought for the remaining activities as thesewill be factored into existing and new programs of work planned pre tsunami.

9. Insights Gained While the initial humanitarian assistance was immediate and efficient under the Disaster Advisory
Council, there is scope for a better coordinated response and ensuring that specialized assistancefor the victims arrives in minimal time. The public‟s eagerness to assist resulted in a backlog ofessential assistance reaching the disaster site given the state of the roads immediately after thetsunami. In this regard the proposal to set up a Volunteer Emergency Response Team of a crosssectoral composition is under design. Such a team will be given priority access to disaster sites andprovide the most urgent services needed. In this connection, gratitude is extended to the naval,
defence and military and forensic services of the Governments of New Zealand, Australia and theUnited States for the rapid deployment of the needed services in particular, the medical services
which were also not available locally.
 Priority is to be accorded to the provision of additional resources for the operations of the
National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) whose key role is to coordinate all support
emergency services and relief operations but not to deal with implementation activities in the field.
 It was also important that the government decided to quickly bridge the gap between the relief
phase and recovery through early recovery measures thus ensuring that transitional arrangements
were in place to await an early start of the recovery phase. It also meant ensuring an overlap in
operations of the normal development cooperation institutions and the NDMO. This ensured thatsome state of normalcy was returned at the earliest opportunity.
 Coordination of the expanded donor community must be government-led and robust enough tominimize duplication and wastage of resources. Focal points and their contact addresses must be
advised and clearly identified on all government websites so that agencies and organizations havethat prior information for direction and guidance before arrival in the country.

27 Early recovery encompasses an assessment of a cluster of sectors and activities that take into
account the capacity, strengths and resilience of both local communities and the government. The
practice of utilizing sector clusters to deliver any emergency response is to be further encouraged.
 The nature of the tsunami and the extensive damage caused by it makes water safety/rescue anecessary part of disaster preparedness.
 The tsunami also demonstrated the need to continually review management plans, test theeffectiveness of warning systems and ensure that there is preparedness to execute such plans as andwhen required to do so. It is important that all sectors take the opportunity to review theiremergency plans as well as their performance in the execution of their roles.
 It is a must that disaster risk reduction and disaster management be mainstreamed in the national
development framework as well as at sector and community level.
 Psychosocial counseling by suitably qualified personnel is a prerequisite of all emergency responses
to be delivered not only to those affected by the emergency but to those who deliver the
emergency services. While this is a new phenomenon in the Samoan experience there is general
acceptance and appreciation of the need for such services. The contribution of the Non
government organizations towards the provision of such services has been critical and valuable as
government resources on their own could not provide for the need particularly for the children andthe elderly.
 Times of emergencies are when no efforts, assets, time and resources should be spared to help
those in need effectively and in a most timely manner.
 There is clearly a need for capacity development in key areas that would speed up the developmentof recovery plans and implementation such as training in conducting rapid assessments following
an emergency and carrying out a Damage and Loss assessment. With such capacities in place, there
would be no need for the multiplicative and duplicated efforts by every organization that came tohelp to carry out individual assessments.

 There were too many negative media statements published; therefore priority should be given by
the Government to develop an effective Communications Strategy during emergencies to ensurethat there is balanced and accurate reporting of events and activities.

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10.Epilogue
It is fitting that we conclude this presentation with a reprint of the address delivered by the
Honourable Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi on the day of the memorial service.
"All our people throughout the country either first hand or through media pictures have seen the
terrible devastation wrought by the Tsunami that struck Samoa last week and the unprecedented
death toll that resulted. The depth of grief and desolation felt by everyone who lost loved ones andpeople dear to them are beyond words to describe and we can only grieve with them. We are here
today to remember as a nation the many people, both our own and visitors to our country, whowere taken so tragically and so abruptly. Although no longer amongst us they shall remain an
indelible part of our collective memory and of the history of our nation.
Samoa has suffered disasters in the past. In each of those times when grief and despair threatened
to overwhelm us, our faith as a Christian nation and the innate resilience of our culture of helping
each other had sustained our nation through those crises.
Even in this grim time of great sorrow and turbulence in the life of our nation, our faith in our
Lord God shall always bring hope and steady our ship.
At the end of every dark tunnel is light. So many of our people have lost their lives and thedestruction to villages and property has been extreme and total in many cases. We therefore owe itto those who lost their lives that as a nation, we become more vigilant and take every measurepossible to avoid the loss of lives and mitigate the destruction to property when natural disasters
again strike in future.
In this regard, the government shall continue to provide both advice and constructive support
infrastructure that would help our people and country achieve this important objective. If ourcountry takes to heart and act on the lessons learned from this devastating disaster, then in an
important sense, the loss of so many of our people will not have been in vain.
In the aftermath of the tsunami when a clearer picture emerged of the terrible extent of thedevastation, Samoa‟s closest friends in the international community immediately responded in ways
available and logistically feasible for them.

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I would like to mention with deepest gratitude the emergency assistance that the Governments ofAustralia and New Zealand mobilized which deployed medical teams, military personnel, assets andsupplies critical to the rescue and relief work that was undertaken. The visits of New Zealand‟s
Prime Minister the Hon. John Key and his Foreign Minister to see for themselves conditions on
the ground as well as the personal communication from the Prime Minister of Australia andChairman of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Hon. Kevin Rudd were a great source of comfort toour government and people.
Similarly, the messages of condolences and assistance provided and offered by other very closefriends of Samoa including the governments of China, Japan, Germany, Korea, Tonga, Tokelau,
Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union as well as theWorld Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United
Nations to name only some, have given us much confidence in facing the inevitable serious
challenges ahead for Samoa that the earthquake and tsunami disaster have generated.
An immediate need in the recovery and rehabilitation period is assisting families and villages tobring normalcy back to their lives. A priority task therefore that the government would address isto decide on appropriate assistance to help all those affected re-establish their homes, families andcommunities.
I wish also to thank all the Churches, the Red Cross, non-governmental organisations, the private
sector companies and individuals both in Samoa and overseas who have donated generously
towards the victims of this calamity.
Last but not least I acknowledge with gratitude each and everyone from overseas and our own
people who have worked tirelessly and risk even their own health to help and support the rescue
and relief effort that has been ongoing since the disaster struck.
On behalf of His Highness the Head of State, the government and people of Samoa, I would liketo express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to all the governments, the internationalorganizations and every person who contributed and helped the victims of the disaster and ourcountry at this time of crisis.”30

PHOTO GALLERY

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Images of the Destruction2

Destruction at Lepa – Samoan architecture withstood tsunami

Destruction of road networks

Destruction – scoured landscapes

Destruction – homes folded like paper toys

Destruction – beach erosion

Destruction – salt water intrusion into soil

2

The photos are credited to the National Disaster Management Office, NZDF, Cherelle Jackson, MWTI,
MCIL and SWA

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From whence cometh the help …. RELIEF

Containers upon containers relief supplies

Food supplies for the relocated communities

Volunteers at work – daily food distribution

NZ medics bring in the wounded

Red Cross provides temporaray shelter

NZDF provides water purifiers

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The Road to Recovery….

From makeshift shelter to ……..

……permanent homes & amenities

From interim water supplies to ……

…new water supply schemes – Lake Lano

Rebuilt Sweet Escape fales Manono

Rebuilt beach fale operations Lalomanu

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ANNEXES

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ANNEX 1:
For the departed..... Lest we forget
Name

Age

GenderCitizenshipFemaleCountry
residence
NZ

Petria Martin

22

Rebecca Martin

24

FemaleNZ

NZ

Mary Anne White

54

FemaleNZ

NZ

Moeaia Palenapa

59

Male

NZ

NZ

Eliza Taamilo

2

FemaleNZ

NZ

Tauavaga Tupuola

84

Male

NZ

NZ

Sio Taufua

11m

Male

Unknown

NZ

Oloseia Anae

55

Male

Unknown

NZ PR

Peter Letiu

33

Male

Samoa

NZ

Maree Blacker

50

FemaleAustralia

Australia

Vivien Hodgins

55

FemaleAustralia

Australia

Dmitry Kikhtiev

1

Male

Australia

Australia

Anita Nuualiitia

30

FemaleAustralia

Australia

Clea Salavert Wykes

6

FemaleAustralia

Australia

Metita Sui

62

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Jerry Schwalger

72

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Teancum Schwalger

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Abish Schwalger

1

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Faapopo Toeuli

40

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Joseph Purcell

4

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Saeni Purcell

78

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Pili Poo

4

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Tautua Silupe

78

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Maupenei Tofilau

1

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Nonumaifele Tofilau

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Logo Uili

47

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Tui Annandale

65

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Siliva Eteuati

1

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Amataga Tiotio

11

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Vaisigano Lauvai

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Masela Lafaua

43

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Rosa Lafaua

3

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Ranui Simanu

NZ

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Filisi Tavita

11m

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Moana Fiu

70

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Hatonaina Lauvai

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Siaea Areta

1

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Sima Sepelini

3Female

Samoa

Samoa

Pula Sepelini

30

Female

Samoa

Samoa

36

Puni Afoa

67

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Maka Esera

79

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Manino Faaaliga

2

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Nuusilaga Aganuu

FemaleSamoa

FemaleAloalo Sao

6

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Sui Esera

66

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Salamina Talosaga

73

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Alavina Aiotaota

35

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Ana Iulai

5

Female

Samoa

Samoa

JayJay Ulugia

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Lolagi Magia
Pefata Sau

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Aneti Lueafitu

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Togafalea Alesana

3

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Kapeneta Viiga

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Alema Tofu

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Simone Anae

51

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Taua Sagale

60

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Precious Malaga

5Female

Samoa

Samoa

Rachel Leuelu

5

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Marilyn Ulugia

3

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Quezon Lesa

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Merina Lesa
Asipau Alataua

60

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Junior Livigisitone

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

David Sootaga

7m

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Sefulu Taamu

37

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Sivaisua Livigisitone

32`

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Faanunu Talapa

106

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Tapuloa Taimane

4

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Miriama Fatu

25

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Fili Tialeaiga

31

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Maria Tinei
Satelite1

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Tusipepa Hanipale

42

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Tauaiuplou Purcell
Otto Leuluaialii

31

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Ulalia Siatualaivao

60

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Milo Soo76

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Milo Too Paipa

76

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Selau Farani

21

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Asesa Toomalatai
Losivale Faapoi

1037Lutia Faapoi

2Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Sara Amosa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Mauapi Amosa

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Sue Taufua

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Malo Uili

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Lafotua Alesi
Lua Tavale

Gwenlyn Taufua

65

4Sieni Ropeti
Aleki Taumoe

1

William Tau
Aliceann Meredith

4

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Malo Mikaele

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Siu Pritchard

2

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Ardmore Meredith

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Gardenia Meredith

1

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Shanna Lanu

2

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Moanalei Long

9

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Jayson Siu

6

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Nifo Siu

10

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Tuese Peilua

1

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Tafia Gali
Anesone Gali

3

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Leuti Sio

8

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Maliumai Anetone

5

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Aneanea Anetone

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Paepae Fale Toafa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Sapi Pelesia

