New Zealand Earthquake Relief Efforts
10th September 2010

In response to the earthquake, which took place last weekend on the South Island of New Zealand, the President of the Grand Charity has approved an emergency grant of £10,000 to the District Grand Lodge of South Island, NZ.

These funds are being directed to the Mayor of Christchurch Earthquake Relief Fund, to help the wider community with their immediate needs following the earthquake.

Some 100,000 buildings were destroyed in the earthquake, leaving many people displaced and without access to their homes, schools and places of work.
In parallel with support for wider relief efforts, The Freemasons’ Grand Charity has offered to assist any of the 340 individual Freemasons under the United Grand Lodge of England, plus widows or their other dependants, who have been affected by these events, through Masonic Relief Grants to assist with their immediate needs.

Visit The Freemasons’ Grand Charity website at www.grandcharity.org