UNICEF RUSHES AID TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
Baku, 13 January (AZERTAC). The U.N. Children`s Fund says it is providing immediate support to the victims of a tsunami that hit Rendova and Tetepare Islands in the Solomon Islands this week, VOA reports. UNICEF says this is the second major disaster since April 2007 when another tsunami hit the Solomon Islands Western Province.
The victims of this current disaster are benefiting from the tsunami that struck the Solomon Islands in 2007. The U.N. Children`s Fund says it was able to get assistance to the victims immediately.
It says it already had staff on the ground reconstructing schools and other buildings damaged during the 2007 tsunami.
UNICEF spokeswoman Tanya McBride says aid workers who were in Gizo, the capital of the Western Province in the Solomon Islands, were able to immediately dispatch rapid assessment team to Rendova and Tetepare Islands.
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