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Mauapi Seuala

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Matala Taufua

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Vinesa Toa

80

Etimani Taufua

9m

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Siimoa Taufua

60

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Leifi Taufua

97

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Sili Taufua

11m

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Teleise Alesi

49

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Lote Tuese

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Lafitaga Suafai

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Siimamau Suani

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Mafatua Sua

67

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Frazer Faaleaga

2m

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Logotaeao Faaaliga

40

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Tiloni Sio Pati

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

38

Seea Peilua

3

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Feagai Fatuesi

2

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Pelesasa Etimani

4

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Ronaldo Aleni

5

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Falevalu Segifili

9Female

Samoa

Samoa

Malo Vai

4

Male

Samoa

Samoa

FemaleBrazilBrazilIsabel Ana Pinheiro
Anesone Tafia

33

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Willie Leio Taamu

5

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Tini Suafai

30

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Naiuli Faaaliga

33

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Anna Schaafhausen
Leueta lesa

20

Female

Samoa

Samoa

Aleki Vai

1

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Savelio Taeao

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Jamie Viliamu

3

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Faatamalii Toni

44

Male

Samoa

Samoa

Alfie Cunliffe

2

Male

NZ

NZ

39

ANNEX 2
RELIEF ASSISTANCE consigned to Government for distribution
Ref#
1

DONOR
New ZealandConsignee
Government of
Samoa

PACKING
Pallets

2

AusAidGovernment of
Samoa

Pallets

3

JICA

Pallets

4

World Vision

Government of
Samoa
Government of
Samoa

5

UNDP

6

UNICEF

7

Supreme Master
Ching Hai
(Australia)
Green Peace

8
9

10
11

Tegels NZ Ltd(throughFrankies
Wholesale)Samoa Tsunami
Relief Dunedin
Samoa Tsunami
2009 Appeal
Charitable
Trust, Auckland(Michael Jones)

12
13

Government of
Samoa
Government of
Samoa
Government of
Samoa

Government of
Samoa
Lalomanu,
Lotopu'e &Mutiatele

1x20' #CSLU2406305
1x20' #RSLU2002463

Government of
Samoa
Government of
Samoa

1x20' #
FSCU3691116
1x20' #IPXU3711830
1x20' #RSLU2001641
1x20' #RSLU2002761
1x20' #TTNU2464098
1 x 20' #INBU3819110

Transam (GoS)
Samoa Tsunami
2009 Appeal
Charitable Trust(West Fono),
Auckland

Boxes (locallyprocured)

1x20' #PDLU7000971

15

17

Pallets

Transferred toGovernment of
Samoa

14

16

4 pallets

Malaela village

IN-KIND DONATION
generator sets, family tents, tarpaulins,
stretchers, patient bags, towels, soap,
toiletries, emergency boxes, batteries,
lanterns, torches, gloves, tool kits, soccer
balls
Water containers, tarpaulins, generators,
mosquito nets, tents, blankets, water
purification, wheel barrow, tool kits,
tarpaulins, tents, sleeping pads, blankets,water containers, water purifiers
tarpaulins, mosquito nets, family hygiene kits,baby kits, squatting plates, soccer balls,
camping lights, solar radios, shovels, spade,rakes, mud pick, axes, digging & shifting tool
(latrine digging tools), blankets, watercontainers, solar lamps, solar radios,purification tablets, fabric rolls,
water tanks, water bottles and refill of water,
female kits, sanitary pads, soaps, watercontainers
shovels, hammers, bush knives, measuring
tapes, handsaw, pins bar, nails, gloves, kids
White Sunday kits
helicopter, diesel, petrol, collapsible watercontainers, water,
pre-cooked whole chicken

Gifted relief supplies, plus other items forgeneral distribution such clothing, etc.

clothing, food items, water containers,
toiletries, disinfectants, tool boxes, toys
clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings,
shoes
food, drinking water, kitchenware & gifted
relief supplies for designated families
clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings &gifted relief supplies for designated families
clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings,
drinking water
food items, buckets, toiletries

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Farmers, New
Zealand delivered tovillages by
Farmers
Distribution
team

Farmers, New
Zealand

19
20
21
22
23

The
Government of
Niue

24

New ZealandGrowers(Produce
Agencies)
NZAid

25
26

The Produce
Company28

CB Exports Bruce Fletcher

29

SamoanCommunity in
New Zealand
Sofrana
Unilines (NZ)Ltd

30

Government of
Samoa (through
Hon.
Gatoloaifaana
Amataga
Gidlow)
Ah Liki
Wholesale
DisasterManagement
OfficeSalani Surf
Resort - Nick
ShannonBethamBrothers
Enterprises
BethamBrothers
Enterprises
DisasterManagement
Office

31
32
33
34

TsunamiCharity Relief
Melbourne
NZ PostDisasterManagement
OfficeSamoa Post

35
36
37
38

Samoa Sydney
CouncilGovernment of
Samoa

1x20' #PDLU1998570

clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings

1x20' #
FSCU3258106
1x20' #TTNU2430251
1x20' #RSLU2002817
1x20'#RSLU200343
3
1x20' #RSLU210909

clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings

1x20' #BXNU3602404

pumpkin, potatoes, onions & garlic18 bundles

building polls

24 boxes

potatoes, carrot, apple, t-shirts

14 piecesbuckets, spades, roll, push chairs, clothing,food

1x20' #RSLU2003198

clothing, towels, bedding, baby gear andclothing, food, foam cups & plates

1x20' #TRLU6230604

food, clothing, gas grills

1x20' #TTNU1683527
1x20' #TTNU2705132
117 boxes

clothing, timber

1x40' #FSCU6613647
1x40' #FSCU6526558
1x20'#TEXU2180050
1x20' #
PRSU2363431
1x20' #MCLU2659330

gifted relief supplies for designated families

clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings
clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings
clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings
clothing, cooking utensils, canned food items,
water, toys, home and household items &gifted relief supplies

drinking water
clothing, bedding, toiletries, gloves and caps,
shoes

gifted relief supplies for designated families
hospital beds and mattresses
clothing, tarpaulins, food tray mats, hospitalkits, blankets, hospital clothing,hospital items

41

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SISDAC

1x20' #CRXU2500940
1x20' #
CRSU1431572
pallets
RSLU2005170

SISDACRSLU2001678

NEOC

SODU4915036

NEOC

Clothing / Linen

NEOC

2439040 (IATACode)
FSCU4220321

NEOC

FSCU6251506

TSUNAMI RELIEF CARGOGOVERNMEN
T OF SAMOA

1X20' #TPHU6352241

Food items clothing

Freight Plus on
behalf of Sue
Rasmussen

1x20' #
GESU2670813

clothing, food, tools, utensils, bedding,hospital items, sewing items, books, toys,
shoes

Samoa Fire andEmergency
Services
Authority(transferred toGovernment of
Samoa)EFKS
Kuiniselani

1x40; #TTNU4676619

building materials, food, water, clothing

1x20'#TTNU15417
12

gas stoves, gas cylinders, hose connectors

120' #TTNU2082198
2x20' FLC

household items

1 x 20' #TTNU0114181
8
Pallets
1x20' #RSLU3200611

Water, Food, Clothing

Packets

Food Supplies

Packets

Clothes

1x20' #RSLU2000856

Tsunami relief goods

40
41
42

SISDAC

43
44

45
46

47
48
49

50

51

SamoanTsunami Relief
Organization
Las Vegas
Glen Wetzell
Auckland NZTSUNAMISAMOA 09
AIRPORTOAKSSENDITAUCKLANDNZSAMOANCOMMUNITY
USA
SamoanCommunity,
Melbourne,
Australia
New Zealand
Builders

EFKS
Kuiniselani delivered byrepresentatives

52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59

Unison PacificLtd
Samoa &
Tokelau
MissionI. H. Caruthers
MCCAINFOODS (NZ)LTD
Ah LikiInvestments
Hon. Amataga
Alesana Gidlow
Tuilaepa
Lupesoliaiutensils, hospital items, towels, clothing, firstaid kits, printing paper
hospital items, clothing, foodtarpaulins & ropes
Relief Supplies - Clothing, Food Items ,miscellaneous household items
Relief Supplies - Clothing, Food Items ,miscellaneous household items
Dry foodstuffs, clothing, waterChildren‟s toys

Rice, Beddings

CTNS & BAGS
Food Items

42

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61
62

SaileleMalielegaoi
Samoa Tsunami
2009 Appeal
Trust, Mangere,
NZ
Nufarm New
Zealand
Tuilaepa
Lupesoliai
SaileleMalielegaoi

1x20' #RSLU2002720

clothing, food items, Kitchenware, beddings,
kitchen items, toys, shoes, medical supplies,
tools

1x20' #PDLU2000752
1x20' #FCIU2913246

Rebuilding Assistance Goods
Medical Aid, clothing, foodstuff

INTERNATIONAL AID DISTRIBUTED by donors FROM OWN DISTRIBUTION POINT
1 Rotaract
cooking oil, soap, emergency boxes, batteries,
Australia
lanterns, gloves, shelter box
2 Rotary Club
tents, sheets, sleeping pads,
3 Samoa Tsunami Government of
1x20' #
Relief - Dunedin Samoa (EFKS CSLU4997634
Saleaumua)
4 Samoa Tsunami
1x20' #
Gifted relief supplies
Relief 2009
RSLU2005138
5
Malaela village
1x20' #
clothing, food items, toiletries, beddings,
TTNU2463492 drinking water6
Lalomanu
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies & items for general
RSLU2001066
distribution include food, clothing, medical
supplies, drinking water
7
Ulutogia &1x20' #
gifted relief supplies & items for general
VailoaTTNU3142096 distribution include food, clothing, utensils,
tents/tarpaulins, bedding, hygiene supplies,
shoes, toys, drinking water, toiletries, torches& batteries
8
Saleapaga
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families
RSLU2002843
9
Poutasi
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families &RSLU2000619
items for general distribution include food,clothing, toiletries and hygiene supplies,
torches and batteries, toys & books, bedding,shoes, kitchenware
10
Lepa
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families
RSLU2004450
11
Malaela1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families
PDLU3003313
12
Satitoa
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families &RSLU2004018
items for general distribution include water,
food, clothing, bedding, toiletries & hygiene
products, kitchenware
13
Saleaumua
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families &RSLU2004091
items for general distribution include food,clothing, toiletries and hygiene supplies,
torches and batteries, toys & books, bedding,shoes, kitchenware
14
Saleapaga/Lepa
1x20' #
gifted relief supplies for designated families &RSLU2000198
items for general distribution include food,clothing, toiletries and hygiene supplies,
torches and batteries, toys & books, bedding,shoes, kitchenware

43

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Lions Club

Lions Club16

Samoa Seventh
Day Adventist
Rotary Club

Samoa Seventh
Day Adventist
Rotary Club
Apia

Island Ventures
Resort Ltd
Mother of
Divine Mercy,
Auckland, NZ
Siaki Afioga on
behalf of New
Zealand based
Lalomanu
families
Apia Aid
Containers

