Reports

Mataso island residents packed the beachfront, awaiting the return of family members after many weeks of separation. As the patrol boat carrying 53 of their relatives drew closer, two small boats sped out to greet the…

Highlights The Regional Bureau in Bangkok has confirmed the extension of the ETC’s support until 15 June, in line with the request from the Government of Vanuatu. Decommissioning of equipment will now be finished by 20 June. Over…

HIGHLIGHTS: Nutrition: UNICEF continues to provide urgent nutrition support to treat and prevent deterioration of nutritional status of children and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) through delivery of infant and young child feeding support, treatment of severe…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In Fiji, the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project focused on food security, with a goal ‘to contribute to reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptive capacity to adverse effects of climate change in the food…

Introduction On 13 March 2015, category 5 Cyclone Pam slammed into Vanuatu severely affecting over 200,000 people and destroying and damaging agricultural livelihoods, infrastructure and food resources across the sectors of agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry and biosecurity. The…

HIGHLIGHTS: Nutrition: MoH and UNICEF through Save the Children have officially launched the Micronutrient Powder campaign in Ambrym. Nutrition supplies have been released to the Central Medical Stores for distributed to affected areas. A Severe Acute Malnutrition…

Highlights • 7,085 children now have access to temporary learning spaces in Shefa and Tafea provinces. • 14,718 early childhood and primary school children have received learning materials and school supplies. • At least 90 per cent of primary…

Summary: Tropical Cyclone Pam slammed Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, on Friday 13 March 2015, with Category V strength – the highest level rating for a severe tropical cyclone. The eye of the cyclone passed 25…

Highlights WFP and the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) held a joint workshop on food distributions on 13th May. At the workshop, Government officials, island managers, cooperating partners, the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster, and WFP reviewed…

Highlights The second push of WFP emergency food distributions was completed in 85 percent of targeted areas with full distribution expected to be finished by mid-May. WFP and cooperating partners have distributed 361mt of commodities such as…