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Townsville, QLD | Flood Relief | 2019

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Stanthorpe, QLD | Bushfire Relief | 2019

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Bunyip, VIC | Bushfire Relief | 2019

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Rappville, NSW | Bushfire Relief | 2019

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Taree, NSW | Bushfire Relief | 2019

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Bairnsdale, VIC | Bushfire Relief | 2020

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Batemans Bay, NSW | Bushfire Relief | 2020

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Windsor, NSW | Flood Relief | 2021

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Stanthorpe, QLD | Service Project | 2021

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Mid North Coast, NSW | Flood Relief | 2021

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Townsville, QLD | Flood Relief | 2019

20 July 2022

In January 2019, a monsoonal storm inundated the city of Townsville. 1.9 metres of rain fell, forcing the evacuation of 2,000 homes. Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, described it as “a once in a hundred-year event”. Samaritan’s Purse deployed relief teams to Townsville to help clean up the flood damage, get houses ready for repairs, and love the survivors in the name of Jesus.
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Stanthorpe, QLD | Bushfire Relief | 2019

20 July 2022

In September 2019, Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief deployed to Stanthorpe, Queensland, in response to the devastation caused by the bushfires. Volunteers assisted homeowners whose properties were destroyed by the fires by clearing debris, removing fallen trees and branches, and sifting through the ashes to locate important personal items. The team also distributed fire recovery kits, which included items such as shovels, rakes, hammers, gloves, face masks and overalls. These kits provided families with basic tools to enable them to make a start on clearing their properties.
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Bunyip, VIC | Bushfire Relief | 2019

20 July 2022

On 1 March 2019, lightning strikes ignited fires in the Victorian townships of Tonimbuk, Bunyip North, Tynong North and Garfield North, located about one hour’s drive southeast of Melbourne. The fires destroyed 29 homes and 67 sheds and outbuildings, and damaged hundreds more properties, burning over 100,000 hectares of land. Samaritan’s Purse responded by sending volunteer teams. Teams were able to chop and stack wood, remove burned fence posts, clear fence lines, clean up garden waste and debris from properties and chainsaw work.
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Rappville, NSW | Bushfire Relief | 2019

20 July 2022

Samaritan’s Purse deployed to Rappville in northern New South Wales in response to the devastating bushfires that ravaged south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. One of our Disaster Relief Units was on the ground, equipped with chainsaws, tools and fire recovery kits. The kits contained personal protective equipment, a shovel, mattock, large and small crowbar, hammer, rake and sieve and were distributed to homeowners to help find salvageable items and clear properties. There were 168 structures damaged or destroyed in the region, including 42 homes in Rappville. We partnered with churches and the local council, removing debris, helping with chainsaw work and general property clearing for affected families.

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Taree, NSW | Bushfire Relief | 2019

20 July 2022

The 2019–20 bushfires were unprecedented in their extent and intensity, with fire grounds in New South Wales covering 5.5 million hectares (7% of the state), including over 2.7 million hectares of national parks (38% of the NSW national park system). In northern New South Wales, families faced devastation beyond comprehension as a result of the bushfires. Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief Unit deployed to Taree on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, 317 km north of Sydney. With the assistance of local churches, volunteers joined together to work on multiple properties that had been impacted by the fires in the region from November to December. The volunteers worked in sweltering heat, using chainsaws to chop up fallen trees, removing sheet metal from homes, shovelling ash, and more.
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Bairnsdale, VIC | Bushfire Relief | 2020

14 July 2022

The 2019–20 Eastern Victorian bushfires were significant. The bushfires were unlike any previous fire events because they burned over many months and occurred alongside bushfires across the eastern seaboard and other parts of Australia.
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Batemans Bay, NSW | Bushfire Relief | 2020

14 July 2022

Samaritan’s Purse responded by deploying our Australian Disaster Relief Unit and a volunteer team to Batemans Bay, 278 km south of Sydney, to meet the needs of bushfire-affected communities along the south coast.
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Windsor, NSW | Flood Relief | 2021

14 July 2022

From March to June, with the invaluable support of local churches, Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief volunteers faithfully worked in the Hawkesbury regions of Windsor and Wisemans Ferry, helping individuals and families to recover from the damage to their homes caused by the flooding.
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Stanthorpe, QLD | Service Project | 2021

14 July 2022

In September 2019, mass bushfires ripped through Stanthorpe, Queensland and surrounding areas, marking the beginning of the 2019-2020 Australian Black Summer Fires. Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief teams responded to the needs of fire-affected individuals in Stanthorpe almost immediately and completed a two-week mission before relocating operations to fire-affected areas elsewhere in Australia.
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Mid North Coast, NSW | Flood Relief | 2021

6 June 2022

Samaritan’s Purse deployed to Mid North Coast in response to the devastating flood in Port Macquarie, North Haven and Wauchope. One of our Disaster Relief Units was on the ground, equipped and ready to start cleaning homes. We partnered with churches and the local council to help the community get back on its feet.
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