Soraya May ofLevasa Resort
Archbishop
AlapatiMataeliga
Siaki Afioga

cartonclothing, cooking utensils, canned food items,
water, toys, home and household items
clothing, cooking utensils, canned food items,
hygiene and toiletries, water, household items& gifted relief supplies
household items

1x40' #
PLLU4961420

clothing, cooking utensils, canned food items,
hygiene and toiletries, water, household items

1x20' #CAXU6693729

BethamBrothers
Enterprises

1x20' #
FSCU3743740

clothing, building tools, toiletries, laundry
supplies, electrical, plumbing, building
materials and supplies, food items, bedding,used furniture, other household items &gifted relief supplies
clothing, cooking utensils, bedding, water,
books, toys, shoes, food items, kitchenware

17
18
19
20

21
22
23
24

Wallis andFutunaCatholic Church(insert name ofpriest

25
26
27
28

Leava Sigave,
Futuna29

SamoanCommunity in
United States ofAmericaSociety of St
Vincent De Paul30

Catholic Church(insert name ofpriestEFKS

Father Paulo
Filoialii(CatholicChurch)

31
32
33
34

35
36

Sonim, Ireland
Help Samoa
Coalition
Disaster Relief(Alfred Fong)
USA

DigicelLetaa Dan
Devoe

pallets (from #FSCU3691116)
1x20' #TTNU3526907
1x20' #PDLU3001563

1x20' #
FBLU4017405
1x20' #FSCU7478201
1x20' #PDLU3000778
1x20' #PDLU1998311
1x20' #
GLDU0385827
1x20' #TTNU2462238
1x20' #CAXU6526737

tools, shirts and jackets

clothing, cooking utensils,

clothing, cooking utensils, etc..

186 pallets

food, clothing, bottled water, blankets,, tents,
shovels, chainsaws

1x20' #TTNU2465237

food, clothing, beds and kitchenware

1x20' #TTNU2463912
1x20' #TTNU3526152
2 pieces
1x20' #
AMFU3010243

food, clothing, beds and kitchenware
food, clothing, beds and kitchenware
Rugged raised mobile phones
clothing, shoes, bags, bedding, food, tents,
tools, toiletries, baby items, school supplies,
toys, miscellaneous household items

1x20' #
AMFU3015311
1x20' #

44

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38
39
40

A J Bates for
Peta Karalus
Trust
Mike Nolan and
Dylan Mika
(SamoaTsunami Aid
Project)

Olaga Manuia oTamaitai (JoeAnnandale &AndreaWilliams)
Mike Nolan &Dylan Mika

41
42

Unison Pacific
Limited

43

Australian Red
Cross

44
45

46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53

BethamBrothers
Enterprises
Samoa Red
Cross

Melbourne
Metropolitan
Fire Brigade

Fire &
Emergency
Services
Authority

Australia
Basketball
Association
Caritas Australia
Maritime
Surveillance
Australia
Samoa Advisory
Council Wellington (4containers weredelivered;remaining 4 will
be delivered on
11/11/2009)

Samoa
Basketball
Association
Caritas Samoa
Samoa Police

54
55

Vailoa &Ulutogia
Lepa &
Saleapaga
Saleaaumua &Mutiatele
Malaela &Satitoa
Vaovai &Poutasi
Vavau & Aufaga

56
57

Lalomanu

58

Jason Shields

Falealili

59

Tapau a'amai &Amy Saotui(SamoanMFATCAXU6509112
1x20' #TCKU2455674
1x20' #TTNU2464668
1x20' #TTNU2462813
1x20' #RSLU2004825

1x20' #RSLU2004872
1x20' #FCIU2286969

clothing, bedding, toys, food, cooking
utensils, books and kitchenware

electrical kitchen appliances, utensils,
clothing, bedding, toys, tools, lanterns,

Rice

37 pallets

tools

12 pallets
1xfire truck

hardware/building tools

2 pallets
2 palletstyres
sports goods

37 pallets

food
1 trailer & maritime safety equipment (flares)

1x20' #CASU6858937
1x20' #UCLS2057845
1x20'#UCLS1043770
1x20' #UCLS2874300
1x20' #UCLS2884479
1x20' #UCLS3250229
1x20' #UCLS3291538
1x20' #CAXU654839
TINU2464014

clothing, food items, kitchenware, tools,
toiletries, tarpaulins, bedding, books, toys,
used household items

RSLU 20008522G1

Clothing, Shoes, towels, linen, toys, schoolsupplies, toiletries, tools , TVs, ridge, Water
pipe, food, fridge , nails, tents, chainsaw,
bathroom sinks, taps, weed eater, fishing rod,
ropes
Clothing, shoes, blankets / linen, toys, books/ stationery, food, kitchen utensils, tools,
furniture, alkathene

45

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61

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

Community Wellington)
Apia Haulage
Intl Longshore
Warehouse
Union :"HelpSamoa Disaster
Relief Coalition"CA
Dr. Nicola Mary
Tumanuaiga
Davis
TNT Express
C/-Pacific
Forum Line
JosephHammond
Place Airport
Commercial
Park. Auckland
Airport NZ
Apoiliu Warren(Auelua Family
Mt Roskill
Auckland
BLACKTOWN
BOARDROOM BESSEMEASTBLACKTOWNQCONSTRUCTIONS KUMEU
AUCKLANDNZ
ROTARY
DISTRICTMEDICAL
SUPPLIES
NETWORKLE FETUAOSAMOANLANGUAGESCHOOLHAWAII USA
MAINFREIGH
T OWENSINTERNATIO
NAL LTD NZEFKSPULEGASANTA
CLARA SANJOSE CANELSON

Samaritans
Purse
Alfred Fong

SLAC 0001

Humanitarian aid, collapsible cans, flashlights,

SEAWAY
BILL ISSUED

Descriptions prohibited contrary to US Law

Dr Nicola Mary
Tumanuaiga
Davis
Anoamaa's
District Hospital
Pacific forum
Line APIAFCIU3198688

relief supplies

C00034824

tsunami donated goods

Apoiliu Warren(Liaison
personnel)
Auelua Family
Caritas Samoa

TINU2463173

clothing, food items , home & household
items

00100151(CUST NO)canned food items

Lalomanu
village

FSCU3342`20

tsunami donated goods

Tupua Tamasese
Meaole hospital

SUDU5835655

donated relief medical equipment

Ekalesia
Metotisi Samoa

SUDU3968540

donated relief assorted goods

Project samoa
hope apia

BREAKBULK

assorted donated goods

Efks Lalomanu
Rev. Isaia Tiatia

AWSU1980500

food items, clothing, books, blankets, water

Letiu Tamatoa

BXNU3602085

tsunami donated goods

46

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73

74
75

76

77
78
79
80

81

82

83

84

85

86

TASMANSTARCONVOY OFHOPEMISSOURIUSA
RADIO BOPFMTAURANGANZ
HORIZONLINEOAKLAND
WESTPAC
BANKINGCORPORATION NZCROSSROADSMARLBOROU
GH TRUSTWELLINGTON NZWANGANUI
DISTRICTCOUNCIL NZPAPALIIFATU FEUUAUCKLANDLAE TESTSNZ
KUEHNE &NAGEL
AUCKLANDNZ
PRADEEP
CHAND
PAPATOETOE NZ
SamoanCOMMUNITY
SUPPORTSERVICES
AUSTRALIAHOOKERSBROS
HOLDINGS
LTD. NZMICHELLE
SAMOA
COORDINATOR NZROTARYCLUB OFRUTHERFORD TELARAH
NSW
LESA
FOUNDATIO

Penaia Satitoa
Assemblies of
God - Samoa

SUDU5560753

relief goods

Youth with a
mission Samoa

RSLU2006582

tsunami relief goods

Pacific forum
Line APIATPHU6352241

RELIEF CARGOWESTPACSAMOA

FSCU3273604

tsunami relief funds - 200 packages

NEOC

RSLU2100623

assorted donated goods

AMATAGAPENAIASATITOAPAPALIIFATU FEUUPOUTASI
Samoa Red
Cross
Samoa RedCross

TCKU3266356

tsunami building materials

RSLU2001528

donated items & second hand goods

TTNU
2464884
PDLU2000372

donated items, canned food, water

YOUTH FORCHRISTSAMOA

FSCU3202133

tsunami relief cargo

NIUALII TUA
AFELE
SAMOA

FCIU3098523

food items clothing second hand kitchenutensils and furniture

CEO PRIMEMINISTER &CABINET
OFFICEMICHELLE
PENN MESC
Galumalemana
N Petaia
ROBERTMILLS APIA

APLS2878422

tsunami relief goods

IEAU2256572

food items clothing, kitchen utensils andfurniture

CRXU4520210

clothing toys cooking utensils light tools

LESA
FOUNDATIOFSCU647537-9

humanitarian relief goods

shoes charity goods , clothing, household
items

47

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N RIVER SIDEAVE SALT
LAKE CITY
USA
REV. FEPAI
KORIA

88

Philip Luafutu

89

New Zealand
Builders

90

Glengala
Primary School
andLions/Rotary
Club ofSunshine
Puna o le Ola
Congregational
ChristianChurch, USA
Crossroad
Calvary Church,
USA

91

92

93

Dr. Nicola Mary
Tumanuaiga
Davis

N SATITOA,
ALEIPATA,
REV. FEPAIKORIAMATAFAA
Philip Luafutu –PoutasiSamoa Fire andEmergency
Services
Authority(transferred toGovernment of
Samoa on behalf
Purcell family)
Lions Club ofApia

27 CTNS

food items clothing toys

1x40' #CRXU9986670
1x40' #TTNU4417541

building materials

1x20' #TTNU2462665

tents, food, hygiene products, saws, clothing,
drinking water, gas bottles, bedding,
kitchenware, medicine, tools

Samoa Red
Cross

1x20' #SUDU1504670

clothing, food, miscellaneous household
items

Rev. Tavita
Pagaialii,
Assembly ofGod
PeleiseMoefaauo

1x20' #SUDU1398140

food, water, clothing, shoes,

1x20' #FCIU2395620

medical supplies

1x20' #
FCIU3198688
1x20'#TTNU966911

clothing, food, miscellaneous household
items
clothing, kitchenware, food, shoes, bedding,
toiletries, first aid supplies, bags, stationery

94
95

Queensland
SamoanCommunity
Tsunami Relief

Queensland
SamoanCommunity
Tsunami Relief

96
97
98
99
100
101
102

103

MarisaPapaskevas
AOG
Melbourne
SamoanIndependent

MarisaPapaskevas
Rev. Tavita
Pagaialii,
Assembly ofGod
Pastor Iafeta
Masipau

1x20' #TTNU1316381
1x20' #TTNU1316930
1x20' #TTNU1317264
1x20' #TTNU1317388
1x20' #TTNU1319288
20 boxes
1x20' #SUDU1677510
1x20' #TCKU1316550

building materials

kids goods, books, hand tools, electrical tools,
kitchenware
food, clothing

food, clothing, kitchenware, miscellaneous
household items

48

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105

106
107

108

109

110

111
112
113

114
115

Seventh Day
Adventist
Church,Queensland,
Australia
Hawaii First
SamoanAssembly ofGod, Hilo
Amosa Telea,
New Zealand

Rev. Tagi Laga,
Levili1x20' #FCIU2186553

food, clothing, bottled water, used furniture& bikes

1x20' GP

Cement bags x 50@40kg, Timber x 7 packs,
nails, paint, hammers, bikes, T.V, Fridge, ply
sheets, pots, pans, clothing, windows x 8,
window louvers, handsaws
Beddings, clothing, kitchen stuff, Toiletries,
Stationery & Books, Beds & Bases, Timber 4 packets, Sundry tools, children toys.
Clothing, Food Items, Beddings &Mattresses, Furniture, MiscellaneousHousehold Items.

