Ol business haos inside long centa blong Port Vila oli stap trae hard naya blong faenem ol niu ples blong muv igo long hem mo hemia hemi mekem plante pipol oli lusum wok.
Moa plante bai oli lusum sos blong inkam olsem ol mama blong handicraf.
Ren Hemi fuldown long Port Vila tete mo ol mama i nomoa save salem ol clos mo handicraf. Naoia oli usum nomo ol tent ia i no olsem aos blong olketa long Centa blong Port Vila we earthquake i mekem se i no safe blong oli go bak.
Martha Malosu hemi wan long ol mama ia we i stap wet ful dei blong ren hemi stop.
Hemi tri wik nao be i nogat wan respon long Port Vila Municipal council mo gavman long future blong olketa, ol assemen i stap go hed yet.
“Ting ting blong mifala i stap long aos oltaem hemi tumas, lo mifala ol mama from mifala ol self riliens , so mifala i nid blong faenem wan ples blong save rilokeit long hem mo mifala i wok tugeta wetem VFF blong oli save kivim mifala wan spes blong kam sale long Freswota Fil.”
Folem negotiation wetem Vanuatu football federation oli bin save securum ples ia long Fresh Wota futbol fil.
Ms Malosu hemi stap tu olsem President blong Port Vila Community Handicraf mo hemi stap somapem ol clos blong 11 yia nao we hemi helpem livli hud blong hem mo famli.
“As mothers, we are the managers of our home, so the sales or the money that the mothers make it helps us to pay for food to bring home and to help our kids to get to school, and even some mothers here are renting and need the money”
I nogat wan namba we Departmen blong Labour mo Vanuatu Chamber of Commerence hemi save kivim long saet blong hamas man oli lusum wok. Folem statistiks i kat araon 24,000 pipol oli emploi long Port Vila, plante nao long Central City.
Long wan recen survei blong Business Resilience Kaonsel wetem 119 bisnis hemi showem 17 bisnis oli klos daon iet, 24 oli open haf nomo. Sam bisnis oli talem se bai tekem ova 1 manis blong oli opereit ful wan.
Araon 50% blong ol bisnis oli damej nogud mo lusum fulap stok.
Yumi Work, a company that supports entrepreneurship based in Port Vila CBD, is now working from a new location after their building was severely damaged by the earthquake three weeks ago.
The Director of the of YUMIWOK, Marc Gerard, says they are so fortunate to be able to keep their staffs despite the challenges.
“We know people who have lost their jobs or will likely lose their job but we were really fortunate to find this location; otherwise it would have been difficult for us to keep out twelve employees and to work with the 100 plus providers that we have “
He says its a difficult situation for plante bisnis.
“The prices are triplicating for business office space per square meter is three time higher than a few months ago, so that is very complicated for our business”
