After wreaking havoc in Samoa, Tropical Cylone Evan turned towards Fiji making landfall on 19 December 2012. By the end of the next day it was evident that hundreds of families would not be in their homes for Christmas but instead spending the start of a long and stressful internment in evacutation centres around the country. As is always the case, the most vulnerable are those that live in informal settlements located on the least desireable land in dangerously unsafe structures built from scraps and salvaged building materials. 

With the genrous funding from the people of New Zealand through the NZ government New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), HFH Fiji built 120 new cyclone-safe transitional shelters in 33 informal settlements throughout the Western Division on the island of Viti Levu.

In 2014 NZAP funded the construction of an additional 166 transitional shelters in informal settlements, 60 of which will be flat-packed and pre-positioned around the country to allow for quick response immediately after a natural disaster.