The concrete slab & pulpit is the only thing remaining

of the Lamnatu Church in Tanna  

after Cyclone PAM came thru 

Garth and his team are there to rebuild this Church 

 Time to start guys !!!

The materials arrived, without a moment to spare

lets get the framing up

This looks  great

Starting to take shape

whoooow and it only took about 6 days to complete

The TEAM from NZ

And they even fitted in a trip to the

Volcano

Well done team

These guys had been  walking a long way carrying their

bamboo for thatching of a house roof 

I gave them a ride 

Lending a hand to make a difference

Which sign on the truck do you boys like the best

These guys are wearing their safety gear !!!!

sunglasses and vest

Todays after school class 

 WELL the boys missed out on our special Pirate session today , 

but the girls had lots of fun reading lots of stories,  and we coloured in some pirate pictures. 

and Neville helped out with some Maths.

Our Vila Central Hospital Dental team have finished our training course on Friday for the National Oral Health Survey.

A good sized team of 14 attended. 

We did our planning board today, as VCH will be going to the outer Islands close up to Efate

Gloria and two VCH Dentists will be examining and recording on their outreaches to Maskelynes

Lamap and  Akhamei 

Garth's team that went to Tanna

shipped a box from NZ

it arrive just in time to go on the 

Vanuatu Ferry on Friday after custom clearances

The boxes will be delivered on Sunday morning 

ready for use on Monday

whooooo !!!!

in the nick of time 

the team return to Vila Wednesday

This is the gardener with the typical grass cutter

used in all the Islands 

Here are the ladies preparing 

morning tea for the staff and

customers inside the containers

Thanks to Richie from Wairau Valley NZ

After School Reading student 

Jennifer spends time with Gloria every day practicing, she has a reading competition at school, coming up on July 4th, so they  are working together on a book called

 Have you Filled a bucket today ?

Confident YES  a good chance at winning DEFINITELY 👍

To be continued .......

We saw large crowds line the streets

from the town centre to the Airport 

to farewell their President  "Baldwin Lonsdale"

flowers and leaves were thrown on the ground

 as his coffin passed them by, and   

he was then flown to his home island in the Banks.

The main street in Port Vila

The road to the airport

Ground staff wave good by

The team who are going to Tanna wanted to take Gloria

to be their cook, Here they are having a feast 

before heading off to Tanna  (Thanks Gloria for the meal)

Ive got some materials ready for our next projects

This is what it looks like when you say

"the boat is put ashore ready to load"

Alice is happy in her kitchen !!!

cooking up a storm for her lunch time customers

looks a colourful dish 

The building team from around NZ

are about to set off to Tanna

to the Village of Lamnatu

to rebuild the community church building

They arrived in on Saturday with one member going via Sydney due

to Auckland airport fog!!

2 more builders will arrive on Wednesday due fog also

Glorias after school class is a special ministry to the community and neighbours. These three students are  from Vila East School They  come 3-4 times a week and love the special class Gloria offers.
                                           There are 9 Students now attending each week

They love to read and choose their own books, and enjoy story's read by Gloria using hand puppets or toys as story characters

                                   Assisted technology  using I Pads with educational apps

Learning English , Maths, French

                                     Some  Fun and Tricks

Reading stories  to each other 

This is the container School out

at Black sands area

I picked up these 40,000 bislama Bibles, 

ànd these are for distribution.

This is one of the computer wires in the office at PCV 

Gloria Special group of  7 Students  at Malasitapu School she is working with have a new group  name today 

So it''s Time to find and learn about  the hidden buried treasure. 

This is some of the after school reading class

Titus's Troublesome tooth story

Here are Gloria's little helpers

they read very well

Little Ipad's to help them read

The boys ready to start today

Gloria is testing them on the essential word list

Reward playing 

If you do well you get to play 

The only advertising is "NO SMOKING" in this car park

Topping up the Quad with petrol

I'm not sure I got the best job here!!!

Just completing the last few jobs at the 

Ngaire house

a clothes line has just been put back up

This is the vessel Tauraken 1 

getting loaded with some of Garth's

Materials for a project in Tanna