Peoples' mental health shouldn't be neglected says Rev. Dr. 'Ahio Featured
Rev. Dr. Ahio President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga
20 February, 2018. A church leader in Tonga has warned that people's mental health shouldn't be neglected post Cyclone Gita.
A week after the category four storm severely damaged parts of Tongatapu and 'Eua, only pockets of the community have power and many are still working to clean up their properties.
Emergency Management staff and aid agencies have been working to distribute supplies to the hardest hit areas.
But the President of the Free Wesleyan Church, Rev Dr Finau 'Ahio, says people's emotional state needs to be mended too.
Dr 'Ahio says his church has begun sending counsellors around the island.
"Some people have been affected mentally, psychologically...So we need top help them and settle their minds and [their] thinking of what has been happening."
-RNZI
