Switzerland, March 4, 2016 – The Government of Fiji and the United Nations are currently seeking the sum of $38.6 million to provide relief for 350,000 people that were displaced by Cyclone Winston.
“In light of the enormous and long process to recovery and rehabilitation ahead of us, and in the name of the Fijian people, I am calling on the international community’s assistance,” Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said.
Winston, hit the Pacific island nation on 20 February, taking more than 40 lives and affecting 350,000 people, destroying hundreds of schools and health facilities and damaged and the agricultural sector faces a total loss of some $56 million.
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About 54,000 people remain sheltered in 960 evacuation centres.
