Aishah Taleo is an Australia Awards Scholarships graduate with a passion to improve the accessibility of healthcare provisions within Vanuatu. It was her zeal for science and an opportunity to volunteer at Port Vila Central Hospital (PVCH) that fueled this ambition and saw her undertake…

Vanuatu geologists play an important role in our everyday lives. Within the context of Vanuatu, a geologist’s role can include conserving soils and maintaining agricultural productivity, helping to discover and extract sources of energy derived from fossil fuels that are used to provide electricity and…

As technology continues to propel society forward and drastically changes the way we interact with the world around us, the modeling of safe and ethical practices becomes a necessity. Australia Awards alumnus Alain Obed, believes education and awareness is crucial as we move further into…

The onset of Covid-19 in 2020 brought with it unexpected sacrifices for Eunice Niroa as she began her Master of Educational Studies. No sacrifices were more so than leaving her one-year-old daughter who was four by the time Eunice graduated and returned to Vanuatu. “The…

Today we celebrate World Environment Day and the achievement of Michael Taiki, an Australia Awards Scholarship graduate from the Master of Environmental Management at Charles Darwin University. Michael graduated in 2020 at Charles Darwin University, proudly receiving the Power and Water Corporation Award for Outstanding…

To celebrate International Girls in ICT Day, we profile Priscilla Salote Kalo, the Systems and Applications Support Officer at the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, a 2016 Bachelor of Net-Centric Computing graduate from the University of the South Pacific and an Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship recipient….

Dr Errolyn Tungu, the Acting Medical Superintendent for Vila Central Hospital and the first female Obstetrician-Gynaecologist for Vanuatu is a great supporter of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February. ‘My passion is working with women and contributing to…

Australia Awards graduate, Sherol George, has been with the Vanuatu Skills Partnership as the Disability Inclusion Coordinator since 2016. In this position, Sherol has driven change across the skills sector to ensure the successful participation of people with disabilities – and shifting attitudes to recognise…

Australia Awards alumni Fremden Yanhambath, Director of Vanuatu Skills Partnership, says the global pandemic has been the catalyst for the Partnership to reinvent itself as the context it operates in changes. ‘This crisis has given us the opportunity to do more than what we used…

As COVID-19 cases were entering the Pacific region earlier this year, the Vanuatu government responded by setting up a technical working group to develop a contingency plan for the Ministry of Education & Training. Dick Hopkins, an Australia Awards alumni, was at the forefront of…