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The Kwataparen School project, one of four junior schools in Tanna to be rebuilt, was launched this week.

The airline imported brand new parts from Canada to replace sections of the aircraft’s structure and has completely updated most of the instruments on the flight deck.

It took Vanuatu three-and-a-half years of hard work to meet the international standards and requirements that are in force today.

Sorovanga Secondary school has more than 200 students and Mr Toa said that most of them are drop-outs from other schools.

VCSIN is made up of 38 civil society groups and non-governmental organisations which operate under the banner of Governance, Leadership and Accountability (GLA).

The agreement, covering defence, law and order, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, is expected to be signed at the Pacific Islands Forum in September.

Nine large vans have been provided to help get the project moving, which will see the release of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry Wolbachia.

A source at the wharf told The Independent the problem began when crew of the Forum Samoa discovered that the correct lifting gear had not been stowed on the vessel.

Activists want to see the Vanuatu government, and community leaders, take a more proactive approach to supporting widows, including more financial help.