LDS Church

The participants included people with special needs and non-church members.

The training is provided under church’s Stake Self Reliance Backyard Garden (SSRBG) project.

“The purpose of requesting such training is because most of the church members are not self- reliant so I believe such training will motivate them to engage in home gardening and also to improve their skills through the information obtained from this training, said Stake Specialist for SSRBG, Daniel Ringiau.”

“Most of them consume mainly imported food.

Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, Young Women General President and Sister Joy D. Jones, Primary General President, were warmly welcomed by church members as they arrived in Vanuatu on a rainy Monday afternoon.

This is the second stop on a Pacific tour by the two general officers of the church which also includes Australia, Tonga and New Zealand.