These children and adults from Kindu sought shelter in a temporary camp in Munda, Solomon Islands. They are afraid to return to their village for fear of another tsunami. Photographer, Tanya Rad.

World Vision Aid Efforts

World Vision is the largest nongovernmental organization in the Solomon Islands, and is working in conjunction with the Red Cross in leading humanitarian efforts to assist tens of thousands assailed by the "one-two" punch quake and tsunami that left many homeless and without food or water.

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"Help Children, First"

"Just as we arrived in Gizo today, people were running up into the hills after a false tsunami warning. We could feel the rumbling of an aftershock," said Tanya Rad, a World Vision aid worker on the scene.

Residents of Gizo, Solomon Islands were left homeless after a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the remote western portion of the island nation. A humanitarian crisis triggered by a huge earthquake and tsunami threatened thousands of homeless people in the Solomon Islands as aid began to trickle in and powerful aftershocks rattled the country. REUTERS/Australian Pool via Reuters TV (SOLOMON ISLANDS)

Our staff report that as many as 20,000 people have lost their water supply, at least 5,000 are without food or shelter, and around 10,000 people have lost their livelihoods — indicating the ominous potential for a high number of secondary deaths, according to World Vision experts.

Already, an outbreak of diarrheal illnesses has been reported in one of the camps in Gizo, Rad warned.

Additional Aid Planned

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