The Happy Chicken Project

The happy chicken project has been a fun one. We partnered with some people that no something about chickens! cause we don't!!! They teach them how to care for, keep them healthy, and feed them with local plants and berries. They attend the training and then they have to build a coop and some more training and then we give them some chicks! they have to keep dogs, cats, rats and kids away from them!

Training

Part of the training had a community development aspect, it encourages them to teach others what they have learnt.

Spectators

The group that are soon to be small chicken farmers!

Getting their baby chicks!

World Diabetes Day-Port VilaThis

This is called womens island cricket and they play it in their local dresses. We had two weeks of competition with the finals being played on Nov 14

The spectators and teams

Checking out the bat. Its like a big club with a flat side

The ladies made their own banner! I love personal intiative!!

What they call a parade, a bunch of us walking down the street led by a brass band.
The song they started with  was Onward Christian Soldiers

Speeches and official signings at the market

More tok tok in the park

Three of my favorite people, these ladies run the NCD Clinic and they got some fire!!!!!!

The Community at the End of Airport

Can you guess where a community called the End of Airport is located? These people live on this land but it is a tough place to live. The planes fly low right over your head and you have to wade across a small river to get there. We built or repaired about 35 homed here after Cyclone Pam and have been back helping since Cyclone Donna.

Repairing and cleaning water tanks

They love to have their picture taken

One of the shelters that is still not completed. we helped build to this stage and then they are supposed to finish.

This used to be a small creek with flourishing gardens but the last cyclone and rains forged a river through this area leaving destruction and a large valley.

Evertone has a bush knife!!

Finished home

The river and valley that formed on the other side of the community during Cyclone Pam

Big old Mango tree

The local shop

Hanging out

Cascade Falls, Vanuatu

Yipppeeee!!!!

Up at the top. I never made it i got motion sick trying to walk up wuth all the water flowing by.

Should we jump into that nice refreshing pool?

Yes we should!!