Disaster hit Fiji village rebuild begins

Tui Yakete Ratu Sevenaca Tiqe pitches in to help with the building of Tukuraki village. Photo/SPC

Director NDMO Akapusi Tuifagalele with Jesus Lavina from EU at the ground breaking. Photo/SPC

Working on the new Tukuraki village after the original village was wrecked by a landslide four years ago. Photo/SPC

Jesus Lavina from the EU (left) with Tui Takete Ratu Sevenaca Tiqe (right) at the ground breaking ceremony. Photo/SPC

Students in the Tukuraki village. Photo/SPC

The village rebuild has been financed by the European Union and overseen by the National Disaster Management Office and the Pacific Community. Photo/SPC

Tui Yakete Ratu Sevenaca Tiqe Chief Guest officiating the ceremony of the ground breaking. Photo/SPC

The new Tukuraki village site. Photo/SPC

Ten months after the landslide in 2012 the old village was hit by Cyclone Evan while this year's Cyclone Winston added to the destruction. Photo/SPC

Villagers should be able to move into the new site by October 2016. Photo/SPC

About 100 people have been harboured by a neighbouring village while waiting for Tukuraki to be rebuilt. Photo/SPC

The villagers have expressed delight at how safe the new Tukuraki village site feels. Photo/SPC

The house at the abandoned village of Tukuraki in which four families members died when a landslide hit. Photo/SPC

New Community Hall foundations have been laid at new site of Tukuraki village. Photo/SPC