Freshly cut wood from the bush

Looks like fresh fish for tea Roger

Shower room nearly finished, just a door needed now

Tekara Village is rebuilding

These men are building houses before they leave to come

to Blenheim on 30 May

Tekara was given the use of a portable saw mill for 2 weeks free

so they have been cutting down trees and milling the

trees during the day

other teams are building houses 

while other teams mill timber

These houses will be used while the men come to 

Blenheim in May for 5 months 

Here we are making new louvers to replace the broken ones 

that was caused when the tree fell against the house 

in the cyclone 

I never knew how to do it, but quickly found out how

before we broke to many of the new ones

Baby Pam was born in Ambrym on the

night of the cyclone 

The roof came off the hospital while she was in there 

 she was taken 

to the church while the high winds were blowing  

and reunited with family and friends

PCV Health pack up to go to Malekula Island 

on Monday 4th may  to do Dental & Eye work at Villages

Joel Epsom in yellow shirt with John Lewie 

both work in Marlborough Vineyards 

Replacing mosquito netting in top Flat

We all got involved in changing the mesh

Graeme  Richard & Neville 

Two wedding dresses gloria got

for Willy & Mark 

last year they got married in December 2014

Its Saturday and we are putting new mosquito mess

on the up staires flat

Flat 1 Sutherland house 

This was caused by PAM 

Pam parking

I bet it was un insured!!!

Senai School

In 2007 we took a Marlborough Girls Student

with the team to entertain the childrern in the village  

but what arose from this team member is that she, (Clair)

decised to fund raise money and 

this money ended up being able to got towards 

3 new classrooms 

Witherlea school also assisted in fundraising for the classrooms

These 3 new classrooms survived PAM 

here is a You Tube link 

to see the damage to the remaining school

http://youtu.be/osDntJrdXCE 

Kiwi Camping

This is Richard's accommodation 

at Tekara while he is helping 

The village men come to Wairau Valley

to help winter pruning each year

This is Richard he left Wairau Valley with a backpack and

tent to help his friends at Tekara

Richard doesnt have a hat on !!!

These people have come to the Clinic at Utas Village for medical 

help from the international Medical Corps

this is the clinic the Wairau Parish help put water in

in 2007-2011 while on Mission

These people have come to Benaboe church which has been 

set us as a clinic for the South east Ambrym people 

An extract from the Moderator report

Phil King (or in Vanuatu, King Phil) is doing an outstanding job. Phil knows people's names and asks about their families. Phil has established a wonderful working relationship with the PCV. The respect he has won is proving invaluable in this critical time of post-cyclone recovery.

Gloria and Neville Jones, two of our missionaries who had been in Vanuatu for a short time before the cyclone hit, have been active in the recovery effort. Neville is taking care of recovery logistics as part of the Disaster Relief Team. Neville is getting his head around the local Bislama language and is showing the very best of kiwi "can do" attitude and skill. Gloria is working in public health. I have just heard this afternoon that the Government has asked the PCV if they would take on a contract for delivery of services throughout the nation.

The sign from Yesterday reads

Private Truck Tabu ( like NZ) forbidden

not to  come inside

The 10 Soloman Island men have put this roof on 

in 1 week

These boys below have a FULL time job

in filling these pot holes

the rain makes the holes 

This sign is written in Bislama

can you work out what 

its says!

I will let you know in my next BLOG

I believe pies are sold here!!

This is Joel he is returning to NZ to work in Blenheim in May

I took him driver training last winter in Blenheim

we have known Joel since 2007 when we went

to Ambrym Island

we meet again on Friday

We recieved seeds from David & Margaret from Blenheim

we will give them to people to plant 

Thanks D&M

only $500 Vt to have your car washed 

Its been a quite day in Vila 

the weather is raining & sunshining

the washing is hard to dry

28 Degs today 

We have Richard Ryan from Wairau Valley 

with us and will be heading away to Tekara Village

to help with anything that they want

he is away tomorrow and he will be there 

until 8 May.

I had my motor cycle servived Saturday

but need two bearings in

the back shaft cost is $10,000 VT

= NZD128.00 

Drop Off Quad tomorrow morning 

and pick up after lunch

I have a good machanic 

Richard Ryan from Mckean Estate Wairau Valley

with Roger Ben centre top and William bottom

all three work together in the winter pruning 

and I'm the winter Pastoral Care 

Richard's Bags didn't arrive fron NZ so

he will spend a few days in the flat until

his gear arrives 

Richard is here to help were he can to fix up Takara Village 

which was hammered in the cyclone 

just by being here lifts the mens spirits

Don & Shirly Anton up at Talua College 

on Santo with Graeme & Maebry

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These are the Pot Holes in Vanuatu 

Millions of them everywhere 

Part of the driving test is if you can dodge them

You will see vehicles on your side of the road

frequently dodging them 

Part of driving experence

Food is cooked on this style of fire everyday

not uncommon in the city

I would a guess that 70 % of cooking

is like this and it would be 100% out in the 

remote Islands 

A typical cook house in both city and outer Islands

Men from Soloman Islands here to help put a roof

back on a friends house

The Kitchen of the house that is being repaired

This is a woman's training house

in need for repair

some funding for materials has been approved 

One of the thousands of tarps protecting further damage

The roof was ripped off the ladies house porch

waiting for repair teams to help fix

Onesua College 

The money for the roof came thru

Global Mission in New Zealand

installed by the Fiji Military 

assisted by Pacific Coast Australia Team of 7

so a great effort by all 

Thanks 

Hundreds of jobs like this exists

TEKARA VILLAGE (EFATE)

The smile on Febe face hides the true destruction to Tekara

its a raining and her house has been damaged and 

old iron has been put back onto the roof to protect what

they have left

This is Roger Ben's wife Febe

Roger  with 20 men from Tekara will be in the Wairau Valley this winter 

and are due to come to NZ on the  30th May for the winter pruning 

the money this year will go towards their houses rebuilds

Who will help the wives while they are in NZ ?

Rogers House no roof

You may reconize Eddy this isn't Tekara