The global Red Cross movement has many stories to tell in its important work across a wide spectrum of community activities, and not only in responding to emergencies. Tonga Red Cross are involved in many areas including working with people with disabilities, climate change awareness, health initiatives, and community development.
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Friday 18 May 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Saturday 3 March 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Cyclone relief goods are being stored for free by a local company, Dateline Transam Shipping and their partner Pacific Direct Line, valued at more than TOP$20,000 in support of Tonga Red Cross.
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Monday 19 February 2018
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Bank South Pacific (BSP) Tonga has donated $30,000 to Tonga Red Cross relief program to support the victims affected by Cyclone Gita. Sione Taumoefolau, Secretary Generale for Tonga Red Cross Society said “this will go a long way in assisting their work in hiring trucks to deliver aid to affected areas, feeding the volunteers and other needed support.”
Thursday 20 July 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A private gift of around 5000 pairs of shoes from Japan are being distributed by the Tonga Red Cross this week to young students at various schools in Tongatapu.
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Monday 20 February 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho will be sorely missed by two organisations whose cause was close to her heart. Leaders of the Tonga Red Cross Society Inc. and the Alonga Centre expressed their sorrow at her passing but remembered the Queen Mother's legacy of love, to help and support the elderly and people living with disabilities throughout Tonga.
Friday 16 December 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
People on the small island of Mo’unga’one in Ha’apai are receiving assistance from FINPAC, a four-year regional project that has provided a new boat, and installed a multi-purpose siren to improve warning of natural disasters.
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New water tanks were distributed to 115 homes on the remote island of Niuafo’ou on Thursday, 28 July under a 'Supporting Community Water Resilience' Project launched by King Tupou VI.
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Thursday 31 March 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new multi-purpose training centre for Tonga Red Cross Society in Pangai, Ha'apai funded by the Japanese Government was handed over yesterday, Wednesday, 30 March.
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Monday 29 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
"Zika Zero" action at Vaini on Friday 26 February, brought together volunteers from various civil society groups to clean up the town and get rid of the rubbish that is a breeding place for mosquitoes.
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Wednesday 20 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first 60 of 115 new water tanks were shipped today to Niuafo'ou by Tonga Red Cross to help people with their water storage during the current drought alert.
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Monday 15 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Red Cross today marked World Blood Donors Day 2015 with a theme ‘Thank you for saving my life’ by highlighting the life stories of volunteers and donor advocates on how donating blood saves lives.
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Wednesday 27 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HE Mr David Vogelsanger, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Tonga visited the Tonga Red Cross Office in Nuku’alofa on Wednesday, 27 May.
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Friday 9 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Red Cross Society celebrated Red Cross Day yesterday Thursday, 8 May at its national headquarters in Nuku’alofa.
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Tuesday 22 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A government decision and a Parliamentary Motion to stop the construction of temporary houses for the victims of Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai has left the reconstruction in limbo, as the government pursues its objective of allowing only the building of 800 permanent houses at a cost of $48 million, even though no one knows where the funding will come from. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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Friday 4 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ministry of Infrastructure has stopped the Tonga Red Cross from constructing temporary shelters for families in Ha‘apai after Tropical Cyclone Ian devastated the islands in January. Two houses completed on the island of Mou'unga'one were handed over to affected families this week but the Red Cross had planned to build another 24 to alleviate the suffering.
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Monday 31 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eleven families in four Hihifo villages are receiving help from the Red Cross after their homes were affected by flood waters caused by heavy rainfall last week, March 24 – 25.
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Monday 24 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongans in Melbourne have donated $7,150 pa’anga to Tonga’s Red Cross to assist with the ongoing relief efforts in Ha'apai following Tropical Cyclone Ian.
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Friday 14 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand Government has committed $40,000 (NZD) to Tonga's Red Cross to purchase guttering kits for over 500 homes in Ha'apai for clean rainwater collection.
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Wednesday 12 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Essential food items were distributed to the people on ‘Uiha Island in Ha’apai on February 5 by the Tonga Red Cross Society. The food was donated by the 'Uiha Community in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 23 January 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Red Cross is doing “fantastic work in helping Tonga get back on its feet,” said Westpac-Tonga's country head Dennis Quayle, whose staff is assisting in the the cyclone recovery effort.
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