The earthquake that hit Vanuatu the week before Christmas has taken the disaster-prone nation to a new level of despair and anxiety, with ongoing aftershocks and cyclones rattling people’s nerves. For the local Red Cross, the disaster hit in the middle of a post-cyclone celebratory Christmas lunch.

• Guests: Dickinson Tevi, Secretary General of the Vanuatu Red Cross Society, Tess Newton Cain, Pacific analyst with the Pacific Hub at Griffith University, Brisbane
• Producer: Ann Arnold