Category: Alumni Profiles

To celebrate the annual World Health Day in the 75th anniversary year of the World Health Organisation, we speak with Australia Awards Vanuatu alumnus Dr… Continue Reading Dr. Sereana Natuman: World Health Day

Today is World Sustainable Energy Day, with the 2023 theme being “Energy Transition = Energy Security!”. We speak with Wycliff Bakeo, an Australia Awards alumnus… Continue Reading Wycliff Jnr Bakeo: World Sustainable Energy Day

To celebrate National Education Day, we speak with Australia Awards alumnus Fremden Yanhambath. Fremden graduated with a Master of Leadership & Management – Vocational Education… Continue Reading Fremden Yanhambath: Celebrating National Education Day

Australia Awards alumnus, Sera Vurobaravu Liki, is leading a collective of passionate practitioners as the National Coordinator for Early Childhood Education and Care with the… Continue Reading Sera Vurobaravu Liki: Education Opens Doors to Opportunity

Erick Andrew is an Australia Awards Scholar alumnus who graduated from the Fiji National University, Nadi School of Aviation, with a Certificate IV in Mechanical… Continue Reading Erick Andrew: Elevating the Aviation Sector

The advancements in ICT and telecommunications have significantly contributed towards globalisation interconnectedness. We have moved into a world where those devising new transformative ideas and… Continue Reading Fred Samuel: An Innovator of Technological Advancements

Australia Awards Vanuatu (AAV) alumnus, Vasemaca Justine Pikioune, is a leading figure in Vanuatu’s growing finance sector. She joins a growing number of women who… Continue Reading Vasemaca Justine Pikioune: Forging Her Way Forward as a Female in Finance

International trade and economic growth were two areas highly compromised during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing many to become innovative within their own… Continue Reading Naomi Sisi: Promoting Trade within Vanuatu’s Economic Landscape

Vanuatu continues to have the highest rates of violence against women and girls globally with 60 percent of ni-Vanuatu women aged 15-49 years having experienced… Continue Reading Roslyn David: Creating New Norms to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls

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… Continue Reading Aishah Taleo: Harnessing Healthcare to Better Serve a Nation