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Elder Saksak Ruben shows the damage done to his household by Cyclone Pam and describes the efforts to rebuild in Endu, Ambrym (Vanuatu).

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Vatlongos, Southeast Ambrym

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Cyclone Pam

Cyclone Pam; Natural disasters; Aid

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Endu

Nabit nasep til tumuli tang na neta usilien tena vatiang, vatiang xa bemei bemei mei bas xamem e metimel tahal Edu.
Melele ena matadi, inou, mama, del atuli xatel, matadi paveh, paveh taxa ioxor; mama di misuppang. Misuppang, inou napusi tu a vatiang bemei di migeih. Mama di mikuk miso anien ba de na sospen ba de upang; ma di nabiteni mi mama xatel nabitene,
"Mama xamitel tohe toha kamanon e sukul."
Vengen xa napusi nim taaxeih ti vatiang xa inou natmue, kilaen navan e taem ok vatiang xa temmei, texeih xa texeih xa texeih texeih. Teli sen vatiang xil ngasen xa di bas xamem.
Ma di nasul mama xatel tuok nabitene "mama, tohe klasrum vena vatiang vammei vaxehik xiak!"
Tati del mama xalu, haromue xil lammei terak mileh rat xalu ngamu luba. E inou tang del mama xatel mama del tutut atuli xatel matadi; ma di nasul xatel xa matohe nesau, e xatel di latasuppang, di latasuppang; latemanin vatiang bemei mei migeih; ma nasul xatel mun va tei "mama toloh!"
Ma va takes mama mitammea, mileh atuli xatel Rebeka, Noume, del Erima Saul, ne Rosina, lataloh latdiamu lataba.
Ma latbitene "tati, e anien?"
Naga "toha toha toha! Vatiang immei ma inou nipo anien sung niloh nihat."
Ma xatel lataloh latabe klasrum; melele lataloh latbe klasrum, inou nada natemanin; vatiang bemei mei buvul liei xil; mei buil liei mei buil vetei. Inou di namue di napusi mak tang, nagehik xat upang, anien meses, nabar na neta anien, nabare sospen napo naloh; naloh nabe hu.
Ma taem xa melele naloh nabe hu, di nabe trikim ut hosil xil sutang xolsusei. Ut hosil mikiri, ut liei di mikiri, e inou naloh naba; naloh naloh naloh naloh va ba nabe klasrum. Ba napus mama xatel, madi e klasrum.
Melele xa madi klasrum sung, di malaxat vatiang. Vatiang migo nesau mak bemei, ale vatiang migo e tan igak bemei; e vatiang go e tan bemei. Ma taem xe vatiang xe go e tan bemei, go nesau bemei, lubisuu vari igak lube joen lubisuu vari igak, lukilkilis ni nim.
Ma nim mohulong nim kava mohulong mimot, ale nim ma tati mun mot. Ale paveh, paveh xa da iaxor, de pavah xa inou naporohoni mun tang, pavah mot, nim mot, nim mohulong mot.
E xamem maba mabe sef madinga e hu nesau; rut xamem labe sef ladi e tispenseri, rut xamem lamue lagus ladi klasrum xil.
Ma taem xa vatiang be tan, inou samples e tri aklok vongien, maakue tamu nousap, nammei nagur toj tang, nagur toj napueou e liei xil goni mago, vetei. Napueou xorau xil tang nammei, nammei, nammei, mei, mei, ma melele mei nadoxoh tim. Nadaxat toj de nim kava, nim kava tovuol. Nammei nalang ves nim mohulong mavan, nim mohulong tovuol. Nalang ves na paveh, paveh meru.
Napus nim ma Jon tang tehe be sef da, ale nim ma ne Vava Betsi, iaxa da ioxor, xi be sef da.
Ma nadilamun naba, ba nabiteni mi mama xatel "u mama, nim maratel mikiri bus; nim kava ma tua mot, nim mohulong maratel mot."
