Community Initiatives

THE FIRST LIGHT DISASTER RELIEF AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT INITIATIVE

 First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand is an eco-friendly and socially responsible business. We are committed to provide support to communities in times of difficulty or need through working to make New Zealand native flower essences available to the world community.  You can help with this vital work by donating to the First Light Disaster Relief and Community Support initiative and providing treatment for thousands of people.

HOW THE ESSENCES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED

 First Light works with a network of qualified First Light flower essence practitioners and volunteers in the affected disaster zone.  This network works to distribute the Disaster Relief blend to the people of the community.  First Light joins with the community to provide 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief to its network of authorised personnel who make up the Disaster Relief blend into 25ml treatment bottles that provide one months supply for an individual. These 25ml treatment bottles of Disaster Relief blend are distributed for a koha, donation or nominal cost of no more than $5.00. This amount goes directly to the volunteers to cover their basic operating costs.

HOW YOU CAN HELP COMMUNITIES IN DISASTER AFFECTED AREAS

If you wish to help the people and communities in disaster affected areas who are experiencing the traumas of natural disaster with New Zealand native flower essences and wish to make a donation please use the following as a guide. Denominations of any amount are accepted.

$30.00 donation buys 1x 10ml stock bottle of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats 65 people for a month.
 
$60.00 donation buys 2x 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats 130 people for a month.

$120.00 donation buys 4x 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats 260 people for a month.
 
$150.00 donation buys 5x 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats 325 people for a month.

$240.00 donation buys 8x 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats  520 people for a month.

$480.00 donation buys 16x 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats 1040 people for a month.

$990.00 donation buys 33x 10ml stock bottles of Disaster Relief which when made up into 25ml treatment bottles treats 2145 people for a month

 

Current Projects

ASTROLABE REEF - WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY

Facts:  Cargo ship Rena ran aground onto the Astrolabe Reef 20 kilometres off shore from Papamoa Beach.  350 tonne of oil to date has spilled, with more than 1500 tonne still on board.  A number of containers have fallen from the ship and either sunk or washed up on the shores of Mt Maunganui & Papamoa.  Over 1000 birds including little Blue Penguins have been found dead.

Contacts and Collection Points:

To be Advised.

Japan

Facts: A magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering a series of tsunami.  Concerns around impact on unstable nuclear plants.

Contacts and Collection Points:

Minako Hama
First Light Flower Essence of New Zealand Registered Practitioner and Teacher
2-12-3 Omorinaka Ota-ku,Tokyo, Japan
Ph: +81-(0)3 6459 6888
Email: info@nzfej.jp

Christchurch, New Zealand

Facts: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand just before 1pm, 22 February 2011.

As at October 2011 First Light has donated enough specially formulated Disaster Relief essence to a team of 20 Canterbury volunteers to treat 10000 people throughout the region.

Contacts and Collection Points:

South Island
Christchurch
Dorine Hooykass:
Christchurch Head Co-ordinator
First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand Registered practitioner
Mobile/text:  0275 367462

Kay Lloyd:
Dip. FLFENZ
First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand Registered practitioner
Mobile/text:  027 252 8678

Patricia Stowell:
Dip. FLFENZ
First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand Registered practitioner
Mobile 03 351 8838

Nelson
Ana Dorrington:
Dip. FLFENZ
First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand Registered practitioner
Mobile: 027 366 4340

Nelson: 03 548 4910

Golden Bay 03 525 7225

 

North Island
Sonia Bruce:
Principal. Naturopathic College of New Zealand
Free phone 0800 759 0218
Phone +64 6 753 8016

Wellington
Astrea Morgane:
Dip. FLFENZ
First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand Registered practitioner
Mobile: 027 367 0176

Colette McKenzie
Dip.Nat, Dip MedHerb. Dip. FLFENZ:
First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand Registered practitioner:
Mobile: 021 182 3041

Commonsense Organics
260 Wakefield Street
Wellington City
Phone: 04 384 3314 ext 3, ask for Colette or Naturopath

First Light Disaster Relief and Community Support Initiatives

Christchurch, New Zealand

Facts: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand at 4.35am, 4th September 2010. In the six weeks following over 1500 aftershocks, many of them violent and up to magnitude 5.0, continued to traumatise the people of Canterbury.

First Light donates enough specially formulated Disaster Relief essence to a team of 20 Canterbury volunteers to treat 4500 people throughout the region over the following 8 weeks.

 

Greymouth, New Zealand

Facts: An explosion takes place at the Pike River coalmine near Greymouth, on 19th November 2010 at 3.45pm trapping 29 miners underground. A second explosion on the 24th November occurs at the mine and it was publically announced that none of the 29 trapped miners could have survived.
 
First Light immediately donates 1000 ready made 25ml treatment bottles of First Light Disaster Relief to the Red Cross in Greymouth, to be distributed at no charge to the miners, families of miners, and those affected by the disaster including those assisting with rescue and the aftermath of the event.

 

1000 x 25ml bottles of First Light Disaster Relief being donated to the Red Cross to be given to those affected by the Pike River Mining Disaster in Greymouth

 

Queensland, Australia

Facts: Significant flooding occurred in many areas of Queensland during late December 2010 and early January 2011, with three quarters of the state declared a disaster zone.

First Light Disaster Relief available from First Light practitioner Julie Hannah in Brisbane. Email  flowers2help@gmail.com.