Vanuatu

Meet a family you helped in Vanuatu

March 23, 2015

Oxfam distributed hygiene kits last week at Lycee Bouganville school in Port Vila which is acting as a temporary evacuation centre. Oxfam’s Amy Christian spoke to some of the families sheltering at the school about their experiences when Cyclone Pam hit, and their plans and worries for the future.

Oxfam calls for support as Vanuatu farmers face months without crops

March 20, 2015

As aid begins to reach communities across Vanuatu, Oxfam New Zealand have spoken to their development partner Farm Support Association (FSA) to understand the longer term impact Cyclone Pam will have on a society which lives mostly off farming. We heard that the cyclone has come at a very bad time; farmers who had planted vegetables would have lost all their crops.

Interview with an Oxfam partner in Vanuatu

March 19, 2015

Interview with Oliver Iato, Senior Extension Officer, Farm Support Association

Oxfam speaks to the Prime Minister of Tuvalu as food shortages loom in Vanuatu and Tuvalu

March 18, 2015

Aid is beginning to reach the hard hit southern Vanuatu islands of Tanna and Erromango, which both took the full force of the 250kmh Cyclone Pam, after rapid assessments of the islands showed absolute devastation with entire villages destroyed.

Growing concern for Kiribati, Tuvalu and for Vanuatu’s outer islands

March 17, 2015

As the death toll from Cyclone Pam begins to rise reports are now coming out of the small southern Vanuatu island of Tanna that there is almost no food or clean water and very little medical assistance for the 30,000 people who live there.

Hospital, morgue and schools all damaged by Cyclone Pam as help begins to arrive

March 15, 2015

Oxfam’s 10 person team in Vanuatu is reporting damage to major infrastructure like the hospital, the morgue and schools as the picture of complete devastation in Vanuatu now begins to unfold.