SVSG MEASLES PREVENTON & HELPING HAND OUTREACH

In response to the escalating measles crisis that is crippling our country to a state of mourning, Samoa Victim Support Group (SVSG), in its role as a support service provider, is taking a proactive approach to prevent and to lend a helping hand.
 
Referred to as the ‘SVSG Measles Prevention & Helping Hand Outreach’, the initiative was co-launched by the SVSG Patron Hon. Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau, Board Member Mulipola Anarosa Molioo and President Siliniu Lina Chang.  The Outreach will be carried out for 3 weeks from 30 November to 21 December 2019.
 
The aim of the Outreach is to prevent as much as possible the spread of the measles, especially to our underprivileged families.  This is through awareness raising in each families on the importance of household hygiene, how to care for the affected children, counseling for the traumatized children and their parents, and the provision of basic necessities.
 
While the Outreach targets close to 900 SVSG village representatives and their families throughout Upolu, Savaii and Manono-tai, the priority will be on the SVSG’s families living in the Vaimauga and Faleata districts.  It is SVSG’s way of reaching out and reassuring our families that despite the severity of the deadly measles epidemic, SVSG is always here to support, to help and to care as Family.
 
Please support the SVSG Measles Prevention & Helping Hand Outreach by pledging a donation that will go towards the provision of supplies, printing awareness materials and travelling to our people in need.  You can call the SVSG office on 25392 or email svsginsamoa@gmail.com should you need more information.
 
Together, we can prevent the spread of the measles in our families, while lending a helping hand to those at risk of being affected.