Vanuatu

Full Name: Republic of Vanuatu
Capital City: Porta Vila
Size: 12190 sq. km Approximately one-third the size of the Netherlands
Population: 0.2 million
Life expectancy: 67.5 years (men), 71.3 years (women)
Infant mortality rate: 30 per 1,000 live births
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five: 36 per 1,000 live births
Percentage of undernourished population: 11 percent
(Source: UNFPA/World Bank/Unicef )

Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, some 1,750km east of Australia. Its economy is based on small-scale agriculture, which provides a living for 65% of the population.

Save the Children Australia has worked in Vanuatu since 1984 and has projects in all six provinces of Vanuatu: Penama, Malampa, Tafea, Shefa, Torba and Sanma.

Our Programs in Vanuatu:

Child rights project
Promoting and supporting childs' rights through raising awareness through training teachers, the government and the wider community..
Strengthening village health worker & community based management project
Making accessible quality sustainable health services in rural areas.
Child protection project
The Child Protection project aims to reduce the likelihood of violence against children by strengthening local organisations to coordinate and facilitate greater family, community and political responsibility for child protection.
HIV and AIDS project
This project uses education and awareness to encourage communities to support people with HIV and AIDS, and to assist children who have lost relatives to the disease.
Youth out-reach project
Meeting the considerable challenge in meeting the health, education and other social development needs of Vanuatu's young people.
Village health worker project
Improving access to health care services, and developing health management systems at provincial and community levels.