I first wrote about these adorable baskets made from recycled industrial waste, in 2014 - almost three years ago. They were expertly woven by ni Vanuatu women from the island of Epi, when living and working in New Zealand as…
Equipment being re-homed all over Vanuatu I received a lovely email from Annie, physiotherapist at the Vila Central Hospital. Annie arranged 2 truckloads of gear from the shipping containers sent to Vanuatu in mid 2016. Here's her inventory. Distributed 3 Bags of…
The long school holidays are over in Vanuatu, So it's time to give you a quick update about the distribution of washable sanitary pad kits in and around Vanuatu. Students finishing their school holidays will have made their way back to school,…
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Fabric Yesterday I prepared the boxes for transportation to Auckland. From there, Kiwanis will pack and ship a 20 foot container with educational equipment to be distributed around Vanuatu. There’s a mountain of fabric which has been prepared over the…
Go finis (bislama) - a term used to indicate you are finished here, completed, job done! After attending the Saturday market in Nelson, for the past 190 weekends, and attending well over 300 markets since March 2013, I’m having a change…
| Who would have thought | During another Lav Kokonas initiated project, I met a man who “got” what I was doing with the Mamma’s Laef project. He wanted to help in some way so I could achieve some of…
| As the bus drove from the airport into Port Vila, along the way we passed numerous Mango trees, heavily laden with fruit. Very similar to my June visit, when pawpaw were everywhere (and we made Pawpaw relish). Mango Chutney was added to the "to do list" during…
Thanks to the beautiful donors of the 10 Washable Sanitary Pad kits, which were sponsored during my 12 Days of Christmas. Small gifts of love, have been sent to the donors I could identify (some were anonymous) Thanks for providing gifts to our…
I'll be away, so can't attend to orders made via the website during the period 13th to 21st December 2016. Orders placed during that time, will be actioned on 23rd December. Thanks Mi lukim yu Belinda