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Rotary New Zealand launches specific appeals to raise funds to help those in desperate need whether they are victims of a natural disaster such as a cyclone or earthquake or find themselves in a war zone.

DISASTER RELIEF APPEALS

Working with Civil Defence and other agencies, Rotary New Zealand provides rapid response when there are humanitarian crises such as after the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami that struck Tonga in January 2022. Donations help us provide Emergency Response Kits and/or other basic necessities. We also support and work with our partners in the recovery phase.

While much of our work and fundraising efforts are focussed on the Pacific, they also extend to other parts of the world such as war-torn Ukraine, and Turkey and Syria following the massive earthquake. We respond to crises at home too. We raised funds to help with the Christchurch earthquake recovery and now seek donations to assist individuals and communities impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.

To give to the appeal of our choice, please click the DONATE NOW button below and include its reference number. Thank you.

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The wildfire is the deadliest natural disaster to occur in the State of Hawaii since 1960. It has tragically claimed the lives of many people. The fires raged through 2,170 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 2,200 structures. About 86% of the buildings that were exposed to the fire were residential, the Pacific Disaster Centre reports. Many NGOs local and international are responding. Rotary partners are currently assessing the situation in collaboration with like-minded organisations as how best to respond.

We are raising cash donations to help provide financial assistance to the thousands impacted and/or displaced. Individuals and communities will be identified. The priority is to support those who are most vulnerable and help them to get their lives and livelihoods back to normal as soon as possible.

To donate into our bank account, please use these details:

RNZWCS Limited Westpac account
03 1702 0192208 02 or 01 Ref: 022 SWIFT Code WPACNZ2W

If paying by credit card, please select the Disaster Relief cause on this page and use 022 as a reference.

This project offers hope to some 140 children who have no other opportunity of getting out of the poverty rut. 

The children are homeless for a variety of reasons, including family violence, extreme poverty, alcoholism and as a result of AIDS. They are from low-income families and broken homes. In the streets their beds are the hard ground and their only shelter has been retailers’ doorways or in culverts under roads where they hide to avoid being raped, assaulted, or even murdered. Without a pit latrine their conditions are squalid. 

The women live in abject poverty. Many have been abandoned by their partners who may have left looking for employment, leaving the women to care for small land holdings and raise the children. Lack of knowledge in farming and technical experience has left families completely destitute and dependent on charity. 

The project outcomes are housing, vocational training, and physical and emotional support and giving a hand up to learn new skills on growing and harvesting crops and raising livestock. ‘Laketatu' Training Centre enables them to earn a living, encouraging them through active participation and training in best agricultural practices. The once street children will be taught basic life skills such as sewing, baking, in horticulture, and in farming chickens, rabbits, goats, cows and pigs. The same opportunities will be offered to adults to assist them find sustainable sources of income. 

Donors are invited to contribute to building 24 units (12 funded to date). Each houses four people, together with a communal kitchen, administration block, water bore and water harvesting, and other amenities. Construction costs for each unit is NZ$4,000. Each unit carries a plaque showing the name of the donor Rotary Club or individual. 

To be part of ‘Laketatu', please donate through: 

RNZWCS Limited Westpac account 
03 1702 0192208 01 Ref: 316 SWIFT Code WPACNZ2W

Vanuatu was severely battered by two category 4 cyclones in three days in early March. We have 600 Emergency Response Kits (ERKs) in safe storage in Port Vila and Santo for just such a scenario. These will be distributed as soon as the Government has finished its rapid assessments of damage and need across the country. This and getting help to where it's needed is challenging especially given Vanuatu consists of 83 relatively small islands (65 inhabited) with around 1,300 kilometres between the most northern and southern. 

The international NGO community including Rotary in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) have offered support and are ready to respond. Additional supplies of ERKs are available if more are needed. This is an evolving situation and we are ready to respond in other ways depending on need. Damage to homes, buildings, communication and power networks and infrastructure has been extensive. We already know that Port Vila has been severely affected as has Tanna in the Efate Province. We would appreciate any donation of money you can make to help our neighbours in the Pacific. Thank you.
 
