Helping girls stay in school in Vanuatu
On the island of Tanna, in Vanuatu, CARE has spoken with school girls about the challenges that keep them away from school. One reason may be a surprise: toilets!
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How gender equality prevented total destruction during Hurricane Pam
“We learned this through the simulation exercise that CARE did. It really saved lives, I know it.”
VANUATU Toughness and Resilience of Families to Rebuild Idyllic Vanuatu
When people talk about the South Pacific and countries like Vanuatu, they often use words like ‘idyllic’, ‘relaxed’ or ‘peaceful’. And yes, there are plenty of parts of the South Pacific that fit those descriptions. Yet Cyclone Pam has, for at least a…
VANUATU If People Overseas can Help Us We Really Need it
After a bumpy four-hour journey across the mountainous island of Tanna, our truck pulls in to a small clinic, deep in the bush under the shadow of the rumbling Mount Yasur volcano, which supports the 10,000 or so people living in this part of southern…
VANUATU Life Begins Under Pams Terrifying Eye
Packing winds of up to 360 kilometres an hour, Category Five Cyclone Pam is the largest cyclone on record to have hit the South Pacific region. Its destruction has claimed lives, left much of the beautiful island nation of Vanuatu in ruins, and left…