2009 Auxiliary Project

The ABM National Auxiliary Project for 2009:

Literacy in Vanuatu - "A Second Chance."

Literacy teacher Salome Haridi teaching a class. Photo: Don Brice/ABM 2008

Education is not compulsory in Vanuatu. Less than fifty percent of students who start school make it to high school (UNESCO:2008).

As the country's population is dispersed throughout 80 islands, the efficient delivery of health care, education and other social services is difficult(UNICEF:2008). Poverty forces many children to drop out of school because their parents can't afford school fees. Providing even the most basic education is made even more challenging by Vanuatu's linguistic diversity. English or French are the languages used in schools, yet over 109 living languages are spoken throughout Vanuatu.

In 2009, the National Auxiliary of ABM has chosen to support literacy in Vanuatu.

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