Advancing Health & Education in Vanuatu
Following Ashlee and Libby’s visit to Vila East Primary School in October last year, the Principal Mr Haward Mala (pictured) identified an urgent need for culturally appropriate readers that are available from Pearson Education in Australia, for children in the early years of schooling in Vanuatu. Board member Jan Baker then purchased these beautiful readers using Foundation funds and last week they were delivered by the Vila Central Hospital Physiotherapist Leitare Raubani, also pictured.
Using funds donated during the EOFY campaign and by drawing on some of our reserves, we were able to allocate $23,600 to providing 17 schools in Sanma province with replacement learning resources.
The MJF was thrilled to welcome a record number of donors to our 2021 EOFY campaign, helping to raise over $10,000.
1000 books including books for guided reading, big books, teacher resources and take-home readers arrive at Vila East.
23 brand-new numeracy kits donated by MJF recently found homes in schools throughout Vanuatu, as part of Vanuatu’s Ministry of Education & Training’s gradual replacement of cyclone destroyed resources.
Senior students from St John’s Lutheran School, Portland once again donated $2,000 after collecting, bagging and selling sheep manure from under a shearing shed near Portland.
In an exciting and new kind of project for the foundation, last year we supported the professional development of two Ni-Vanuatu health workers by sponsoring their attendance at a two week long course in Melbourne.
