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NZ Response to Asia/Pacific Emergencies: Update 20091003 08:15

 

SITUATION
Response effort ramping up from INGOs + NZ Red Cross. UNDAC Team in situ.
Reports of NZers volunteering to reconstruct homes:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/2927296/Kiwis-rush-in-to-help-Samoa/

Detailed publicly available information at http://reliefweb.int/

Note: major typhoon anticipated to hit Philippines shortly:
http://www.gdacs.org/#TC_PARMA-09_1


RESPONSE FOCUS
Standing by.


INFLUENCING FACTORS
No change.


ACTIONS TAKEN
~50% growth in subscribers to NZ Sahana Cluster mailing list - including
several from main Sahana dev team. Map of the locations of members is
available https://launchpad.net/~sahana-nz.

Connections created between Neil Calvert (Eagle Technology), Gavin Treadgold
(Kestrel Group), Gavin Jolly (Business Analyst)

Respere technology on standby.


AUTHOR
Tim McNamara, NZ Sahana Cluster Coordinator
20091003 08:10 +13h