Seeking to assist fill wants in its Pacific Area, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lately made three humanitarian donations in French Polynesia and Tonga.

Children’s books will assist the one library on one island, specialised rescue tools will assist rescue employees after flooding occasions, and a automotive and different provides for well being authorities will enhance entry to well being companies.

Church helps kids’s studying with guide donation in Moorea, French Polynesia

The small island of Moorea in French Polynesia solely has one library — Bibliotheque de Moorea. Two librarians work to assist studying in seven faculties and take the library’s cell unit out to neighborhoods to achieve remoted kids, youth and households.

The library lately acquired an improve and a donation of books from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder Frédéric T. Riemer, Area Seventy, and Manea L. Tuahu with the Church’s Welfare and Self-Reliance Services attended the handover ceremony.

Elder Frédéric T. Riemer, Area Seventy, left, and Manea L. Tuahu, Church’s Welfare and Self-Reliance Services supervisor, contained in the Moorea Bibliobus, a cell unit which matches out to neighborhoods in Moorea, French Polynesia, in October 2022.

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According to a launch from the Church’s Pacific Newsroom, Elder Riemer counseled the actions of the library associates to “give [children] the means to prepare for their future.”

He stated, “You are preparing men and women of tomorrow, the fathers and mothers of tomorrow, the leaders of tomorrow.”

Tuahu stated he was fortunate to have had entry to books since he was very younger. He stated his mom gave him a love of studying from his childhood. Now he hopes different kids may have the chance to develop a love for books and for studying. 

“Education is essential for all of God’s children,” he stated.

Monique Tufariua, president of the Association Faa Ruperupe Library, expressed thanks for the donation and was trying ahead to buying books and making the library a extra comfy area for younger learners.

Church donates tools in French Polynesia to assist rescuers save lives after flooding

The islands of French Polynesia face a frequent threat of flooding. Floods may be essentially the most devastating disasters when it comes to losses of life and property. 

Heavy rains in January 2017, for instance, grew to become a serious occasion, impacted a whole bunch of individuals, destroying properties and knocking out energy. Then final July, giant sea swells battered Tahiti and induced flooding on the western coastal areas. 

A donation from the Church to the Polynesian Federation of Civil Protection will enhance emergency preparedness in communities throughout the islands of French Polynesia, reported Pacific Newsroom.

Sam Roscol, Polynesian Federation of Civil Protection challenge chair, and Manea L. Tuahu, Church Welfare and Self-Reliance supervisor, examine rescue tools donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Papeete, French Polynesia, in October 2022.

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The Church donated specialised rescue tools, that means rescuers can obtain skilled water rescue coaching to arrange for future emergency operations.

Tuahu was additionally concerned on this donation, saying, “Church leaders have repeatedly invited us to be prepared, and we are happy to do so, by working hand in hand with organizations in the community, such as the FPPC to help relieve distress and go to the rescue of our friends and neighbors, when the time comes.”

Selected Latter-day Saints will be part of the workforce of volunteer rescuers and can obtain first-responder coaching by way of FPPC, stated the Newsroom report.

“It is great to work with an organization that shares a common goal, to help people be better prepared to face temporal difficulties,” stated Tuahu.

Church donation in Tonga improves entry to well being companies

The Church donated a car, a brand new ramp, handrails, and an upcoming renovation to Tonga Health Promotion Foundation in a handover ceremony on Oct. 27.

The new tools will assist enhance Tongans’ entry to well being companies.

Attending the occasion was Elder K. Brett Nattress, president of the Church’s Pacific Area and his spouse, Sister Shawna Nattress; Elder Sione Tuione, Area Seventy; and Tonga Health representatives.

Pictured left to proper: ‘Ofeina Filimoehala, CEO of Tonga Health; Elder K. Brett Nattress, General Authority Seventy and president of the Church’s Pacific Area; ‘Veivosa Taka, Tonga Health board member, Elder Sione Tuione, Area Seventy, have fun the handover of a van donated to Tonga Health Promotion Foundation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 27 2022.

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Elder Nattress made the presentation to Tonga Health CEO ‘Ofeina Filimoehala, thanking her for the work that the organization does to help people enjoy healthier lives, reported the Church’s Pacific Newsroom.

He defined that members of the Church are all the time in search of alternatives to serve of their communities.

“When [we] are in the service of our fellow beings, we are only in the service of our God,” Elder Nattress stated, referring to Mosiah 2:17.

Filimoehala expressed gratitude for the help, saying that the donation shall be “treasure[d] in the hearts of the people.”