The purpose of the trust will be to provide health and oral health services and promote the artistic cultural Epi Island Vanuatu.In particu
Auckland
Providing doctors ,Dental Students,building a volunteer house,Plumbers and builders Providing medical,and dental equiment for the Epi Island hospital.books for the schools of epi Island
We have had 2 fund raisers through artpasifikrim.co.nz/blog for a generator for Epi Island Started building a volunteer House 2012.Have Dental students from Sydney University travelling to villages this year to check and help oral Dental health health.Providing much needed medical to Epi Island Hospital Equiment for the dental clinic at Epi Island hospital
Our contact email address is nzepiislandtrust@gmail.com
We offer incentive art workshops .These open an avenue for local people to create an income. We bring health professionals and medical supplies, including dental instruments ,to support health services.
Update for 27/08/2014 27 August 2014
Art and Culture NZEIIT also started a programme this year to revive art and culture od Epi Island.Cecila Mataila,PhD, Direction Anthropologie de la Culture Nouvelle Cale'donie,was invited by the Trust to help start this programme.this year's workshops were about sourcing and applying natural dyes to be used on pandanus mats and baskets and reviving the forgotten art of tapa.at present the local ladies have been useing chinese dyes,which are considered to be bad for their health. One of the most important features of such community projects is the transfer of knowledge to the local community.the exchange is reciprocal.while the villagers are learning about non-indigenous trades,outside volunteers learn about plants,gardening,weaving,wood carving and Vanuatu culture..this gives a sense of ownership by the local community Work was also continued on Mango House this year (volunteer house for workshops) commencing with the installing a toilet unit and bedroom walls. The Dental and Art Culture Programme will continue in 2015, and any person interested in volunteering a skill, for example medical,dental,carpentry,plumbing and art teaching please contact us NZepiislandtrust@gmail.com
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