Vanuatu Archives

Apr 15

Disaster Updates – April 2023

Türkiye In the early hours of Monday 6 February, two powerful earthquakes struck south-eastern Türkiye (formerly Turkey) and northern Syria. ADRA is responding to the crisis in both countries. In Syria, ADRA has helped a total of 26,535* people who have been affected by the earthquakes. A total of 49,575 …

Apr 07

Volunteer Profile – Louise Ginn

“Dorolyn had a burden on her heart about the increasing number of discarded babies being found dead in the Port Vila area.” Louise met Pastor Dorolyn Laloyer through a friend, Jenny Wigglesworth, in 2011. At the time, Dorolyn was the Director of Women’s Ministries at the Vanuatu Adventist Mission. “Dorolyn …

Jun 02

Family care centre first of its kind for Vanuatu

The Vanuatu government has given its full backing to the Vanuatu Mission (VM) of Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) to establish a family counselling centre in Etas, an area south-east of the capital Port Vila. The Elang Family Care Centre will cater to the social, …

Dec 04

Riding high for girls to Blossom

Bonnells Bay (NSW) Mother and son team Louise and Nat Ginn are all set to ride a gruelling 1,000 kilometres over 10 days to raise $100,000 for the Blossom Project. Their epic journey will begin on Monday 14th December and take them from Sydney to the peaks of Mt Kosciusko …