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Immersion Trip:
Objectives: 1. To provide an opportunity for students to enact the school motto of
developing their Eucharistic imagination through which to transform
their world
2. To provide the opportunity to develop a partnership and relationship
with a sister Ni-Vanuatu community Cultural Exchange Program
3. To engage in a positive and oooperative manner with the partner
community to develop a mutually beneficial relationship
4. To contribute to a building project – focusing on a center for children
with disabilities.
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The population of Vanuatu is dispersed over many
small islands, making the delivery of health care,
Why Vanuatu? education and other services very
difficult. Additionally, with 45% of the population
under the age of 18, the country is struggling to
provide job opportunities for its youth.
With high unemployment levels and
poverty, many parts of the Pacific are
moving backwards in human development
terms.
The purpose of engaging with Ni-Vanuatu
communities across these 83 beautiful islands in the
South Pacific is to enhance the capacity of
community members to engage in sustainable
development for themselves.
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YCV would be
helping…
Youth Challenge Vanuatu (YCV) is
a Vanuatu-based, not-for-profit,
secular organisation that actively
engages youth in community
identified development projects.
YCV mobilises young people to
assist with the growth of
sustainable and positive
community development. They
also run a youth drop-in center
and run „ready-for-work‟
programs.
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VISION
An international community that celebrates diversity, lives
sustainably, and embraces the capacity of young people to effect
positive change.
MISSION
To empower young people and support community development
both locally and globally.
VALUES
Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Empowerment,
Sustainability
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Fast Facts
Capital city (and island): Port Vila (Efate)
Population: 227,000 approx.
(People from Vanuatu are called Ni-Van, e.g. “I‟m from Australia, I am
Australian” = “I‟m from Vanuatu, I am Ni-Van”
Geography: There are 83 individual islands that make up Vanuatu, with at
least 60 inhabited by people. As such there are hundreds of different
cultures and languages in Vanuatu
Currency: Vatu (Vt)
Languages: Bislama, English, French and over 100 local languages
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Rough Itinerary:
7-10 days (depending on costing)
Fly into Port Vila, straight onto Santo (Luganville)
Be based in Luganville visiting sites such as:
the best high school on the Island
Champagne beach
Blue Holes
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While we will have the opportunity
to visit such sites, the main
objective is introduce the Corpus
Christi School community to the
village of Narango and initiate an
ongoing relationship with the
village.
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Some details:
Numbers
We anticipate that three LAs will accompany
approximately 6-12 students from year 11 on the trip.
Parent chaperones would also be invited
Time
The proposed trip would happen after Christmas
during the summer school holidays.
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Travel
Students, accompanying parents and LAs will fly
to Espirito Santo via Port Vila.
We will then base the group in Luganville,
Espirito Santo, with day trips to the rural
community and excursion sites.
Will return via Port Vila.
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Cost
Students will need to pay for trip
Students have the option to use money raised through fundraising
activities throughout the year.
Flights will be approximately $800 return
Budget accommodation ranging from $15-40 per night
Interpreters, guides and fees should be no more than $50 per
student
A meal budget and additional expenses tallying no more than $400.
Total, approximately $1200-1800
