300K raised from I Love the Islands

The I Love the Islands Benefit Concert NZ tour has raised $344,180.00 to aid Samoa after the recent Tsunami disaster. A collective of the artists who performed at the I Love the Islands concerts travelled to Samoa on October 31 to announce the allocation of funds raised. $50,000 will be awarded to Lalomanu village and $50,000 to Poutasi village, both of which sustained some of the heaviest damage from the tsunami. The remainder of the money will be paid to the Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal Charitable Trust once hard costs and tax have been finalised. The villages and the trust will be required to provide a report in 2010 to confirm how the fundraising money from I Love the Island was applied.

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