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The Germ-Buster student workbook can be used by students independently at their own pace or with a teacher's guidance and teaches children about germs, where they are found and how to prevent them making us sick. Join Super Soap journey to destroy germs. Through various activities, such as quizzes, puzzles and song-writing, children learn about what hands do during the day, where germs live, how we pick them up, and how washing with soap in the morning, after handling rubbish and before we eat, we can stop the spread of disease and keep us healthy.

This handbook is for farmers, field and extension workers and educators in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and helps strengthen food security int he face of climate change by reporting on variety if traditional and innovative farming technologies. It encourages farmers to think about and plan for the effects of climate change and other challenges to their communities.

The Clean Hands, Good Toilet, Happy Family! guide borrows form the fields of health psychology and social marketing, as well as traditional health education activities, to promote owning an improved or new toilet and washing hands at critical times. The guide contains information on how to plan a campaign to get key messages across, and how to work with change agents, augmented by real-life examples taken from health promotions in the Pacific

The State of Environment Report provides the latest check on the threats, the state, and the impacts on Vanuatu’s environment and the response in mitigating the threats and managing human actions. The report is a legal requirement under the Environmental Management and Conservation Act No. 12 of 2002, which has been amended to the Environmental Protection and Conservation Act [CAP 283]. The assessment is on seven thematic areas and thirty-five indicators and sub-indicators. The process for the assessment looks at the drivers, pressure, state, impact and the response to each of the indicators. National consultations with key local stakeholders provided the data and information, as well as validation of the information that is presented in the State of Environment Report.

Vanuatu is a proudly agricultural nation, producing high-quality crop livestock, marine and forestry products that are exported around the world.

This island nation contains many marine eco-systems, from globally significant coral reefs to mangroves, seagrass areas, seamounts and deep-sea trenches supporting at least 769 fish species, including sharks and rays, as well as whales, dolphins and sea turtles.

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC)

The regionally unique Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu provides that ―all land in Vanuatu belongs to custom owners and their descendants‖ and that the ―rules of custom shall form the basis of ownership and use of land.‖1Implementing this principle, however,after decades of land alienation by foreign ersusing alien laws has proven to be challenging. Concerns over actual and perceived problems of land alienation through leasing in Vanuatu triggered a National Land Summit in 2006,2followed by an Interim Transitional Implementation Strategy and a National Land Review, all of which set the stage for a legislative and administrative reform agenda and served as a guide to short-and long-term assistance to the land sector.

Th e Vanuatu Economic Report 2009 outlines the state of economy and social development in the country and presents a road map for addressing key development challenges. It identifies the principal binding development constraints and opportunities in public sector performance, private sector and social development, and governance.

The Government of Vanuatu has decided to set up a micro hydro electric-power station on the Epong river to provide up to 25KW of electric power for the village of Epao and to use this development project as a pilot plant for training purposes on hydro electric power management.