Hundreds in Fiji still need flood aid

Last Updated: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:30:00 +1000

Aid groups in Fiji say hundreds of people are still waiting for assistance, after deadly flooding swept away houses, roads and bridges about a fortnight ago.

The weather bureau issued fresh flood warnings for low lying areas over the weekend.

The Sevashram Sangha Fiji organisation is delivering food and other assistance to those affected by the flooding.

The group's coordinator Akhilesh Prasad has told Radio Australia hundreds of people in remote areas still haven't received any assistance since the first round of flooding.

"Some of them may have been overlooked, some of them are there because the roads have been closed for a while, and that's why nothing has reached them," he said.

"Otherwise quite a large group of NGOs and government officials on the ground working at the moment and basically trying to reach people wherever they are."

He says others are calling in asking for help.

"There are some who say that we don't have groceries, and we have provided them with grocery bags," he said.

"Other say they need scholarship assistance, which we are looking at as well...providing them with stationary, book supplies, and some money for their bus fares."

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