In March of 2023 two back-to-back cyclones struck Port Vila in Vanuatu and devastated the Sainte Jeanne D’Arc School classrooms.
For the last two years, the students have been doing their schoolwork in make-shift tents provided by UNICEF.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in collaboration with the school just completed two newly constructed classrooms celebrating a key milestone in the school’s recovery.
New Classroom in Port Vila Vanuatu
New Classroom in Port Vila Vanuatu. January 15th, 2025© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Students in grade five now have a safe, secure, and comfortable environment to continue their education.
A local contractor, Daniel Katata, and his team, started the project with the help of 25 others who travelled to Vanuatu to support the humanitarian project.
The group managed to complete about half of the project before they ran out of capacity and resources.
Work being done on new classrom
Workers on The New Port Vila Vanuatu School Classroom© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.That is when the Church stepped in with funding to see the project through to completion.
The classrooms were completed in December of 2024 but due to the earthquake in Vanuatu that month, additional repairs were needed before they could be handed over to the school.