DART has been deployed to Vanuatu

[Paul Barton]

Fantastic work by DART. You guys are an inspiration.

[BrendanTreeFeller]

Good on you lads keep up the good work :-)

[Katie at FoxMedics]

Fantastic work guys! It is amazing what can be achieved by good will and, I am sure, equal amounts of hard work. You are making a huge difference to many peoples lives, I hope your proud of yourselves..

[danholls]

Nice work fellas, good on ya…

 

Stay safe

[OceansWatch]

Great job team Vanuatu. If any other Arborists are available, this time for the Solomon Islands please check out

[Nigel]

New deployment pictures have been posted on the Facebook Page.

 

 

DART Photography by Chris Weissenborn

[Nigel]

Update 6 - ‪#‎Vanuatu‬ deployment

 

The team have now finished their tasking at the Villa Central School. They've done a great job in making the school grounds and areas around the school safe, so that it can now fully open.

 

Under the direction of the Australian aid coordination authority they are now moving to ‪#‎Nguna‬ and Pele islands (smaller islands to the north of ‪#‎Shefa‬) to focus on vital road clearance. The island ferry service is now up and running, but movement and aid delivery around the island is being hindered by fallen trees blocking the main routes. Australian aid are providing funding for fuel and assisting our guys with transport to get there. They're not expecting to have access to anything other than emergency communications while working on the islands, so will probably go quiet for a while.

 

We've received some 'professional' photographs of the guys working at Villa Central from a NZ military photographer Chris Weissenborn, which we'll get in the Facebook pictures folder idc. Chris has kindly given the charity permission to use his work to publicize the good work the #Vanuatu team are doing out there.

 

[Steve Bullman]

Good to see them in action after all the work they have put in.

[Ian Flatters]

wow! good on you guys and nice one from the sponsors.

 

nice pics.

[jonmackeen]

29/03/15 16:30

 

Vanuatu deployment update #7

 

Good Afternoon all,

The team have returned to the capital, having achieved some really useful work for the island community of Ngunu. Assisted by a team of 11 local people, they’ve cleared 2.5 km of main track and restored access to the village school. They also achieved some valuable training, showing people how to maintain and sharpen a saw.

 

The following day they cleared a massive mango tree that was blocking access to Elle school and kindergarten, before crossing the island to another village school to remove dangerous branches and limbs that were hanging above the school grounds. Tomorrow, the police inspector in Port Villa is driving Gary and Andy out beyond the capital to some rural communities who have requested assistance from the DART team.

 

The guys are working hard, but in good spirits and clearly enjoying lots of support and assistance from the local communities with whom they’ve been working. The headmaster of Central Villa school, where they were operating last week, has kindly once again offered the lads accommodation at his home while they’re in the capital.

 

Mike Metcalfe

Ops Manager

 

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