Lions Clubs
District, New
Zealand
SamoanCommunity,
Hawkes Bay,New Zealand
Samoa
Enrichment
Society Inc.
Honolulu
Samoa oNevada, USA

1x20' HC STC

Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter
Day Saints,
Utah, USA
Rev, Simeona
EFKS, NSW,
Australia
Belmont Shore
Rugby Team,USA
SamoanCommunity
Congregation,
USA
Good Samaritan
Church, USA
Naka Eula,Long Beach,
CA, USA

1 x 20'
PLLU269875

116

Samoa
Congregational
Church of Jesus
Christ, USA

117

Saint Rita
Church, San
Diego, USA

1x40' STC

1 x 40'FSCU656301

Clothes, Kitchen & Bath Items, Water, Dry
Foodstuffs

1 x 20'SUDU929420

Clothing, Toys, Linens/Beddings/Towels,
Pack Bags, Reading Books, Medical Supplies,
Arm Grudges, Walker, Wheel Chairs,
Toiletries, Toothpaste, Sewing Kits,
Dishes/Glasses, Sugar, Flour, Can Food,
Snack Pkt, Saimin, Water, Rice
Clothes, Water, Foodstuffs

1 x 20'CUCU7000105
1x40'
SUDU6845832

E. F. K. S
Lalomanu

Clothing, Tin Food, Rice, shoes, Water,Utensils, Beddings, Blankets, Sheets, Pillows,
Cases.
Clothes, Water, Foodstuffs

1 x 20'TUKU326163

Clothes, Water, Foodstuffs, Medical Supplies

1x40'
MATU2525375
1 x 20'
MATU2525375
1x40'
MATU249263
1x40'
SUDU194036

Dry Foodstuffs, Clothing, Shoes

1x20' #PLLU266394

Clothes, Water, Foodstuffs, Kitchenware,
Building Materials, Miscellaneous Household
Items

Dry Foodstuffs, Clothing, Water

Clothing, MISC Items, Water, Food

49

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119
120

121

Pastor Maui'a,
San Francisco,
USA
Freight Plus
Emanuele
Samoan Free
Methodist
Church, USA
Polynesian Line
Ltd, USA

122

CameronLaumua - Eagle
Project

123

Hilltop
ChristianCenter, USA
Good Samaritan
Church, USA
Rotary Club ofChristchurch,
New Zealand
Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter
Day Saints, Salt
Lake City, USA
Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter
Day Saints,
Honolulu,
Hawaii
Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter
Day Saints, Salt
Lake City, USA
Project Rebuild
Falealili,
Brisbane,
Australia
Mafutaga
Katoliko Samoa
i LA,USA
Archbishop
Alapati Lui
Mataeliga

124
125
126

127

128

129

130
131

132
133
134
135

Mrs Su'a Julia
Wallwork
Samoa Ports
Authority
Alan Grey Ltd
Bluebird
Lumber &Saleaaumua &Malaela

1x40'
SUDU145846

Canned Foodstuff, Clothing, Blankets

2x20' #RSLU2101450
RSLU2100388
1x20' #SUDU376774

Building Materials, Truck, Small Excavator,
Canned Food1 x 20'
MATU207662
1 x 40'
MATU249263
140' #SUDU5887582

Dry Foodstuffs, Clothing, Water

1x20' #FSCU6222853

Clothes, Water, Foodstuffs

Clothes, Water, Foodstuffs, Tables, Tools,
Nails, BBQ grills, Kerosene lamp, Hygiene
Items, Rolls of Carpet, Children Bikes,
Cooking Stovesclothing, food items, Medical supplies, Toys

1x20' #TCKU3261631
1x20' #TTNU3746389

Dry Foodstuffs, Clothing, Water

Case

Water filtration bottles

1x20' #PLLU2707504

clothing, food items, toiletries, Kitchen Items,
Building Materials, Bathroom Items

1x20' #SUDU366323

food items, clothing

1x20' #TCKU1317449

Cement bags, bikes, T.V, Fridge, clothing,
Vehicle, Microwave

1x40' #
CLHU8626332

Food Item, clothing, kitchenware, Household
Items

1 x 20'FSCU3170988
1 x 20'INBU3686594
Pallets

Medical Aid, Clothing, Foodstuffs

Pallets

electrical fittings, wire rope

1x20' #PDLU3200225
1 x 20' #FSCU329CTNS tissues

Tools, Furniture, Clothes, Beds, Wheelchairs,

kitchen utensils

Packets of Timber

50

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137

138

139
140

141
142
143

144

Hardware Ltd
Rev. Fepai
Koria
ANZ Samoa
Ltd, New
Zealand
Congregational
ChristianChurch of
Samoa,
Frankton,
Hamilton
Tapunuu
Matolu Fanene
Leone &
Faapiopio Lutau
Linkpac Samoa,
New ZealandCommunity
Eme Penaia,
Auckland, New
Zealand
Rotary Districtworld
Community,
Auckland, New
ZealandEFKSManukau, New
Zealand145

Ana Krishna,
Australia

146

Samoa Ports
Authority
Congregational
ChristianChurch of
Samoa
Canterbury,
NSW, Australia
Rev. Nuuausala
Siaosi Siutaia
Vincent
Meleisea

147

148
149

150

151

Pacific Instituteof Performing
Arts, Mt. Albert,
New Zealand
Rev. Kerisiano
Soti, Society of

Poutasi Village

Lalomanu
Village

1x20' #RSLU2100069
1 x 20'
CRXU1535427
1 x 20'
CRXU1791814
1x20' #FCIU2228941

packages of aid relief

Cratesclothing, food items, toiletries

1x20'
PDLU2000325

clothing, food items, Kitchenware, Timber,
nails & screws, wheel barrow, concrete mixer,
welding machine, books, vanity, bed, wooden
draws
clothing, cooking utensils, canned food items,
water, tents, duvets, linen, mattresses

1x20' #PDLU3001144
01x20' #
FSCU3272362

Furniture

clothing, food items

tools, resources, relief aid

1x20' #
FSCU3273836

clothing, pipe fitting & clamps, food items,
books, sewing machines, toys, gas cooking
stove, plastics tarpaulins

1 x 20'PDLU1998029
1 x 20'PDLU3001820
1 x 20'TTNU3527668
1 x 20'
TCKU1965098
Palletclothing, food items, Kitchenware, Chinesemats, tools, wheel barrow, mattresses,
furniture

1x20'
container

Mats, kitchenware, clothes, foodstuff, tools,
microwave

1x20' #RSLU2004168
1 x 20'RSLU2005457
1 x 20'RSLU2005288
1x20' #RSLU2004548

Tools & building supplies, kitchen utensils,
food items, clothes
emergency relief goods

1 x 20'
FCIU2312230

foodstuff, furniture, household items

medical Aid, Clothing, Foodstuffs,
kitchenware, shoes, toys, beddings,
microwave
Machinery Parts

clothing, food items, toiletries, water, toys &
books

51

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153

154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168

St Vincent De
Paul, NZ
Fitu Ah Young
Lafo
Manusamoa
Siliniu,
Auckland, NZ
Heather Tiatia,
WELLINGTO
N, NZ
Apia Haulage
Ben Taufua
Lalomanu
VillageCamp Hill
Church ofChrist, Australia
Mika Suesue
Mafutaga
Siumu,
Wellington, NZ
Humanitarian
Relief Supplies
AOG,
Granville, NSW,
Australia
Samoa Unity
ChristianChurchTRANSAM
Samoa Ltd
Veape Kaiva &Uati Toafa,
NSW, Australia
RobertO'Sullivan
Baptist Unionof New Zealand
TRANSAM
Samoa Ltd1 x 20'
PPSU4200445
PalletBreak bulk

Water Tank
Mitsubishi Vehicle, clothing, building
materials

1x40'
FSCU9369004

STC Donation Tsunami Cargo

1x20' #SUDU1667907
Packages
1x20'
FSCU3231297
1x20' #RSLU2006113

clothing, shoes, water, foodstuff, towels,
blankets
clothing, chairs
clothing, foodstuff

1x20' #
FSCU3227362
1x20' #CRXU3271909

STC Donation Tsunami Cargo

PalletWater, Food

1x20' #RSLU2105899

clothes, books, utensils, toys, shoes

1x20' #PDLU3000952

mattresses

1x20' #RSLU2100433
1x20' #PDLU3002723

AUSPAC Aid Relief

1x20' #RSLU200028
1x40' #RSLU4500167
1x20' #RSLU2101824

STC Donation Tsunami Cargo

Foodstuff, clothes

clothing, food items, Kitchenware, books,
water, toys, books, microwave, Generator,
medical supplies, toiletries
clothing, food items, Kitchenware, books,
toys, rugby balls, toiletries
clothing, food items, Kitchenware, beddings,
kitchen items
Tsunami relief aid for families affected from
relatives in Australia

52

ANNEX 3

Technical Assistance

AGENCYTYPE/
ACTIVITYADB
Total

ADRA NZ

Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel
Relief and earlyrecovery

DETAILS

Expert for Education Cluster
Infrastructure Engineer (Alain Goiffeau)
Worked through the Seventh Day Adventist(SDA) church with support from ADRA
Australia and New Zealand.
Initial relief distribution already commenced toprovide food and NFIs to 1,500 people in thecommunities of Saleaaumua, Satitoa andSaleapaga.

