2011: Trade & Vocational News Part II
RTC students to benefit from coconut oil generator The Butterfly Trust has now made the decision to donate the Listeroid generator, purchased in 2009 to run a coconut oil mill, to the Rural Training Centre (“RTC”) in the village of Pellongk. It came to the point where the logistical difficulties involved with setting up […]
2011: Trade & Vocational News Part I
Brian has the flare when it comes to solar Despite having spent consecutive 12-hour days repairing generators from all over the Maskelynes, American sailor Brian Basura and his wife Claudia Richardson from SY “Skylight” did not hesitate when the Butterfly Trust approached them out of the blue with a request to run a course on […]
Lighting up the classrooms at Namaru Primary School, Avock Island
Click here to listen to Vanuatu’s National Anthem sung by the children of Namaru Primary School Avock is one of the 3 main islands making up the Maskelynes group, home to approximately 200 people. The majority of children from this island attend Namaru Primary School until Year 6. Although the school is attached to Avock, it can […]
Combined School and Community Library for the Maskelynes
The Butterfly Trust has decided to go ahead with facilitating the establishment of a new library in the Maskelynes. The main impetus for this project is to help improve the literacy standards of the community. Poor literacy standards are clearly a concern across all age groups. Mr Benson Tangou, the head teacher of Sangalai Centre School cited an urgent […]
Memorandum of Understanding between Butterfly Trust and Vanuatu’s Ministry of Education
The Vanuatu Ministry of Education has also joined our MOU with the Ministry of Health. In Port Vila, we spoke to Roy Obed, Director of Education Services from the Ministry of Education (“MOE”). Mr Obed highlighted the need for further training in the areas of English literacy, science, mathematics, librarianship and school management. He cited […]
Memorandum of Understanding between Butterfly Trust and Vanuatus Ministry of Health
The Butterfly Trust arrived at Port Vila Harbour in the early hours of 19 June 2011. Shortly after we met up with Viran Tovu, the Acting Senior Health Planner from Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health (“MOH”) to discuss proposed medical assistance to the Maskelynes. The Maskelynes are a group of islands lying off the southeast corner of Malekula, one of the larger islands […]