Ma maakue sung madilamun mammei; melele xa madilamun mammei, mapus rute xil ak.
Inou neta tei xa tehos ni nou ne, natpo jenso e ba natepat nattanga klasrum. Taem xa vatiang be tan maakue, napo jenso nammei nadei susei nammei; matammei matammei mei matastal, rut na toti ta vatiang, ma nabe storem goni ap, di vatit ngai ioxor, vatit vetei, vatit ngai; ma matammei mammei madi tim di nadilen na kava.
Wik tei, madi tim sung, wik tei, wik tei takes napolni pavah. Uhil pavah xa ioxor. A inou naporohoni tang, napolni na vateang bus, inou nammei sung mei napolni paveh. E nim kava tang, na, mimue nataaleh leleni mu vavus, nim mahulong mavan nataaklin xolesi mu; e melele xa matammei, matastal tim.
Help xil, moletin xil lasasa anien bemei, lasa na tapolen, lasa tapolen, masoxat nim. Ale melele xa matsoxat nim, lasa utiei xil. Utiei xil goni utut pin, tuav pin xil ma lamue lasa sitling xil bemei, malih pin. Malih pin xil ak, malih pin xil ak na pin xil ak be tuav pin, tangan xa, mue neta iha ngan xamem e taem xa iva, ma muleh huite muani. A rute xamem xil di lastaat di lamue labe laba lalih nohou; lalih kumal sae, lalih kavis sae. A na eid xil bemei, lasa anien, lasa sitling xil, a lasa tapolen xil tangan xa xamem mulih rilamun ni e nohou namem xil e ti muani.
Ale neta tei xa inou napusi napusi mue neta, da taxeak goni tutouen namem oei mamem temes; ale moletin xil laba ba lapol rilamun ni oei, oei bemei.
Ale, fren namem, fren xil, metalo xil lamue lapusi e e, oei mamem taave sef ti. Ma di lasa moletin xil goni na neta Save the Children's Fund del ADRA lammei di lasa na plastik oei mi xamem, di lasa na tapolen mi xamem. Ale di laso merisin be oei, tokta xil lammei.
E metalo tei mun mei tete visal xamem isen Elena, iou, Elena tehe helpem xamem tehe hau; misepini famili xil, misepini famili xil bitene "famili navan xil, limue limas lihe savaev, limas lihe savaev." Ma mipolni rut na eid xil bemei del goni na kavis xil.
Ma lammei laso xamem, di maso kavis xil xamem, mamue malih kumal na xamem, malih, mastaat malih maniok. His samem xil mistaat meul, kumal samem xil mistaat meul ngamu, e itoxoh xos aveti ihe tol mun a mu tri manis o aveti ihe tol. Di e xamem mummei mun muhe savaev rilamun; ut ut liei be krin. E ihur ihur aveti ihe tol e aveti ihe tol mu ihe hat. Tangan xa meulien na meletin, vu meulien na na holesok xil immei mun mei ihe setel ixoni ngan xa tetiamu.
Xos na tumulien tak nabit nihiteni, ena rin tena nabit nihiteni, na nim xil xa be be iou di matalaxat xei hen ta vateang nabit nihiteni mak a: xamem rute di mabitene, mometu namem xil di labiteni labitene Edu tehe ripitem rilamun ni 1951 xa Edu na neta tan be tehas xil Epi, e saeklon tei xa tehas xil e 1951; ma moletin hau tava tang tahal Edu latamet pat 1951.
Ena 2015, ga this cyclone mabe laki, mabe presem Hii ven xa ti xamem taamet vari. Meulien namem tehe sef e he Hii meulien namem, malonge bos vengen xa ti xamem taamet, mometu namem xil tutut haramue namem xil xamem vus. Mataakil ti xamem taamet; e iven nim kava mamem xil mue mikiri e meulien namem tehe sef.
Xos xi nen tak nabit nimue nihit tumulien tena vatiang, e nammes xamim ngasen; nammes Elena mun vengen xa xi tete visal xamem; sipa.

