ADRA Vanuatu’s New Partnership to Reduce Family Violence

ADRA Vanuatu, through its family life education project, Blossom, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Vanuatu Skills Partnership (VSP) in Port Vila on August 17.

Through this MOA, ADRA Vanuatu’s Blossom project will work collaboratively with VSP to integrate Family Life Education (FLE) in the activities carried out under the rehabilitation program, with inmates and parolees at the correctional centre as well as with clients at Elang Family Support Services Centre.

People living with disabilities, both at the correctional centre and as clients who visit Elang Family Support Services Centre, will also be included and have their training needs taken into consideration.

ADRA will also provide support to VSP in terms of incorporating FLE into certain skills development activities and professional staff development.

Pastor Charlie Jimmy, chairman of the ADRA board and president of Vanuatu Mission, was on hand to sign the MOA. Pastor Jimmy thanked VSP for recognising ADRA and taking a step further into signing the MOA. He said ADRA will commit to its responsibilities in the MOA and work diligently to fulfil its role.

These approaches through FLE contribute to ending violence against women, girls, and family in Vanuatu and is in line with national government policies.

The Vanuatu Skills Partnership is a locally led initiative to achieve improved prosperity and governance through the vector of reform of the national skills development system and decentralised service delivery.

Since 2005, VSP, through joint support from the governments of Vanuatu and Australia, has been working to improve access to skills and markets that lead to sustainable economic and social prosperity for all Vanuatu citizens. It focuses on the participation of people disadvantaged by geography, gender, and disability, and those with low language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN) levels.