The pain and suffering and the sheer helplessness of the worst of those affected by the floods is incomprehensible as stories of human tragedies continue to surface as our team tours the affected areas in the Western Division.
After visiting Nadi, Our News Director Vijay Narayan who has now arrived in Ba.
Narayan also spoke to Rama Krishna Mission Sami Satnandan who confirms that they have now set up Medical Camps to tend to the sick in some of the affected areas in Nadi.
And after listening to the on the ground situation and desperate cries for help, Fiji Water has this afternoon donated 20 cartons of bottled water to our Team in the West to be distributed to families in the Ba area who are still without proper water supply.
Also Golden Manufacturers has contacted our team to ascertain which are the worst of the affected areas and will liaise with them to distribute 500 food packs from Saturday.
The Rama Krishna relief along with Brisbane based radio station Brigvani are also liaising with Vijay Narayan and our team on those in need of desperate assistance in areas such as Navakai, Nakavu, Sikituru and Vuniyasi Koromakawa where no assistance has been provided so far.
The owner of Radio Brijvani will be visiting some of these areas to distribute $50,000 worth of groceries.
However, Narayan stresses that the relief packs would only be able to sustain the families for upto 2 days after which they would require further assistance.
Meanwhile, our news director spoke to Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama this afternoon who is touring the Northern Division.
Commodore Bainimarama said the situation in the West is very devastating and people need continued assistance.
He said he will return to Nadi from the North to tour the schools and assess the damages before moving to other areas in the western division.
With reports coming in from our team in Nadi, people are finally getting a true picture of the situation and are realizing the extent of the suffering of the people in the worst flood affected areas.
And this has seen an increase in the number of people coming forward to donate to the CFL appeal to Get the Children Back to school with over $40,000 collected so far from around the country.
The appeal organised by CFL radio stations, Legend FM and sister stations Navtarang, Sargam, FM96, Viti FM along with our website fijivillage.com is aimed at ensuring that funds are raised to help children go back to school when the new school term starts next Monday.
Appeals Coordinator and Navtarang Programmes Director Satya Nand said the reports coming in have really impacted on people not affected by the floods.
The CFL Radio Personalities are also based at various centers today, until Saturday evening.
All the cash donations collected for the children will be handed over to Save the Children Fund to assist the children with their school fees and daily bus fare and lunch.
