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We're helping survivors of the tsunami that hit Samoa through South Pacific Business Development, a microcredit agency committed to quickly help rebuild homes and businesses in affected villages.

Photo: Greg Casagrande

We're helping survivors of the tsunami that hit Samoa through South Pacific Business Development, a microcredit agency committed to quickly help rebuild homes and businesses in affected villages.

Blog Post: Honored to be back among a people I love ›

Topics: Emergencies

It had been 33 years since I had lived there, but when I heard that a tsunami had struck the Samoa Islands, I was taken back to a time when I had lived there as a young missionary.

Blog Post: Cash-for-work begins in Samoan villages ›

Topics: Emergencies

We started our cash-for-work program yesterday, alongside our partners from South Pacific Business Development, in Samoan villages that were devastated by the recent tsunami.

Blog Post: Delivering aid to Samoa's survivors ›

Topics: Emergencies, Economic Development, Displacement

It has been an unforgettable week. Last Friday, we delivered aid packages to 102 women in 15 different villages across the southeast coast of Samoa.

Blog Post: The business of relief in Samoa ›

Topics: Emergencies

While Samoa mourns tsunami victims, Mercy Corps and its local partners prepare for delivery of relief supplies to hundreds of women who survived but lost everything.

Blog Post: The challenges of post-tsunami Samoa ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement

Monday was a very long day. We visited with dozens and dozens of ladies who have been severely impacted by the Samoan Tsunami.

Blog Post: Where her house once stood ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement

In a small Samoan village, Matelana and her neighbors fled for high ground to avoid the tsunami, but returned to find almost everything destroyed.

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