Government funding for remote schools in Vanuatu is minimal, if not wholly absent. Many families fall outside the radar of the public education system because they live too far out of town and cannot afford commute expenses.
In March this year, Vanuatu tragically experienced its most extreme storm in recorded history. Category 5 Cyclone Pam swept through the nation’s South, bringing devastation to more than 60 inhabited islands including Tanna, Santo and Port Vila.