Raising awareness. Please read
Hello everyone
As you all may know there are devastating fires ripping through Australia at the moment. The 2019–20 Australian bush fire season is an ongoing bush fire event in Australia that has burned an estimated 5.9 million hectares (15 million acres), destroyed over 2,500 buildings (including over 1,300 houses) and killed at least 19 people with a further 28 missing in the state of Victoria alone. Just yesterday they found the third generation of a family dead the grandmother, father and son all died within a day of each other. two from the fires and one from smoke polution.
This calls for drastic measures. Especially when our sun here in NZ is thick black clouds and when we do see the sun it is red not yellow. But its not only the fires that are whats devastating. Parts of Australia have been in drought for up to 7 years. This means they have nothing to depend on and the towns surrounding them cant support them either. Read more https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-australia-50962728
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... lia-fires/
RRT (rapid relief team)are are a charity that are helping people in need.
These people are doing 12 hour shifts providing everything need to the fire fighters including food and water and Saving them from driving hours to refuel by setting up nearby. These people are close family and friends to me and my family. We need all the money and donations we can get to help the fire fighters and farmers get through this devastating time. Please could you spread awareness and donate now to help save one more life or one more home. These fires have been going for about 6 weeks now and we don't see the end in sight.
Find out more about our charity
https://www.rapidreliefteam.org/
Thank you from all of RRT Charity members.
Admin edit: The Australian fires are very serious and deserve our attention. If you are in a position to donate you can give directly to the fire services in Australia. For example: https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/su ... al-brigade
This article has a list of charities at the bottom. You can look and see which you like best: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/australian- ... -can-help/
As you all may know there are devastating fires ripping through Australia at the moment. The 2019–20 Australian bush fire season is an ongoing bush fire event in Australia that has burned an estimated 5.9 million hectares (15 million acres), destroyed over 2,500 buildings (including over 1,300 houses) and killed at least 19 people with a further 28 missing in the state of Victoria alone. Just yesterday they found the third generation of a family dead the grandmother, father and son all died within a day of each other. two from the fires and one from smoke polution.
This calls for drastic measures. Especially when our sun here in NZ is thick black clouds and when we do see the sun it is red not yellow. But its not only the fires that are whats devastating. Parts of Australia have been in drought for up to 7 years. This means they have nothing to depend on and the towns surrounding them cant support them either. Read more https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-australia-50962728https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... lia-fires/
RRT (rapid relief team)are are a charity that are helping people in need.
These people are doing 12 hour shifts providing everything need to the fire fighters including food and water and Saving them from driving hours to refuel by setting up nearby. These people are close family and friends to me and my family. We need all the money and donations we can get to help the fire fighters and farmers get through this devastating time. Please could you spread awareness and donate now to help save one more life or one more home. These fires have been going for about 6 weeks now and we don't see the end in sight.
Find out more about our charity
https://www.rapidreliefteam.org/
Thank you from all of RRT Charity members.
Admin edit: The Australian fires are very serious and deserve our attention. If you are in a position to donate you can give directly to the fire services in Australia. For example: https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/su ... al-brigade
This article has a list of charities at the bottom. You can look and see which you like best: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/australian- ... -can-help/
Last edited by Showtym on Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:29 am, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Raising awareness. Please read
Wow... I am so sorry! I wish I could donate, but I can't. So instead, I'll absolutely be raising awareness, and maybe I'll reach someone else who can donate. I wish you and the rest of the volunteers/workers the best and I'll be praying for you!Arabmania wrote:Hello everyone
As you all may know there are devastating fires ripping through Australia at the moment. The 2019–20 Australian bush fire season is an ongoing bush fire event in Australia that has burned an estimated 5.9 million hectares (15 million acres), destroyed over 2,500 buildings (including over 1,300 houses) and killed at least 19 people with a further 28 missing in the state of Victoria alone. Just yesterday they found the third generation of a family dead the grandmother, father and son all died within a day of each other. two from the fires and one from smoke polution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... lia-fires/
RRT (rapid relief team)are are a charity that are helping people in need.
These people are doing 12 hour shifts providing everything need to the fire fighters including food and water and Saving them from driving hours to refuel by setting up nearby. These people are close family and friends to me and my family. We need all the money and donations we can get to help the fire fighters and farmers get through this devastating time. Please could you spread awareness and donate now to help save one more life or one more home. These fires have been going for about 6 weeks now and we don't see the end in sight.
Find out more about our charity
https://www.rapidreliefteam.org/
Thank you from all of RRT Charity members.
Re: Raising awareness. Please read
Thank youPixelCranium wrote:Wow... I am so sorry! I wish I could donate, but I can't. So instead, I'll absolutely be raising awareness, and maybe I'll reach someone else who can donate. I wish you and the rest of the volunteers/workers the best and I'll be praying for you!Arabmania wrote:Hello everyone
As you all may know there are devastating fires ripping through Australia at the moment. The 2019–20 Australian bush fire season is an ongoing bush fire event in Australia that has burned an estimated 5.9 million hectares (15 million acres), destroyed over 2,500 buildings (including over 1,300 houses) and killed at least 19 people with a further 28 missing in the state of Victoria alone. Just yesterday they found the third generation of a family dead the grandmother, father and son all died within a day of each other. two from the fires and one from smoke polution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... lia-fires/
RRT (rapid relief team)are are a charity that are helping people in need.
These people are doing 12 hour shifts providing everything need to the fire fighters including food and water and Saving them from driving hours to refuel by setting up nearby. These people are close family and friends to me and my family. We need all the money and donations we can get to help the fire fighters and farmers get through this devastating time. Please could you spread awareness and donate now to help save one more life or one more home. These fires have been going for about 6 weeks now and we don't see the end in sight.
Find out more about our charity
https://www.rapidreliefteam.org/
Thank you from all of RRT Charity members.
Re: Raising awareness. Please read
My cousin is fire fighter and he knows about it, so maybe I can talk to him and see what I can do
Re: Raising awareness. Please read
Thanks, every dollar we get goes straight to the menLightning eventing wrote:My cousin is fire fighter and he knows about it, so maybe I can talk to him and see what I can do
Re: Raising awareness. Please read
Fires have reached the parts of the mountains where the wild brumbies live