By Bill Brower | GlobalGiving Staff
Hello. GlobalGiving will be partnering with the organization South Pacific Business Development to provide relief following the tsunami. These efforts are particularly important as the Samoan islands and Tonga brace for cyclone season.
South Pacific Business Development is currently providing emergency supplies and working to hasten long-term recovery. SPBD is helping those affected rebuild their homes and their lives by providing financing to help purchase building supplies and start micro-enterprises.
Your generous donation to our relief fund will be going to this local organization. We will be replacing the general fund on our website with a project giving details of SPBD's activities (http://www.globalgiving.com/projects/samoan-tsunami-relief/). You will receive project updates as they are available from SPBD. Please contact Bill Brower (bbrower@globalgiving.com) with any questions.
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When a disaster strikes, recovery efforts led by people who live and work in affected communities are often overlooked and underfunded. GlobalGiving is changing this reality. Since 2004, we've been shifting decision-making power to crises-affected communities through trust-based grantmaking and support.
We make it easy, quick, and safe to support people on the ground who understand needs in their communities better than anyone else.
They were there long before the news cameras arrived, and they’ll be there long after the cameras leave. They know how to make their communities more resilient to future disasters, and they’re already hard at work. GlobalGiving puts donations and grants directly into their hands. Because the status quo—which gives the vast majority of funding to a few large organizations—doesn’t make sense.
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