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I want to talk about, tell the story just of um what, the topic of the cyclone, · the wind that came and hit us in Endu village; when we were here · me, Mama and the girls · We were in the kitchen, that kitchen over there, Mama was making a fire · She made fire and I saw already that the wind coming was getting strong · Mama · She was cooking, she put food into the saucepan onto the fire then I was saying to Mama and the others I said · "Mama, you lot go quickly to the school · Because I saw that the house wasn't strong, the wind that I'd · to my knowledge at this time the cylone that was coming was very very very strong, it was stronger than every cyclone that hits us · then I was shouting at Mama and the rest of them already I said 'Mama! Go to the classroom because the wind is coming strongly now · Daddy and Mama · those two the boys came and the truck took them away already · But just me with the Mamas with the little girls we stayed then I was shouting at them that we should go up · but they were making a fire, they were making a fire, they were shocked the wind came, it came strong then I shouted at them one more time: Mama run! · Then at once Mama got up she got the girls Rebecca, Noume · with Erima Saul · and Rosina · They ran away ahead · then they said Daddy, what about the food? I said go go go! · if the cyclone comes I'll just carry the food, I'll run over. So they ran to the classroom, when they ran to the classroom · I stayed I was shaking, the cyclone came came and broke all the trees, came and broke the trees, came and broke the breadfruit · I was um I was looking like this · I kept on the fire, the food was done and I tied up um the food · I tied up the saucepan, I carried it, I ran. I ran to the hill · then when I ran to the hill I was tricking just the coconut leaves on the road · The coconut leaves fell down the the branches were falling down and I ran on I ran and ran and ran and ran, I tot to the classroom · I saw Mama and the rest, we stayed in the classroom · when we were in the classroom we were watching the cyclone, the cyclone passed above like this towards us · then the cyclone passed down here and the cyclone passed down here · then when · The cyclone that came down, that came up, they met at once here, they joined, they met up here they turned over the house then · the big house, the big corrugated iron house, fell down, then Daddy's house also fell down · then the kitchen, the kitchen that's over there, the kitchen that · I just built it again, the kitchen fell down, the house fell down, the big house fell down · but we went and we were safe we stayed up on the hill, some of us were safe in the dispensary · some of us were what were hiding in the classrooms · then when the wind went down, me around · three o'clock at night, the morning was still a long way off · I came and took just a torch I took the torch and I climbed up to the trees like mango, breadfruit · I just climbed over them I came and came and came then when I came up to the house · I shone the torch to the corrugated iron house, the corrugated iron house was gone, I looked for my big house, my big house was gone · I looked for um the kitchen, the kitchen had fallen down · I just saw John's house was safe then um Vava's, Betsy's house · that one over there, it was safe still · then I went back I went and said to Mama and them, oh Mama, our houses have fallen down, brother's corrugated iron house has fallen down · our big house fell down, then at morning we came back, when we came back we saw everywhere · but one thing that was good for me um · I carried a chainsaw and I went and slept in the classroom · When the wind went down in the morning I go the chainsaw I came and cut the road, I came, we came out, some of the rubbish from the cyclone · Then I stored some as firewood, it's on the tree over there · the breadfruit log, the nangai log, then we came, we came and stayed in the house, I was taking out the corrugated iron, one week · we stayed in the house, then one week, just one week, I made the kitchen · shoot the kitchen over there · yes I just made it I made it, the wind finished I came and made the kitchen and just the corrugated iron house · so · what happened I haven't finished it yet, my big house · we came out the house · all the help, people sent food here, they sent um tarpaulins, they sent tarpaulins and we covered the houses · so when we'd covered the houses, they sent seeds · seeds like bean seeds, dwarf beans, then they um they sent seedlings over, we planted beans · we planted these beans · we planted these beans um these beans were dwarf beans · so that · um what it'll go to us when it's ready then we'll take the food and eat it · yes some of use are starting, they're um, they're going they're going and planting their gardens, their planting their kumala · they plant their cabbage · yes um aid came, they sent food, they sent seedlings · yes they senet tarpaulins so that we plant them back properly in · our gardens and we'll be eating them, so something that I've seen, I've seen um what · now it's like this, our help, our water was dry then people went and made the water come back , the water came · so · our friends, our white friends they um they saw no no, our water isn't safe · so they're sending people like um · Save the Children's fund and ADRA, they come and are giving water containers to us, they're giving tarpaulins to us · then they're putting medicine in the water, doctors come · and one white person came and stayed with us her name is Eleanor, yes Eleanor helped us a lot, she talked to our family members · she said to the family, my family · they must survive, they must survive, so she made some aid come, with like um cabbage · now they come they put us we're putting cabbages, we what, we plant sweet potato, um we plant, we start to plant manioc · our bananas they start to grow, our sweet potato starrts to grow already but it'll be maybe three months again yes or three months, three months · and then well come again, we'll survive again, the place, the forest is green · so it'll take it'll take three months and it'll be three months or four months · because people's lives · and the life of um all tings will come again, it'll become settled like it was before · maybe um just this story I want to tell about what I want to say · um all the house were were yes we were watching the power of the wind I want to say like this yes · some of us are saying our granparents are saying that · Endu is repeating 1951 again when Endu um what · The earth went and hit them on Epi · and a cyclone that hit them in 1951 and lots and lots of people from Endu died in 1951 · but in 2015 · when · · we're lucky and we praise God because, none of us died at all · Our lives were safe in the hands of God, our lives, we feel good because none of us died, our grandparents our little boys, all of us · We don't know any one of us who died and even though our corrugated iron houses um fell down, yet our lives were safe · Maybe that just it I want to um to say about the story of the cyclone and · Thank you every one and thank you Eleanor again because she stayed with us, thanks ·

