Women-led community kitchens are providing a safe and supportive environment for women affected by Tropical Cyclone Lola to not only cook and share meals, but to talk about their needs and organise.

After Tropical Cyclone Lola struck Vanuatu, women mobilised to compile and distribute dignity kits to other women, including those with disabilities, in affected communities.

Tropical Cyclone Lola left a trail of destruction when it hit Vanuatu in October 2023. AHP partners are supporting communities to recover and rebuild.

Communities are continuing to rebuild from the twin tropical cyclones that struck Vanuatu in February and March 2023, with support from Australian Humanitarian Partnership NGOs.

WITTT Sunshine has grown from a membership of three in 2018, to a network of 600 women with disability in Vanuatu. The group now plays an integral role in women-led, local, disability-inclusive disaster response.

For Remedios and her ten children, the only part of their home left after Cyclone Rai struck the Philippines last year was the kitchen. Relief supplies through the AHP response have helped them make do while they work to rebuild.

When Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold hit Vanuatu in April 2020, the Australian Humanitarian Partnership’s Disaster READY partners quickly mobilised to deliver a joint humanitarian response. AHP partners are supporting the Government of Vanuatu and other national partners to reach the most vulnerable and support them to recover and rebuild.

Disaster READY: Disaster simulations increase community preparedness through raised awareness of where to go, when to go and what to take in the event of an evacuation. They also raise awareness of the role of the disaster committees, and ensuring that everyone in the community is accounted for a supported. Oxfam Solomon Islands shared this update on a cyclone simulation in Anololo Village.

As part of the Australian Humanitarian Partnership’s humanitarian assistance in response to Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, World Vision Australia in partnership with World Vision Mozambique, focused on supporting WASH, education and child protection. Here we discuss the challenges surrounding child protection and the steps taken to support children in the recovery process.

Tropical Cyclone Gita (TC Gita) struck Tonga on 12 February 2018, affecting an estimated 80,000 men, women, boys and girls (about 70 per cent of the entire population). Many people lost their homes and required emergency shelter. AHP partner CARE Australia worked with local partners to provide emergency shelter and then transition communities into stronger housing options.

Through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership, CARE Australia received $500,000 for their Cyclone Gita response, Tonga.