5 May 2015

FIFA, OFC donate to Vanuatu cyclone recovery

8:45 am on 5 May 2015

FIFA has made a donation of $100,000 US dollars to UNICEF in support of Vanuatu's Cyclone Pam Appeal.

In presenting the donation to UNICEF the Vice-President of the Oceania Football Federation Rajesh Patel said it is a pleasure to contribute to the country's recovery.

Library books drying on a concrete slab that used to be one of the classrooms of the Melemaat Primary School outside of Vila.

Library books drying on a concrete slab that used to be one of the classrooms of the Melemaat Primary School. Photo: RNZI / Koroi Hawkins

UNICEF's Dr Karen Allen expressed immense gratitude to FIFA and the OFC saying the donation would go a long way to putting smiles back on the faces of the children of Vanuatu.