Church group to assist cyclone victims

[Guest Nicole]

Update: 3:37PM JEHOVAH'S Witnesses Fiji branch office has put together a team of volunteers comprising of men and women to assist their members in Central, Eastern and Western divisions who lost their homes and other properties during Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston.

Coordinator of the local branch of Jehovah's Witnesses of Fiji, Frank Coffin said for home construction, the church has commandeered half of the local Kingdom Hall compound in Vatuwaqa, Suva to act as the central home construction site.

"A team of 25 volunteers, comprising of qualified builders from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Vanuatu with some local helpers will construct prefab homes at this site," he said.

"Once completed, these home frames are trucked to the building sites, starting with Dobuilevu between Korovou and Rakiraki towns on the Kings Road, where another team of volunteers help erect the houses in no time."

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