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EU gives $3m aid 

Tuesday, October 06, 2009 

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A woman and her sons pause on the frontsteps where a neighbour's house once stood in 
the village of Vaigalu on Samoa's southern coast. 

THE European Union is putting together $3million worth of aid for Samoa following last 
week's devastating tsunami, but more will be found if needed. 

EU's director for Pacific relations, Roger Moore, told TVNZ: "We have this $3million 
which is being put together at the moment... we will take our share if more is needed we 
will find it." 

He said the EU currently has a program with Samoa which is worth $60million, which 
they "will probably be adapting that to the new circumstances". 

Mr Moore was in Fiji when the tsunami struck Samoa and Tonga last week. 

Around $1billion in EU aid money has been committed to the Pacific for the years 2008 
to 2013.  

Mr Moore travelled to New Zealand for trilateral talks that include Australia - with hopes 
that the three biggest donors to the region can coordinate aid to ensure Samoa's recovery.