Using New Technology to Protect Vanuatu’s Children
The first training on the newly launched National Child Protection Database took place in Luganville, Espiritu Santo.
The first training on the newly launched National Child Protection Database took place in Luganville, Espiritu Santo.
Port Vila, Vanuatu, 22-09-2025: The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat successfully hosted a series of Key Stakeholder Consultation Meetings and a Project Concept Note Design Workshop from 15th to 19th September 2025 at its headquarters in Port Vila.

After two weeks of intensive courtroom observation, mentoring and hands-on workshops in Melbourne, young Vanuatu lawyers Kylie Bakeomemea and Betina Ngwele have returned home determined to share their new skills with colleagues across Vanuatu’s justice sector.

Port Vila, September 16: The Ministry of Justice, Youth and Community Services (MJYCS) has launched a new national database to help strengthen protection and care for vulnerable children across the country.

Port Vila, 15-09-2025: A high-level delegation led by the President of the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs, Paramount Chief Paul Robert Ravun Merhimba Dangdang, has departed Vanuatu last Saturday and received a warm welcome in Cairns, marking the start of a historic first official visit of the Council of Chiefs to Australia.