The U.S Government will donate about $127,000 worth of humanitarian assistance tools and equipment to the government of Fiji today.
These tools and equipments will be donated to the each Commissioner's offices in Western, Central, Northern and Eastern Divisions from today till Saturday.
United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu Judith Cefkin will handover the assistance to the Minister for National Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu.
In February 2016, the Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces raised with the U.S. Defense Attaché that additional power tools and building equipment could improve the response effort in the wake of severe weather events like Tropical Cyclone Winston.
Through coordination with the U.S. Defense Attaché Office at U.S. Embassy Suva, Fiji and the U.S. Pacific Command, the Navy Seabees of 30th Naval Construction Regiment have been able to deliver these humanitarian assistance tools and equipment.
The US Embassy in Fiji says by donating power tools and equipment, the U.S. government continues to support the government of Fiji’s efforts to help the survivors, especially the children, recover from the impacts of natural disasters.
