Giving back to Vanuatu

When unprecedented bushfires raged in Australia early this year, the government of Vanuatu was swift to send aid. Now, just a couple of months after that generous act of empathy, Vanuatu is dealing with a crisis of its own — or rather three crises: Cyclone Harold, the category 5 tropical system that devastated islands in the north on 6 April; the widespread ashfall from the Yasur volcano on Tanna; and the threat of Covid-19.