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Bislama

mi wantem tokbaot smol lo saet blo win · win ia we i kam i kam i kam i kilim mifala lo vilij blo Endu lo taem ia we · mi mami wetem ol gel · mifala i stap lo kijin kijin ia lowe nomo mami i stap mekem faea · hemi stap mekem faea be mi mi stap luk finis ia we win i stap kam strong · mami · hemi stap kuk mo i putum kakae i go stap lo sospen mo i go stap lo faea nao mi stap talem lo mami olgeta mi talem se · mami yufala go lo yufala go hariap lo skul · from we mi mi luk se haos i no strong win we mi mi · save blo mi lo taem ia win ia we i bin kam i strong we i strong we i strong i bitim evri hariken ia we oli stap kilim mifala · nao mi stap tok strong lo mami olgeta nao mi talem se mami mami yufala i go lo klasrum fromw e win ia bae i kam ia bae i strong ia · papa wetem mami · be tufala ol boe oli kam be trak i karem tufala finis i go · be mi nomo wetem mami olgeta mami wetem ol gel mifal ai stap mifala be mi stap tok strong lo ogleta se bae mifala i go antap · be olgeta oli stap mekem faea oli stap mekem faea oli sek be heriken i kam strong nao mi tok strong lo olgeta bakagen mami yufala i ron · nao wantaem nomo mami i kerap i karem ol Rebeka Noume · wetem Erima Saul · wetem Rosina · oli ron fastaem finis oli go [late or lata for all of those] · nao oli talem se tati be kakae be mi talem se yufal ai go yufala i go yufala i go · sipos hariken i kam bae mi mi jes stap karem kakae mi ron i kam nao olgeta oli ron oli go lo klas rum lo taem ia we oli ron oli go lo klasrum · nao mi mi sek be hariken i kam i brekem ol hut i kam i brekem ol hud mo i brekem bredfrut · mi mi stap lukluk olsem ia nomo · mi strong lo faea kakae i tan mi fasem a kakae · mi fasem sospen mi karem mi ron mi ron i go lo hil · nao lo taem ia we mi ron i go lo hil mi stap trikim ol lif blo kokonas nomo lo rod · lif blo koknas i foldaon mo ol branis blo hut oli stap foldaon be mi mi ron i go mi ron mi ron mi ron mi ron gogo mi go lo klasrum · mi go luk mami olgeta mifal ai go stap lo klasrum · lo taem ia we mifala i stap lo klas rum mifala i stap wajem hariken hariken i pas antap olsem ia i kam · ale hariken i daon ia i kam e hariken i pas taon i kam · nao taem we · hariken we i pas daon i kam i pas antap i kam tufala i joen wantaem lo ples ia tufala i joen tufal ai joen wantaem lo ples ia tufala i tantanem haos nao · bigfala haos bigfala haos kapa i foldaon ale haos blo papa tu i foldaon · ale kijin kijin ia we i stap lowe i stap lo kijin ia we · mi mi jes mekem nomo kijin i foldaon haos i foldaon mo bigfala haos i foldaon · be mifala i go i go sef i stap antap lo hil sam lo mifala oli go sef i stap lo dispensary · sam lo mifala oli wanem oli haet i stap lo ol klas rum · nao taem we win i go daon mi samples lo · tri oklok lo naet moning i longwe yet · mi kam mi karem toj nomo mi karem toj mi klaem lo ol hud olsem mango bredfrut · mi klaem ova lo olgeta nomo mi kam mi kam mi kam kam kam gogo lo taem we mi kam kasem lo haos · mi tojem haos kapa haos kapa i no gat mi kam lukaotem bigfala haos kapa blo mi bigfala haos i no gat · mi lukaotem kijin kijin i foldaon · mi luk haos blo Jon nomo i stap ale haos blo Vava Betsi · hemia we i stap lowe hemi sev i stap · nao mi wokbaot i go bakagen mo mi talem lo mami olgeta u mami haos blo yumi oli foldaon evriwan haos kapa blo brata i foldaon · bigfala haos blo yumi i foldaon nao lo moning mifal ai wokbaot bakagen lo team ia we mifala i kam bak mifal ai kam mifala i luk ol ples ia · be mi wan samting we i gud lo mi hemi · mi karem jenso mo mi go silip i stap lo klasrum · taem we win i go daon lo moning mi karem jenso mi kam mi katem rod mi kam mifal i kam mifala i kam nao mifala i kam kamaot lo sam toti blo hariken · nao mi storem