ESTIMATEDVALUE
USD $20,000

USD$15,000 initial
relief
NZ$300,000 Early
recovery(USD$220,000)

Cash for work program to assist with local clean
up and scoping project to identify long term
sustainable alternative livelihood development
programme.
AusAID

Recovery Supplies
Medical Assistance

Reconstruction

Conservation
International

Technical Assistance

CHINA
EU

Technical assistanceFunding Resources

Water Sanitation
Farmers
Traders (NZ)

Education

Relief supplies eg, food, mosquito nets, medical
supplies and water through government village
systemEstablished surveillance systems to track down
any potential diseases
3 Medical clinics set up at Lalomanu, Fusi andPoutasi
Medical Supplies
An expert in reconstruction for planning of post
tsunami reconstruction.
KVA contracted by AUSAID to develop a fullreconstruction and recovery plan for the tourism
sectorTwo locally based technical experts(environmental and marine specialist) worked
with the IASC/PHT Environment Working
Group.
Supply of bitumen for roads reconstruction
The European Commission‟s humanitarian
department (ECHO) is providing 150,000 euros
through the International Red Cross Federation
through their Disaster Response Emergency
Fund (DREF) to assist with primary emergency
needs in Samoa.
Resources from ongoing Water Sector Support
Programme for provision of water tanks andsanitation facilities.
Early on in the post tsunami phase Farmers
indicated a $500,000 donation towards
infrastructural development. The final decisionrested on constructing a library for the Aleipata
district – work is now underway

USD $ 1,780,000(initial)
PLUS(Based on AUD $2 M.
Exclusive of value ofother support in
medical assistance
AUD$1m towards
services of HMS
Tobruk and Australian
Red Cross
USD 6,000

USD300,000
Euro $100,000(USD$147,000)$500,00053AGENCYFAO

TYPE/
ACTIVITY
Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel

Funding Resources
Rapid Needs
Assessment
Coordination andsupport for
emergency relief
efforts
JICA:
Total
Estimated
Value USD
$307,853

New
Zealand

Emergency
Assistance

Early Recovery
AssistanceFunding Resources

Relief and Recovery
Supplies

DETAILS
Fabrizio Cesaretti, FAO Emergency &Rehabilitation Coordinator to assist FAO SAP in
the needs assessment, coordination and response
formulation on agriculture, fisheries and foodsecurity.
Four members of FAO SAP Multidisciplinary
technical assisted MAF in needs assessment andresponse formulation.
FAO provided up to US$100,000 urgent
agriculture and fisheries supplies and inputs.
Logistic support provided to MAF for needs
assessment : 2 vehicles for 3 days.
Offered support in the Cluster Approach: (i)taking the co-lead function with MAF of theAgriculture and Fisheries Working Group; (ii)participating to the Early Recovery and the
Health, Food & Nutrition cluster.
Immediate mobilisation of JICA relief items (e.g.
tents, water filters etc). JICA supplies throughWaste Clearance Project
Illegally-dumped waste in the affected area wascleaned.
Preparatory Survey for Tsunami affected school
Applications for grant aid prepared to renovate
Saleapaga Primary)
Needs assessment
NZAID funding of NZ$2M for relief/recovery
effort, including $150K for NZ Red Cross and$600K for NZ NGOs.
Significant resources deployed by NZ Ministry of
Health and New Zealand Defence Force for
medical teams, forensic team, naval and army
personnel and deployment of naval vessels .
Immediate mobilisation of NZAID relief items(e.g. tarps, lamps etc) and facilitation of NZ Red
Cross supplies. NZAID supplies channelled
through DMO.
Transportation of NZ Government, NZ Red
Cross and other “donor” (e.g. NZ private sector)
supplies from New Zealand to Samoa on NZDF
C130s, Boeing 757.
Provision of supplies for power (poles),telecommunications, water (pipes, water truck onloan) and shelter (poles, chainsaws) for EPC,
SWA, SamoaTel and LTA
NZDF helicopters being used to distributesupplies through Disaster Management Office tothe affected villages e.g., food, mosquito nets,
buckets, medical supplies and water (esp.
Manono) through government village system

ESTIMATEDVALUE
USD$ 30,000
USD$ 12,000

US$100,000

USD$220,000

USD $80,971(ST$200,000)
USD $6,882(ST$17,000)

Figure based only on
NZ2.9 m estimatedfunding support andestimated cost oftechnical assistance for
128 NZ funded
personnel in Samoa forthe tsunami –understates costs ofprovision of aircrafts
and naval transport

54

AGENCYTYPE/
ACTIVITY
Search and Rescue

Health and Medical
Assistance

Water and sanitation

DETAILS

ESTIMATEDVALUENZ Defence Force
P3 Orion provided aerial photography, damage
assessment and search and rescue capability
NZ Navy dive team (8) assisted in search andrecovery operations on south coast
Teams of engineers working with Police forsearch and rescue
NZ Police 15 police personnel
22 Personnel deployed working with Samoa
Police: 1 Liaison Officer
 12 Specialist search staff
 2 Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) staff
 4 Search dog handlers and dogs
 2 Radio technicians 1 Assistant Commissioner
Radio Communications Equipment provided toSamoan Police
Civilian
31 strong NZ health team coordinated by New
Zealand MoH/NZAID, worked alongside NHS
and MoH staff.
Team included10 person surgical team(anaesthetists, orthopaedic surgeons, plastic
surgeon, post op nurses) at the main hospitalWith NZDF, have helped to restart Poutasi clinic.
Samoan-speaking GPs, general nurses andpsychologists, working out of Poutasi clinic, withmobile teams conducting assessments andproviding treatment to displaced people
Public health advisors (incl. Infectious Disease
Specialist) worked with Samoan MoH
Significant medical supplies and surgicalequipment (2.5 tonnes plus) supporting NHS.
NZDF
20 strong NZDF Medical team providing support
to Poutasi clinic and undertaking triage fordisplaced people in the hills ( co-ordinated with
Australia, NHS)NZDF Environmental Health Team working
with Samoan Environmental Health officers to
map displaced people and public health issues.
Medical evacuations of NZ and Samoan citizens
NZDF navy dive team worked on repairs to theManono water main in association with SWA
Dive team laid new pipe to Namua island
HMNZS Canterbury transported significant
quantities of PVC piping for SWA
NZDF fresh water treatment plant (25,000
litres/day)made available to SWA for use

55

AGENCYTYPE/
ACTIVITY
Engineering
andother assistance

OHCHR

Technical Assistance

OXFAM

Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel

Samaritans
Purse

Relief Supplies

Shelter
Boxes Rotary
(Aus)
SOPAC

Shelter Boxes

SPREP
UNDP
Total
Estimated
Costs:
300,000 USD

Technical
Assistance/Specialist
Personnel
Technical
Assistance/Specialist
Personnel
Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel

DETAILS
Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency
Management
One staff member from NZ Ministry of Civil
Defence & Emergency Management currently
working alongside DMO at Faleata.
One staff member from NZ Fire Service
participating in the UNDAC team
43 NZDF engineers assisting with debris
clearance (e.g. Manono)
NZAID funded two structural engineers (BECA
and CJB) to undertake rapid assessments of key
infrastructure (hydro plants, hospital, 1x water
treatment plant, Ministerial building, Salani
bridge, Williams building etc)
Two OHCHR staff members (Ms. Matilda
Bogner & Ms. Susanne Pederson) to lead theprotection cluster.
Renzo Benfatto /Dolores Devesi disastermanagement specialist s
2 water/sanitation engineers (Dave Neru andNick Hewitt) to carry out needs and resources
assessments and first response technical support;
One Livelihood Specialist to support local partner
WIBDI
Provision of Water tanks for rebuilt homes
Distribution of Toolkits to 50 HH on Manono
Island and 50HH in Saleapaga Village/Beach
Community. Toolkit includes: shovel, bush knife,axe, sharpening file, measuring tape, crowbar,
nails, hammer
Distribution of Toolkits, mosquito nets, plastic,Hygiene kits and Kitchen kits (includes, plates,
spoons, cups, ladle, food storage container,
towels, washing bowl) to Poutasi (and nearvillages), Salani (and near villages, Vavau, Aufaga
Distribution Hygiene kits, mosquito nets,
Kitchen kit (includes cooking pots, plates, cups,
spoons and knife), Toolkit, and plastic
distribution to Aleipata District (all villages) and
Lepa village
100 Shelter Boxes
1 technical GIS expert working with NDMO andSPREP, UNDAC for mapping of tsunami related
information
Two locally based technical experts(environmental and GIS specialists) working with
the IASC/PHT Environment Working Group
2 technical experts to conduct impact assessments
Technical expert on early recovery planningDavid Abbot (Pacific Regional Macro Economics& Poverty Reduction Advisor)

ESTIMATEDVALUE

USD $20,000
USD $15,000

USD$30,000

USD$100,000 (est
USD1,000 per)
USD$10,000
USD$6,000
USD$20,000

USD$10,000

56

AGENCYTYPE/
ACTIVITY
Coordination andsupport for
emergency relief
efforts

Funding Resources

DETAILS

ESTIMATED
VALUE

Support to UN System DMT and UNDAC
Two staff members are part of UNDAC andstand-by to participate in deployed UNDAC team– Georgina Bonin and Mika Maiava: Transportation for field visits
Funding resources of up to US$200,000
immediately (first week)
Active resource mobilization for early recovery
efforts by the Government of Samoa

USD$ 500,000(new funds)

Emergency funds of up to US$100,000 from BCP
released
UNDSS

UNEP

UNESCAPUNESCO
Total
Estimated
Costs:
100,000 USD

Transportation for
UNDAC
Communications

Vehicle is available to transport UNDAC mission

Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel
Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel

SURGE Officer

USD$ 3,000

Environmental specialists for environmental
assessments
Local staff (Greg Sherley) to provide assistance inenvironment assessment

USD$5,000

Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel
Technical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel

Nokeo Ratanavong (Economist - DALA expert)
David Smith (Economist - Planning/Policy
Expert)

USD$20,000

HF/UHF radios available

2 UNESCO Education staff based in Samoa
assisted in assessing school and education aspects
in the affected areas
2 UNESCO science sector staff provided
assistance with humanitarian response capacity,and the coordination of environmental
assessments

USD$6,000

USD$10,000

Scientists to assess the geo-physical Tsunami
characteristics tentatively arriving on October 6

UNFPA
Total
Estimated
Costs: 79,500
USD

Funding Resources

US$50,000 available for direct access, but it needs
to be requested through the Samoan National
Commission – UNESCO working with them tofacilitate application.

Rapid Needs
Assessment:

National Liaison Officer to participate in
UNICEF Rapid Needs Assessment

RH Kits

UNFPA supplied (airfreight)
a. individual clean delivery kits(serving
approximately 20,000 people):• 2 RH Kits 2A• 2 RH Kits 2B
b. clinical delivery assistance in health centres• 1 RH Kit 6 (serving approximately 30,000
people), depending on need.

USD$ 100,000

USD$ 5,000

57

AGENCYTYPE/
ACTIVITY
Women‟s Dignity
kits (Contents:
towel, clothes,
toiletries, sanitarypads, panty, condom(male and females),colgate toothbrush,
tooth paste etc for
women)
UNICEF
Total
Estimated
Cost:175,000
USD

200 Dignity kits sent to Samoa. Estimatednumber needed: 2500 dignity kits

ESTIMATEDVALUE
USD$ 74,500 available
depending on
confirmed need
USD$ 37,000 received
already from UNFPA
HQTechnical/
Specialists Staff

Ms Fadumo Dayid- HIV & AIDS Specialist
Ms Laisani Petersen- Child Protection Officer. (Mr William Fellows -UNICEF Water, Sanitationand Hygiene in Emergency Specialist
Mr Philip Mann -Health & Nutrition consultant
Deployment of UNICEF personnel to be
Education Cluster lead

USD$30,000

Rapid Needs
Assessment

Conducted RNA by UNICEF team of 5, focusedon the needs of children and women in the 4
temporary displacement camps and originating
communities. The Rapid Assessment tool (to beundertaken on PDAs) is multi-sectoral and will
be shared with UNOCHA and otherorganizations Its primary purpose is to establish
essential needs of children affected.

