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Volunteers offer help 

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 

CLOSE to 100 volunteers have been helping the Samoa Red Cross with the distribution 
of supplies and donations to affected families on Upolu Island. 

Samoa Red Cross health coordinator Goretti Wulf said distributions are continuing on the 
south side of Upolu Island. 

"We are now moving to Manono Island for an assessment of the area to provide affected 
families with supplies," she said from Samoa yesterday. 

"There has been a lot of support from locals and overseas. We have been working in the 
field since the tsunami. 

"We have a lot of volunteers from the Peace Corps and volunteers from Australia and 
New Zealand." 

She said these volunteers have donated their time and vehicles to transporting supplies 
for distribution. 

Tongan Government spokesman Alfred Soakai said government officials and donor 
agency representatives are expected to arrive in Niuatoputapu Island today. 

He said the donor agencies include AusAID, NZAid and the United Nations. 

In American Samoa, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency 
Management Agency are continuing its efforts to provide federal support to the US 
territory.