Hardship

Evergreen supports people who are in need or who have suffered genuine financial hardship from a temporary or long term change in circumstance.

Our hardship

goals

Evergreen seeks to offer care, support and protection of disadvantaged and needy people within our community ie: those who do not have access to the core elements that enable people to live their day-to-day lives.

Our hardship

support

Read about the work Evergreen has supported through Cyclone Relief projects to help the region get back on its feet.

Neela Neela's Thai Kitchen

Neela and her volunteer team of 30 people working six days a week, cooked and delivered 118,000 meals over an 8 month period from February 2023 – October 2024.

The Hawke’s Bay Clean up Team

Evergreen supported the Pakowhai-based volunteer-run weekly Dinner Club by funding its weekly food supplies for the team to cook with. This enabled a weekly get -together of Cyclone affected and displaced locals.

The Dinner Club

HB Cyclone Laundry Network

This volunteer network was set up in March 2023 to support Cyclone affected families and those working in the clean-up, delivering 3,600 loads of washing over a seven month period.

Bin Sanitisation

To offer guidance and /or financial assistance to help those in need navigate the New Zealand medical system.

Hort Days

Two ‘Hort Day’ events were facilitated by Evergreen to support our growers who were hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle. One event was held in Hastings in October 2023 and the other in Gisborne in December 2023.