USD$5,000

Measles Plus
Campaign

To be coordinated by Health/Nutrition
consultant alongside MoH, with vaccines alreadyavailable in Apia. Conducted initially in 4
temporary camps. Included Vitamin A
distribution.
Establishment of safe play areas in displaced
camps- with Pacific Early Childhood
Development Kits; Recreation Kits and School ina Box Kits.
The provision of Oral Rehydration Solution,
Water Purifying Tablets (to accompany the 10L
collapsible water containers provided by multiple
agencies) and Water Tanks (1500-10,000L
capacity).
The development and distribution ofcommunication materials to accompany theWater & Sanitation supplies and Measles Plus
Campaign. Includes public announcements andradio messages on 5 key messages for healthfollowing a disaster.

USD$25,000

Telecommunications

The provision and installation of a VSAT in Apia
in order allowing for communication between the
UNICEF office in Fiji and the UNICEF staff in
Apia.

USD$ 15,000

Operational Costs

Admin & logistics costs (both from UNICEF
Suva; UN Apia)
Staff member deployed to support early recovery
efforts, including needs assessment, strategicplanning and policy guidance on disaster risk
reduction and good practices from previous postdisaster recovery processes

USD$ 10,000

Safe Play/Learning
Areas
Water, Sanitationand Hygiene &Health Supplies
Communication

UNISDRDETAILS

Technical Assistance

USD$ 25,000

USD$ 50,000

USD$ 15,000

USD $4500

58

AGENCY
UNOCHA
Total
Estimated
Costs: 50,000
USD
US Embassy
Total
Contribution:$1.707m USD

TYPE/
ACTIVITY
Funding Resources
Technical/
Specialists Staff
Direct AssistanceIndirect assistance
Assistance in thepipeline

WFP
WHO
175,000 USD
madeavailable by
ItalianGovernment

WMO

World BankWorld Vision

Technical/
Specialists Staff
Technical/
Specialists Staff
Support for urgent
equipment needs
Recoveryoperational support
Support to MOH
health promotion
unit
Support for MOH
laboratories
Technical
Assistance/Normal
Daily Operations
During Disaster
EventsTechnical
Assistance/
Specialist Personnel

Emergency supplies

DETAILS
50,000 USD for immediate release

ESTIMATEDVALUE
USD$ 50,000

Two UNOCHA staff leading UNDAC team

USD$15,000$500,000 USD allocated to Samaritan‟s Purse tosupport the tsunami relief and recovery efforts.
Through Samaritan‟s Purse, assistance has
provided hand tools, hygiene kits, plastic sheeting
and water containers.
$500,000 to the Samoa Red Cross to assist withthe relief efforts and assist with their work.
Payment of Tsunami Relief Flight from the
Samoan community in California
Supply of 362 Air Horns for DAC/DMO
distribution
Purchase of computer equipment and software
for Tsunami Watch
David Allen of WFP to facilitate the logistics
coordination activities for the tsunami response.
Dr Rodger Doran, Regional Advisor, Emergencies andHumanitarian Action, Western Pacific Regional Office,
ManilaPurchase of bed nets
Purchase of hospital supplies
Recruit local staff for 6 months plus support costs
Field technical experts as requested
procurement, workshops, design and printing ofIEC

USD $302,000
USD $25,000 est
USD $30,000 est

USD 15,000
USD$ 10,000
USD$ 30,000
USD$ 75,000
USD$ 50,000

consultant to be recruited
procurement of consumables, food safety andwater quality
Ensuring that weather information are available
to Samoa Meteorological Service Division during
early recovery period

USD$ 50,000

Doekle Wielinga (GFDRR Team Leader
Sustainable Recovery)
Henrike Brecht
Ian Morris (Health Specialist)
Demetrios Papathanasiou (Transport Specialist)
Emergency Supplies provided to NDMO
998 10 litre collapsible Jerry Cans
32,000 Water purification tablets
497 family hygiene kits
99 Baby Hygiene Kits
5 P.E. Fabric Rolls (1.8m x100m)
998 Mosquito nets
498 tarps
57 Squat Plates
50 sports balls (donated to World Vision by Sep
and Renes Sports Store)
Emergency Supplies arriving this week (12-16 Oct)
120 solar powered AM/FM transistor radios
400 solar powered lamps

USD$40,000

USD$3,000

USD$57,200

59

ANNEX 4
Summary of the 2009 Tsunami Relief & Rehabilitation Fund

as at 20/08 /2010

Receipt#
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273628273629273630273631273632273633273634273635273636273637273638273639273640

Names
Office of the Electoral Commission
Mac & Ana Pritchard
Netta Setoa Ah Far
Fonofili Madar
Sue & Peter Rasmussen
Valovalo Tusani
Faalelei Nuu Ualesi & Fanau
Asa & Karameli Family
Pacific Liquor
Ekalesia Nasareta
Vaai Simon Potoi & Kelly Potoi
Francis & Mareta Graig
M & J Ah Fook
NUS
Methodist Church of Samoa
Galu Ruta
Tauese Tusipa
Lua Ioselani Muliaga
Alii & Faipule(Satapuala)First Samoan Full Pentecost Church
Samoa Housing Corporation
Tokelau Affairs
Cancelled (No Duplicate Copy)
Cancelled (No Duplicate Copy)
EFKS Manono Uta
SPREP
Asosi Taaloga Bingo
Bank Cheque
Alii & Faipule Puapua
Peni & Paepae
Lotoso'a Saleimoa
Alii & Faipule Lepea (Faleata)
Alii & Faipule Nofoalii
LetogoAfega
Fagalii
Saanapu
Faleapuna
LotopaGagaifolefaga
Alii & Faipule Savaii

$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

Total Amount
1,000.00
200.00100.00200.00250.00100.00100.0050.00
500.0025,000.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
2,000.00
11,000.00
100,000.00
30.00
20.00
200.001,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
30,000.00

$
$
$
-$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

1,000.00
3,737.00
6,453.90
17.50
5,000.00
200.001,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
500.00100.00100.0029.45
5,000.90

Foreign Currency

60

Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
273641
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
273642273643273644
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
273645273646273647273648273649273650273651273652273653273654
Direct Deposit
273655273656
Direct Deposit

273657273658
Direct Deposit
273659273660273661
273662
273663273664273665273666

Unknown
Fiu Kurene Endemann
Tsunami Victim Funds Support - TVOne
Eqluppus Church Gisborne NZ
Humanity First NZ
LI KA SHING OVERSEASAKASHI CITY – JAPAN
Congregational Christian Church ofSamoa
A G Bell (Australia)
Congregational Christian Church ofAmerican Samoa
Humanity First NZ
Carole A Harewood
Tsunami Victim Funds Support - TV
One
Samoan Community in Suva, Fiji
Motu o Atafu - Tokelau
Chanel Tennis Club
Alo ma Fanau Samoa US Army
Ekalesia Katoliko - Satapuala
EFKS - Henderson, Auckland
St Michael's Anglican Church
Henderson - Auckland
Judy Atkins - Bird Lorne, Vict
(Australia)
Nagano College of Nursing (Japan)
British American Tobacco - Samoa
Pacific Island Forum Secretariat
United Pentecostal Church Int'l
Staff - Controller & Auditor General
NZ
Cheque Deposit - Semu Lagolago
Credit Interest
Bank Fees Oct 09
Government of Niue
Government of Cook Islands
Yazaki (EDS) Samoa
TV3 Musical Telethon
Destiny Church Aotearoa
Software Factory
Alii & Faipule Tanugamanono
ETV Productions
Samoan Community in Wellington
NZ
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat(China)Samoa High Commission in

$
$

25.00
100.00$$$$$427,410.16
1,400.00
17,025.00
242,424.24
8,149.96

USD$100,000.00
JPY$300,000.00$$

1,000,000.00
2,165.36

AUD$1,000.00$$$

9,536.39
17,062.00
369.70

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

72,200.00
11,188.72
33,175.50
1,000.00
1,180.00
500.005,000.00$

771.00$$$$$752.0011,573.33
100,000.00
24,972.00
2,409.54

$
$
$
-$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

692.131,000.00
1,083.34
9.95
76,857.99
43,904.55
310,641.00
26,129.50
20,470.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
20,000.00

NZD$400$

559,368.64

NZD$315,489.20$$

119,177.09
117,558.38

USD$50,000.00
NZD$66,826.00

USD$4,000.00

USD$500.00

USD$4877.00

USD$1,000

NZD$43,760.40
NZD$25,000.00

61

273667
273668273669273670
Direct Deposit
273671273672273673
Direct Deposit
273674273675273676273677
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
273678273679Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit
Transfer
273684
Direct Deposit

273685Wellington NZ
Te Matatini Soc (NZ 11,500)
Tuaropaki Trust (NZ10,000)
HT Gardiner (NZ5,000)
Maori Trust Board (NZ7,500)
Ngati Awa (NZ10,000)
Te Runanga Ngai Tahu (NZ 10,000)
Tamaki Makau Sr (NZ1,000)
Tuhoe (NZ10,000)
NZ Sikh society (NZ1,325)
Central Districts Indian Assn
(NZ501)Samoa High Commission in
Wellington NZ
Government of Thailand
NSA of Bahai's of Samoa
Forum Fisheries Agency
The Auckland Indian Association
Direct Credit - Baker Boyer
Clifton Terrace School
EFKS - Hamilton (NZ)
Samoa Shipping Corporation
Ambassade De Samoa - Europe
Rev Moon - Universal Peace
Federation (Japan)
Prime Minister Vanuatu
Commonwealth Parliamentary Assoc
Credit Interest
Bank Fees Nov 09
MEDCEN
Bulldogs Rugby League Club
Pacific International Limited
Ekalesia Samoa & Community Melbourne
Nuu o Samoa I Hawaii & Amerika
Government of Timor Leste
Michael Klaus - United Kingdom
Samoan Embassy – Japan
Polynesian Culture SchoolZYMOTECH CONS. SRVS
Tsunami Victim Funds Support - TVOne
Komesina o Leoleo & Leoleo o lo'oAuauna I Sudan(U.N)
Ambassade De Samoa - Europe
Credit Interest
Bank Fees Dec 09
Secretariat of the Pacific$

35,872.71

$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

32,500.00
4,886.00
5,139.81
1,172.53
153.625,000.00
5,000.00
35,285.82

$
$
$
$
-$
$
$
$

4,170.14
2,124.04
10,984.77
2,690.89
5.90
55,000.00
11,008.98
125,076.64

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

58,000.00
5,069.68
118,793.06
1,358.41
28,689.20
13,789.30
2,089.02$

11,233.67

$
$
$
$
$

2,446.18
13,934.00
6,804.48(5.00)
23,939.62

USD$15,000.00

NZD$92

EURO$10,000.00
JPY$200,000.00
AUD$1,000.00
AUD$5,000.00

JPY$4,615,328
USD$2,100.00
EURO390.00
JPY$1,041,705
JPY$500,000.00
USD$842.50

USD$1,000.00
EURO$4,000.00

USD$10,000.00

62

273686273687273688273689273690273691273692273693273694273695
Direct Deposit
273699Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit

Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit
Direct deposit

Community & Staff
Worship Centre Christian Churches
Worldwide
Samoa Lotofaatasi - Christchurch
Samoa High Commission Wellington
Diplomatic Corps – NZ
SIKH Community in Auckland
Te Kohanga Reo National Trust
Board
Pacific Cooperation Foundation
Association of Seventh Day Baptists
Australia
Association of Seventh Day Baptists
Australia
New Apostolic Church USA World
Relief Fund
Honiara Golf Club
Ambassade De Samoa - Europe
Samoan Communities in Canberra &Queanbeyan
Overseas Bank fees forreceipt#273695 - Honiara Golf
AusAID relief assistance
Government of China - relief
China Red Cross relief
US Embassy relief
Kingdom of Tonga
AIL NZ
Samoa High Commission Australia relief
Fono aoao tagata Samoa Sini –A24,639.35
Anonymous A5975.85
Rita Trudeau A500
Royal Comm Society Nth Tasmania
A 250
St Edmunds College A2,000
Dr Patu A200
Bonny Zole A100
RSL Ballina Br NSW A1,000
Government of Tuvalu
St Lukes Samoa Fellowship
EVO Hirakawa
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat(China)Asian Development Bank$$

10,000.00
90,076.00

NZD$5,820.00
NZD$5,000.00$

118,930.90$

2,287.23$

2,187.80$

11,926.43

USD$5,000.00$
29,597.57$
23,793.34

SBD$92,496.00$

40,000.00

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

(95.49)487,019.00
250,125.06
75,037.52
251,900.00
660,931.42
1,736.06$

71,899.21$$$

91,175.57
7,919.79
59,734.75$$

123,426.31
2,519,000.00

NZD$20,000.00
NZD$36,218.68

A34,665.20

US50,000

63

273696
Direct deposit$$

1,693.45
5,640.77

$
$
$
$
$
$

242.42
14,939.64
565,064.33
8,292.66(5.00)
5,391.37

$
$
$
$
$

1,030,000
535.977253,513357.20
6,488.24

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

4,980.97
1,672.93
32,629.58
4,492.29
2,205.76
3,386,960.20
1,410.65$

2,190.85

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

49,000.00
3,062.00
2,450.00
9,800.00
1,000.00
367.5059,048.14

As of August 24/10/10 Relief Fund Total $14,265,732.30

273697273698
Direct deposit

Direct Deposit
273700273701273702
Direct deposit

273703273304273305273306273707

South Pacific Youth Justice
Association of Samoan Culture
Komesina o Leoleo & Leoleo o lo'oAuauna I Sudan (U.N)
Radio Pasifika Queensland
Institut De mission XPF20,000,000
Credit Interest
Bank Fees Jan 10
Samoa Embassy – Japan
2009 Samoa Tsunami Relief
Rehabilitation - NZ
Somerset Village Aotea (SHC Wgtn)
Credit interest
Sefo Pau & sonsSamoa Embassy Japan
Moananui Cook Islands (Yen 15,000)
Junior Chamber International (Y37,246)
Chihirodai school (Y 44,000)
SpaHawaii resort (Y100,000)
Credit interest
Methven preschool
McDonalds Fiji
Tofi Mika Junior
Credit interest
Government Papua New Guinea
Pacific Cooperation Foundation
Samoa High Commission Australia –Association SDA
Samoa Mission New York
Government of Singapore
UN Fiji Staff
Tarakinikini family
Newmark Realty
Elm Elementary school
Varner family
De La Rue

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ANNEX 5:
Assistance delivered through third parties
Donor
Luxembourg
CanadaItaly
European
Union
–
ECHO
Germany
AusAID
NZType of assistance
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution

Third party
Caritas – International Red Cross
Oxfam
WHO
International Red Cross

Amount€ 50,000$293,500€148,823€150,000Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution
Financial contribution

Red Cross
Australian Red Cross
ADRA NZBANZAID
Oxfam
NZ Red Cross
Rotary NZ
UNICEF€100,000$500,000
NZ150,000
NZ150,000
NZ150,000
NZ150,000
NZ90,000
NZ$60,000

65ANNEX 6:
POST TSUNAMI RECOVERY PLAN 2010 - 2013
An overview of the Tsunami Recovery Plan is presented in the main body of the presentation. The
following information is a representation of periodic reports that are provided on a quarterly basis
to the development partners.
SectorDescription

Water

Water is the highest priority in terms of recovery. Unlike housing water is a largely
public issue and is considered to become the number one constraint for theaffected population in the medium term. Water will be provided to all former andresettled dwellings. New water sources, treatment processes, storage and reticulation
will be required for upland resettlement; this process could take two years. All new
water networks must have resilience to prevalent hazards included in their design. The
destruction involved 10.8 km of 80mm-100mm diameter mains, 4.2km of 25mm50mm diameter mains, 21.8km of 15 mm – 20mm diameter mains and 527 water
connections in 22 villages that were operated by SWA. Damage to the independent
water supplies included the destruction of 1.2 km of 100mm diameter mains in the
Vavau supply network and 71 service connections
Progress to date:
Restoration of supply systems along the coastline of areas that have been resettled andManono tai is completed. Manono tai system will be further upgraded as part of theongoing water budget support program. The relocation of communities has meant
new systems needed to be put in place including that from Lake Lano. The works
involved a 3 Stages approach as follows:
1st Stage from Lake Lano to Lepa/Saleapaga Settlement
2nd Stage – branch off from Tanks Site on Stage 1 towards Lalomanu Tank
3rd Stage- New pipeline to go inland from Tiavea to Satitoa Tank to beconnected from the existing Tiavea system.
The Preliminary Design commenced from November to 21 st December following
which Topographical Surveys were required to confirm design and the routes needed
for Stage 1 access road and pipeline as there was no existing path through themountain ridge and over to the Lake. Land compensation claims and subsequentdelays in construction were avoided through the development of the new routes on
uncontested land. The Road construction portion of the Stage 1 contract was asignificant requirement in order to gain access to the lake for construction of the tanks
and installation of Control Building with Generator and pumps on the pontoon in
Lake Lano. A new road of 1700m was constructed as well as upgrading the existing
access road to that required for vehicle access. The steep ridge posed some difficulties
in allowing machinery to access and construct roads particularly at the ridge location.

Amount(STala)Year 15,000,000
75%
utilization

The Material orders not only to cater for replacement works but also for the newschemes were significant and because they were not all available at the same time –there were delays faced in the supply with subsequent delays on the works contracts
responsible for pipe laying. The Authority as well as the contractors had to receive
instruction and training in the use of new types of pipe materials and the machinery
required for connections. All the works contracts have been completed withpreparations now underway for pumps testing which requires the installation of watertanks provided by Red cross and Oxfam to be aligned next to the pipeline system. The
Lake Lano system is expected to adequately provide for about 5,000 residents.

66

Housing

HealthGovernment has limited its assistance in support of the private housing recovery
sector to making a contribution to private housing. As NGOs and the private sector
pick up more of the contribution to reconstruction of private housing the number ofgrants to be distributed by Government will be reduced, very likely toward 250
families. It is recommended that the SAT9M be retained for planning purposes as the
Ministry will incur other significant costs supporting the rebuilding of houses by
NGOs such as site clearance, water, transport, road repair and local support contracts.
Progress to date:This program paid out about ST9.4 m for 502 new houses and 360 needing repairs;
Houses built to date through NGO programs include: Digicel 50, Caritas 70, LDS 40,
Sir Howard Morrison 3, Catholic Archdiocese 9, TEAR Fund 7, Habitat Samoa 2.
Total new houses built by NGOs is 181 and by Government 321. Total new homes
and repaired homes is 862. Contrary to the Damage and Loss assessment, the numberof houses that were totally destroyed increased by 45%. It is known that additionalrequests were made on behalf of large households given the standard design size of 10
x 5.2 m. Of the houses that needed repairs, those assisted included families thatreported damage associated with the earthquake and were not necessarily located inareas affected by the tsunami (4% of houses needing repairs).
All new houses are provided with a water tank provided by the Red Cross and Oxfam.
The total number of water tanks provided was 347 which was short of the total
number of new houses built. A request has again been processed through the twoorganization for additional water tanks given that this is the most urgent needparticularly among the relocated communities. The decision to extend support tohouses that were partly destroyed and needed repairs was facilitated by thecontribution of the NGO community to build 36% of the new homes leaving funds tocater for significant repairs. The support of Habitat for Humanity who had continued
to provide the skills and labour to assist with prefabrication and construction ofhomes especially for families who could not afford the services of a builder isacknowledged with appreciation. Their work was completed at the end of July before
they returned to NZ. Many of the families opted to provide builders for their homes.
The five last requests that were received towards the closure of the project were given
equivalent building materials out of the stock remaining with the NDMO. The
housing project is now completed.
There is a continuing requirement for post event treatment of surgical patients,
tsunami lung and infections. Requirement for psychosocial recovery for those inaffected area, responders, government and aid workers. Local capacity to deliver interms of qualified personnel is limited. There is a need to repair and recover interim
health needs, and there is a question on the relocation of Poutasi hospital, relocation
and upgrading of the Fusi health centre:
Progress to date:
Work carried out by NHS included the procurement of replacement drugs, orthotic
and laboratory supplies, initial contract letting for the reconstruction of clinics on safer
locations namely Fusi Safata, security fencing for Poutasi hospital as well as initiating apublic private partnership arrangement with general practitioners being contracted toservice district hospitals and health centres. The Medical teams and psychosocial
counseling teams have had follow up visits to review the cases of tsunami surgicalpatients and the affected families and will continue to do so over the next 12 months
under the Health SWAp post tsunami program. The low utilization rate is due to thedelay in completing the infrastructural work involved in upgrading the rural healthcentres. A mass immunization campaign against measles was also conducted to help
prevent against a possible outbreak. Outreach visits continued and will continue andwill factor in the usual programs of community health services until such time when
the populations fully recover. The Public Health Response to the tsunami impacted
areas of September 2009 was a multisectoral effort to address Infectious Disease
Surveillance, Water and Sanitation issues, Nutrition and Food Safety, and adequate
shelter.

