Kiwi grassroots help for our neighbours in Vanuatu

Kia ora! We arrived 7 weeks ago and have experienced 3 cyclones, each one more ramped up than the last. Welcome to Vanuatu!

My wife Nik is teaching at a local school and I’ve been waiting to see what my next move is work-wise. Right now, in front of us, is a huge opportunity to use my building skills (over 20 yrs experience) and Kiwi ingenuity, alongside my passion and empathy for people, to get stuff done!

We’re here in a time of desperate need and we want to pitch in with rebuilding after Cyclone Judy and Kevin. My plan is to get a team of locals together and to build STRONGER.

So to do this, we need materials and a funding stream. Good, cyclone resistant fixings here costs a bomb and are outside locals reach. Old roofing nails in tin don’t last the distance. We can help make that story a little different for some families. What a privilege - we’re obviously here for a reason.

So if this is something you are into supporting, it’d be great to hear from you. Every little bit counts. I’ll get a fb page active of this actually gains momentum to show the kinds of work we are getting done.