For years, a dream and ambitions were whispered over late-night kava bowls — vague promises among close friends to one day give back to the islands that raised them. But those dreams remained as fleeting as the kava mix. But it took a catastrophe to turn talanoa into a movement. When Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston tore through the heart of Fiji in 2016, it became one of the costliest and deadliest storms in Fiji’s history. As the dust settled on more than a billion dollars of destruction, the group of friends realised that ‘someday’ had to be ‘today.’ Out of the wreckage one of Fiji’s greatest tragedies, our foundation was born.