9,000,000
99%
utilization

6,500,000
65%
utilization

67

Education

Agriculture
Fisheries

Public health water quality testing was emphasized. After the initial assessment andmapping, up to three multi-country teams made up of Environmental Health Officers,
Community nurses, Nutritionists, and Public Health Physicians covered the displaced
populations of Aleipata, Saleapaga, and Lepa This process took 9 weeks.
The main aim of this process was to ensure that every family cluster was visited andprovided with Health Education advice regarding nutrition, water usage and safety,
food safety, liquid and solid waste disposal. It was ensured that Pit latrines and soakpits were put in place for each family before the team moved on to the next family.
People with injuries and exhibiting mental health problems were referred to the
National Health Service. The vigilance of the surveillance and public health teams
ensured that there were no disease outbreaks. A village screening program is now
under way.
Cabinet approval has been given for the disbursement of funds under primary healthcare for all sector providers including NGOs that supported service delivery during
and after the tsunami including psychosocial counseling.
Costs for temporary schooling for the balance of 2009 and of 2010 school years.
Commitment to relocate 2 secondary schools & 3 primary schools on risk reduction
grounds. Commit to repairing damaged schools to higher standard of construction,water/sanitation and facilities. Present arrangements for co-location of student groups
not sustainable in to 2010 academic year hence a transitional school set up with berequired to be set up in 2009-10 break or arrangements be made for early school
recovery.
Progress to date:
Temporary classrooms including water tanks and other transitional arrangements were
provided for 5 primary schools affected in order to return to a near normal
environment particularly prior to national exam time in November 2009. Student
learning materials and Furniture were procured for 6 schools that lost the same andwere also relocated. Water tanks were provided to all schools that provided colocation for destroyed schools. All primary schools affected are covered under the
Samoa School fee grant scheme that started in January 2010. The scheme funded by
New Zealand and Australia provides free primary school education for all government
and mission schools but excluding private schools. All ground preparatory works,
surveys for construction were funded by the government for the following:

5,000,000
47%
utilization

Satitoa primary – construction funded by BANZAID – nearing completion
Saleapaga – construction funded by Japan – progressing well
Faleu Manono – funded by China – yet to start
Falealili secondary – Government of Samoa and donors – construction has begun
Aleipata & Palalaua – Education sector program – Bidding process has begun
Aleipata and Lotofaga library – funded by Farmers Traders (NZ) – construction inprogress
The low utilization rate is due to the fact that the large infrastructural works namely
the construction of Poutasi secondary school on a new site inland is yet to becompleted.
There may be some corporate sector support for community level fishery recovery
utilising enhanced grant facilities such as the Private sector support facility or theCommunity Support Fund. Beyond loan/grant facilities, GoS would be expected tosupport short term recovery needs such as seeds, seedlings, tools, small livestock andfishing kits /alia.
Progress to date:
The main focus is to rehabilitate damaged and lost home gardens and plantations toincrease local food supply and reduce dependency on food assistance. Total
Distributed by Type of Planting Material as of June 2010 to all the villages of the
Aleipata district, Tiavea tai, Faleaili district and Manono tai.
Tiapula – 60,500
Banana Corms – 5,800
Yams – 10,200 pieces (38 baskets x 300 pieces)2,500,000
52%
utilization

68

Coconut Seedlings – 5,020 seednuts
Vegetables – Chili (500 seedlings) / G.Pepper (375 seedlings) / Eggplants(500 seedlings) / Tomato (450 seedlings) / cucumber (20 seedlings) / Beans(355 pkts of seeds (150) / C/Cabbage (85 trays of seedlings) / H/Cabbage
163 trays of seedlings).
Fruit Trees – Rambutan (612) / Abiu (112) / Avocado (101) / Mangoes (20).
500 households are targeted for the distribution of livestock pending availability ofstocks from private farmers and to date 181 households have received pigs, 150
households have had pig fencing completed and 162 households have received
chickens.
Replacement fishing boats are under construction for those that were registered prior
to the tsunami. Fifteen out of the 23 eligible fishermen had their alias completely
damaged and will be replaced with new alias. The rest (8) were partly damaged, andwill receive assistance for repairs. All except one will get outboard motors. In a
separate project, UNDP provided fishing equipment to affected fishing communities
and tools for agricultural development. Surveys have also been completed to assessareas for coral rehabilitation as well as marine species translocation.
Commerce
Tourism

Electricity

Government considers pathways to assist recovery of the private commercial sector
through enterprise grant and loan facilities. Such schemes should be open to bothtourism and general commercial operators affected by the tsunami & earthquake.
Stringent standards should be imposed to ensure Government only supports recovery
of ventures which display a hazard risk reduction and management approach similar tothat being used by Government. Government could also consider stimulating theinsurance sector as the private sector, commercial and housing, were largely
unprotected through any form of insurance which appears to be the norm in Samoa
Progress to date:
Following the tsunami, STA launched an aggressive campaign in both Australia and
New Zealand to enhance market confidence in Samoa as a tourist destination giventhat the greater proportion of its products and services had been unaffected.
Of the 56 beach fale businesses that were identified as affected by the tsunami only
24 have applied for assistance. Support to the tourism sector is provided through the
PSSF - Tsunami Tourist Recovery program with a NZ2m allocation from theGovernment of NZ to be spread over 2 years – 15 applications for beach fale
operations were received in the first round and 9 in the second round. Implementation
is gathering momentum. Three operators restarted operations ahead of government
support and have received retroactive financial support. The key theme forrehabilitation of the sector is to „build back better‟. There is already a steady flow of
returning tourists to the restored facilities albeit there is a marked reduction in thenumber of local visitors. A third round of he call for proposals is about to be assessed.
Interest subsidy scheme – Four higher end operators have been assisted through theinterest subsidy scheme funded by the Government of NZ and administered throughthe Central Bank. Two resorts are back in operation.
A low interest loans scheme was also set up through DBS – for tourist related
operations and is not restricted to infrastructural development. The loan scheme issupported by the Small Business Loan Guarantee scheme administer by SBEC
Government will commit to connect all new houses and commercial locations and all
rebuilt and previously connected locations. All new networks and facilities will haveincreased resilience to prevalent hazards in terms of their location and method of
operation. The possibly more highly dispersed location of resettled communities isgoing to affect the ability and planning for the provision of power.
Progress to date:
Restoration of power supply to the affected areas along the coastline, the setting up of
new lines of supply in the new locations in the uplands from Saleaaumua to Lepa havebeen completed. Any other new lines will await the new roads construction program.

3,500,000
63%
utilization

7,455,000
100%
utilization69

Transport

Communica-tion

Environment

Priority activities include:
1st priority restoration of existing roads
2nd priority restoration of bridges on main routes
3rd priority new access roads to resettled communities
4th priority reconstruction of the sea wall
5th priority wharf reconstruction and re-dredging
Progress to date:
Other than the reconstruction and repair of coastal road networks which have been
completed, construction of a number of new access roads given the relocation ofvillages into the inland areas have been completed
Lepa Lalomanu link road (5.3 km) – clearance and sub base fill in progress
Utufaalalafa Access (2 km) completed
Saleaaumua Access (2 km) completed
Malaela loop access (2 km) completed
Satitoa access (2 km) completed
Mutiatele access (2 km) Completed
Ulutogia access (2 km) Completed
Vailoa access (2 km) Completed
Lalomanu loop (1.2km) Completed
Salani Bailey bridge – Completed
Aufaga access ( 2.3km) Completed
Salani bridge reconstruction – contractor approved
The Samusu to Lepa new arterial road inland is expected to be completed over the
next 2-3 years.
Aleipata wharf has been fully restored to what it was before the tsunami even though
it had not yet begun operations as a port when it was destroyed. There are plans tofurther upgrade Aleipata as an international port
Restoration and rehabilitation of public broadcast and television media as well as
repairs to ASH submarine cable
Progress to date:
Full Replacement of telecommunication equipment and hardware destroyed bytsunami at Aleipata including cables and accessories, fibre optic and accessories,
mobile equipment and generators. Reconnection of transmission links and telecast
completed a month after the tsunami. Restoration works completed included
trenching and ducting. Connectivity of all affected areas achieved. All link sites havebeen relocated to higher and safer grounds given the importance of ensuring that
communications remain open during times of emergencies. Minor repairs to the ASH
cable have also been completed. Outstanding works includes land clearing for thenational emergency radio station and the reconstruction and refurbishment of thetelecentres in the Aleipata district that were totally destroyed. The Ministry ofCommunications and IT is considering the set up of a mobile radio station that could
easily access the affected sites and provide feedback to the centralized emergency
operations centre
There are activities that MNRE can undertake with little costs. These include: (1)Short term impact in terms of beach level recovery (2) A monitoring program
especially for fish stock recovery. In the medium term, ecosystem restoration clean upof both land sea can be conducted within this funding allocation. There are also
provisions for coastline protection measures
Progress to date:
The Ministry in collaboration with the affected villages, US and Australian navy and
JICA conducted massive clean ups of the affected land areas including sorting ofwastes as well as limited clearance of the marine areas. Cash for work programs
initiated by international NGOs encouraged the participation of the villages in theclean ups. Advertisements for contracts to build 21 seawalls are completed andconstruction has begun. The restoration of marine protected areas around Aleipata is
ongoing and work has begun on sustainable ways to raise the beach profile to pre

15,000,000
70%
utilization

2,000,000
89%
utilization

3,500,000
66%
utilization

70

Disaster
management

Community
developmenttsunami levels
Needs have been identified in risk identification & awareness; risk reduction;
emergency management and institutional capacity building. There is scope for the
introduction of a HOPE mechanism which readies the health services andcommunities for casualty evacuation, triage and management in a rapid onset event
which can be useful for industrial accidents, fires, transport accidents, civil catastrophe
as well as natural hazards. Set up effective earthquake warning system
Progress to date:
Payment of costs of operations of DMO and distribution centres during and after
tsunami, follow up disaster mitigation and management workshops in rural areas inpreparation for cyclone season completed, Ongoing review of early warning systems
including trialing of systems provided by interested development partners such as theUSA. The additional resources has enabled the NDMO to continue its publicawareness programs on disaster preparedness for multi hazards, attain appropriate
staff levels and work in conjunction with the Fire Services to set up a Volunteers
Emergency Response Team as well as carry out surf lifesaving training.
Community outreach was greatly facilitated by the effective network of village pulenuu
and women representatives (sui ole malo) across all sectors after the tsunami.
Government is to support effective partnerships with NGOs and community groups
for better services delivery and the administration of relief supplies to all affected
communities.
Progress to date:
All affected villages and neighbours have been assisted to draw up village plans fordevelopment including disaster management and the creation of alternative livelihood
options particularly for the youth. As well nine women‟s committee centres have beenrebuilt as these are the centres for primary health care work for villages that do nothave health centres as well as 8 preschools for some villages. The rehabilitation ofcentres to sustain community initiative is important for the success of the recovery
when ground level decisions and plans are finalized. Because meeting the costs of such
repairs would be beyond the capacities of most communities and given the disruption
to their lives which dominate their immediate concerns, the community development
program provides the grant element for the reconstruction of the village women‟scommittee centres.With reference to the restoration of livelihoods 13 women‟scommittees from the affected villages received assistance to restart their vegetablegarden projects previously funded under the Health Sector program, while 27 youth
groups from the affected villages were provided grants to start other livelihood
projects of their choice. These projects varied from cattle farms, piggery, poultry
farms, fishing, and canteens run by youth groups, fabric arts, and lawn mowing
initiatives. According to the monitoring visit by staff, it was clear that progress varied
from village to village and among groups. In this case, staff would need to monitor
these projects closely to ensure meeting their objectives and their viability in sustaining
subsistence for the groups involved Staff have also noted as a way forward that theyneed to also provide the necessary support on the ground where needed, and that for
now constant monitoring is necessary to maintain interest in the chosen activities.

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