Would You Like a Toilet with That‪?‬

Six days after Christchurch’s devastating February 2011 earthquake, Andrea Cummings stood and watched an elderly man wash his dishes in the gutter outside her wrecked shop in North New Brighton.



The next day Andrea decided to do something to help - almost by

accident starting the North New Brighton Welfare Centre. With a financial outlay of only $50 she went on to feed up to 8,000 residents a day.

Over the next three weeks Andrea and her amazing volunteer team gave away over $250,000 worth of donated food, water, emergency supplies and even toilets!



This is her story.