To donate into our bank account, please use these details:
RNZWCS Limited Westpac account
03 1702 0192208 02 or 01 Ref: 308 SWIFT Code WPACNZ2W

If paying by credit card, please select the Disaster Relief cause on this page and use 308 as a reference.
You may also give via Givealittle at https://givealittle.co.nz/org/rnzwcs

Cyclone Gabrielle has caused widespread havoc and personal tragedy across the upper North Island. We know that many of our generous Rotarian and non-Rotarian donors who are always conscious of the needs of others have had their own properties and livelihoods destroyed. We are sure that those who are not in that position would want us to support those that are.
Please donate to our appeal with them in mind.

Our aim: To raise funds urgently to provide financial assistance to those affected in the impacted flood areas.

The challenge: Large numbers of homes have been flooded and many destroyed and vulnerable owners and/or occupiers need support to restore and refurbish their homes.

How: We are working with Rotary clubs in the area and others to identify individuals who are most adversely affected in order to provide them with assistance.

Please help us to help them restore their lives and livelihoods to as normal as possible.

To donate into our bank account, please use these details:
RNZWCS Limited Westpac account
03 1702 0192208 02 or 01 Ref: 017 SWIFT Code WPACNZ2W

If paying by credit card, please select the Disaster Relief cause on this page and use 017 as a reference.

On 6 February 2023, a catastrophic and deadly 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and western Syria. It occurred 34km west of the city of Gaziantep, causing massive damage and tens of thousands of fatalities. A large winter storm hampered rescue efforts, dropping snow on the ruins and bringing plummeting temperatures. This earthquake was the strongest recorded to hit Turkey since 1999 and was followed by numerous aftershocks. In mid-February, the death toll surpassed 40,000. 

We in New Zealand are only too aware of the impacts a strong earthquake can have. 
We appeal to Rotarians and members of the public to donate so we can provide financial assistance to those in all communities most affected by the quake.

The task that lies ahead is huge as large numbers of homes have been destroyed and many thousands of people displaced.
Our priority is, as always, to support the most vulnerable.

Can you help us to help them?

To donate into our bank account, please use these details:
RNZWCS Limited Westpac account
03 1702 0192208 02 or 01 Ref: 016 SWIFT Code WPACNZ2W

If paying by credit card, please select the Disaster Relief Appeal cause on this page and use 016 as a reference.

April 2023 update
Please continue to support our Ukrainian Relief Aid Appeal. With no end to the conflict in sight, we're very reliant on your donations to fund our response to this humanitarian crisis. Our focus is to meet the lifesaving needs of the crisis-affected civilian population.

We continue to partner directly with Rotary Ukraine as it forwards donations to where they’re most needed. Senior Ukraine Rotarian IPDG Volodymyr Bondarenko manages the New Zealand response and sends regular updates, often reporting his community is under rocket fire. 

Initially, our donors funded essential medicines, medical equipment, food, water, clothing and linen. This was followed by powerful diesel and gasoline generators delivered to communities and hospitals across 11 cities where the electricity grids had been destroyed. Modular buildings are now being installed to replace family homes that have been destroyed. The overall worldwide Rotary target remains to build 300. 

Lately, New Zealand donors have provided a much-needed ambulance. Thank you.
We’re now fundraising to provide a Ford Ranger all-terrain vehicle for a special subdivision of rescuers-deminers engaged in civil demining of the de-occupied territories in Donetsk region.

This appeal is supported by the Ukraine Associations of New Zealand and other concerned New Zealand citizens. Rotary in Ukraine has 62 clubs, 1111 Rotarians, and 380 Rotaractors who work with a committee set up by PDG Volodymyr.

Caution: Please donate to RNZWCS Limited if you are gifting to this crisis (or in fact to any other overseas humanitarian aid project). We are aware of scams being perpetrated which may have already ‘caught’ some. RNZWCS Limited also require accountability reports. 

You may wish to donate via our bank account. Here are the details:
RNZWCS Limited Westpac account
03 1702 0192208 02 or 01  Ref: 0115  SWIFT Code WPACNZ2W

If paying by credit card, please select the Disaster Relief Appeal cause on this page and use 0115 as a reference.

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