Anna at her resilient home with an allamanda flower. Flowers are deeply integrated into the daily lives and traditions of people in the Pacific.
Sara Manni

Vanuatu Impact Story

“I was in town when the ground started shaking violently,” recalled Sonia, a resident of Mamau, a small eastern community in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila. “All I could think about was my children at home. I felt helpless and terrified.”


Sonia’s words capture the fear that gripped the community when a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck on 17 December 2024. It claimed 14 lives, injured more than 200 people, temporarily displaced over 1,000 and disrupted the lives of 80,000 others. Read More