The people of Tonga are in urgent need of clean water. Just $40 can provide a family with masks and clean drinking water. Please give generously.
The powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano on the 15th of January 2022, has caused an enormous ripple effect across the region with major ashfall and a devastating tsunami polluting clean water sources.
According to the United Nations, 84,000 people – more than 80% of the population – have been affected by the disaster, which has destroyed homes and infrastructure across Tonga.
We must act now. Please make an urgent donation today.
Women-led emergency response teams, from the Talitha Project, are mobilising rapidly to distribute clean water to their communities.
“Water is our biggest priority along with food, toilet paper and dignity kits. Water and masks need to be distributed especially to children and young people. We are wearing masks and covering our arms and legs because the ashfall is causing rashes,” said Executive Director of the Talitha Project, Vanessa Heleta.
ActionAid has been working with women’s rights organisation, the Talitha Project in Tonga as part of the Shifting the Power Coalition, since 2016 to promote Pacific women’s leadership in response to disasters and climate change.
Please make an urgent donation today. Your gift can provide clean water, dignity kits and psychosocial counselling.
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As per ActionAid Australia’s emergency fundraising standards, 90% of funds raised from this appeal will go to emergency response and 10% to fundraising and administration.
In the event that funds raised exceed the amount required to meet the immediate and longer term needs of the people impacted, ActionAid Australia will direct donations to our Arise Fund, which supports disaster preparedness, response and recovery for current and future emergencies.