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Vanuatu and Australia

Wan famili i stanap strong tugeta (One family, standing strong together)

• 492 Australia Awards Scholarships since 2007
• Seasonal Worker Programme: Over 3,300 Ni-Vanuatu in 2017-17/40% of total SWP workforce
• Over 1000 Australian businesses export goods to Vanuatu
• $307 million worth of two-way trade in 2017 (VUV 25.37 billion)
• Training over 300 police recruits / $62.3 million in Official Development Assistance (VUV 5.1 billion) 2018-19
• Tropical Cyclone Pam: Construction or rehabilitation of over 200 facilities
• More than 57,000 Australians visited Vanuatu in 2017
• New Patrol Boat
• 370 Australian volunteers since 2011 – 85 in 2017-18
• $2 billion Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific
• Counselling and support services for 6063 women and children survivors of violence in 2017-18
• 525km rural roads maintained linking communities to markets and services in 2017-18
• Over 100 health personnel trained in 2017-18, including medical interns, nurses and midwives
• 836 people, 40% female trained in income generation in 2017-18