Custom stories and legends of Vanuatu adapted for children
Custom stories of Vanuatu 
adapted for children
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The packing and labeling of the books and delivery to Harry at the Post Office sorting room. On Efate island the books were delivered by friends and organisations. Vanuatu Post and their staff were a great help with the deliveries.
Far right: Mere Namusi - the Shefa preschool coordinator and her staff recieved books from Pauline.
Book distribution - books are delivered via Vanuatu Post, friends and organisations
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Papa Knox and children on Pele Island received books for their school. Although some of the classrooms lost their roofs luckily the library roof did not blow off during Cyclone Pam.
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Anne Pakoa hands out Nabanga Pikinini books.
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Joseph and Rufino (the Rotary District Governor) handed copies of Nabanga Pikinini books and map to a tiny Kindy in East Santo.
Books were sent to schools, by post, organisations and friends. Pele islands school with Angela Santner. Pauline took books to Vila North Preprimary school, Mrs Ova, the principal of the Preschool shared the books with some of the children. Rufino Pineda organised for Rotary to ship books to Santo and is seen giving a copy to a community school. Pauline hands copies of book 1 and book 2 to students and staff of the Vanuatu Institute of Teachers Education.
Books were handed out to children in Vila Central Hospital and Luganville hospital. A family was given a book in the center of Santo. The book was snet to PNG library andsStories are read to children in PNG.
A visit to Child Care Centre, the school above Unelco, to hand over the postcards for the small project the year 7 and 8 children will take part in. Each child chose a postcard - they then wrote to someone. The class was then taken to the post office where they were given a tour of 'how the post office works and what happens to post after it is posted'.
Mr Joseph Mape SRC president has been distributing Nabanga Pikinini books to schools in Santo.
BELOW - photographs of the launces held for the six small books and later Nabanga Pikinini book 1
Launching the set of 6 books with Nicolas Berlanga Martinez (EU) Georges Cumbo (Alliance francaise) Pauline Grindley and Ralph Regenvanu.  And guests at a the launch of Book 1.
Speeches by Achim Kopatz, German Embassy Canberra; Mark Stafford, Kiwanis International Vanuatu, Ralph Regenvanu and Pauline Grindley. Presentation of books by Peter Wilson Kiwanis International to Carol Aru USP, Language Dept. 
.All illustrations, stories and photographs are  ©  Pauline Grindley and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre 2014.
Any unauthorised copying, editing or exhibition is strictly forbidden.
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