April 05, 2023
Barnardos ups the awhi for flooded town
Barnardos has launched, a new service combining its Gisborne early learning services with child and family services under one roof.
Manager Chris Semmens says the Awhi Tairāwhiti complex will make it easier to deliver wraparound services to whanau recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle.
“It is going to be a huge challenge ahead. We’re expecting more whanau to come in for support but we are waiting for everything to calm down because they are doing a lot of mahi with the clean up from all the flooding,” he says.
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