olsem faeahut i stap lo stamba blo nangai lowe · stamba blo bredfrut stamba blo nangai nao mifala i kam mifala i kam mifala i kam stap lo haos mi sta kilimaot ol kapa wan wik · mifala i stap lo haos wan wik wan wik nomo mi mekem kijin · bae yu digim kijin ia lowe · a mi mi jes mekem nomo mi mekem a win i kilim mi mi kam nao mi mekem kitjin be haos kapa nomo · nao · mi mi no karkaremaot flatem yet bigfala haos blo mi mi mi no stanemap niuwan yet be lo taem ia we mifala i kam · mifala i kam kamaot lo haos · m plante help ol man oli givim kakae i kam mo oli givim a tarpaulin oli givim tarpaulin mifal ai kavramap ol haos lo hem · ale lo taem ia we mifala i kavremap haos oli givim ol sits · ol sits olsem ol sits blo bin ol tuaf bin nao oli kam oli givim ol seedling i kam mifala i planem ol bin · mifala i planem ol bin ia · mifala i planem bin ia a ol bin i aoli ol dwarf bean · hemi blo a · a wanem ia bae hemi fitim mifala lo taem ia we bae i reti bae mifal ai karem ol frut blo hem bae mifala i kakae · a sam lo mifala oli stat oli stap a oli go oli go oli planem karen oli planem ol kumala blo olgeta · oli planem ol kabij blo olgeta · a wanem ia ol aid oli kam oli givim ol kakae mo oli givim ol seedling · a oli givim ol tapoln hemi blo ba emifala i pulum gud bakagen · lo ol karen blo mifala mo bae mifala i stap kakae ale wan samting we mi mi luk mi luk ia wanem ia · i stap naoia olsem givhan blo mifala wota blo mifala i bin trae ale ol man oli go mekem gud wota bakagen nao wota i kam · ale · ol fren blo mifal aol fren ol waetman oli kam mo oli luk se no wota blo mifala i no sef · nao oli stap givim ol man olsem a wanem ia · Save the Children's Fund wetem ADRA oli kam oli stap givim plastik wota lo mifala afta oli givim tapolen lo mifala · afta oli stap sakem ol medesin i go lo wota mo ol dokta tu oli kam · be in bin gat wan waetman tu we i bin kam stap wetem mifala nem blo hem Eleanor yes Eleanor i bin helpem mifala plante taem hemi toktok lo ol famili · hemi toktok lo ol famli i talem se ol famli blo mi · bae oli a oli mas survive bae oli mas survive nao hemi mekem rod blo sam aid oli kam wetem olsem a wanem ia ol kabis · nao oli kam oli sakem mifala i stap sakem ol kabij mifala mifala i planem kumala mo mifala i plan mifala i stat planem maniok · ol banana blo mifala oli stat gro mo ol kumala blo mifala oli stat gro finis be ating bae hemi kasem tri manis bakagen o tri manis o tri manis · afta bae mifala i kam bakagen bae mifala i savaev bakagen ol ples ples ol hud oli kam krin · be bae i tekem i tekem tri manis be bae hemi tri manis o fo manis · blo wanem ia laef blo man · mo laef blo a ol samting bae i kam bae i kam gud bakagen hemi olsem hemia we i blo fastaem · ating a smol storian ia nomo mi wantem talem lo a saet ia nomo mi wantem talem · a ol haos ia we we yes mifala i stap wajem paoa blo win ia mi wantem talem olsem a · sam lo mifala oli stap talem ol apu blo mifal aoli stap talem oli talem se · Endu hemi ripitim bak a 1951 we Endu a wanem ia · graon i go kilim olgeta lo Epi · be wan saeklon we i kilim olgeta lo 1951 nao plante lo ol man Endu oli ded be 1951 · be lo 2015 · we · · mifala i laki mo mifala i presem God from we i no gat wan lo mifal ai ded wantaem · laef blo mifala hemi sef lo han blo God laef blo mifala mifala i harem gud from we i no gat wan lo mifal ai ded ol apu blo mifala ol pikinini blo mifala mo mifala evriwan · mifala i no save wan lo mifala i no ded be iven ol haos kapa blo mifal aoli foldaon be laef blo mifala hemi sef · ating hemia nomo mi wantem talem storian blo a wanem ia hariken e · tankyu lo yufala evriwan mo tangyu tu lo Eleanor from we hemi bin stap wetem mifala tankyu ·

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Cyclone Pam in Endu

Cyclone Pam in Endu