Students of Port Narvin Primary School on Erromango Island in Vanuatu are now able to attend classes in a new classroom.
The classroom was built by funds sourced from the Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP).
Peace Corps volunteer Frances worked with the chairperson of the project, Sarah Nabil to see the classroom come to fruition.
The PCPP also paid for four solar panels, regulator, battery, laptops, lights, cables, tablets, printer, speaker and shipping costs.
The laptops, tablets, speaker and printer are in the school office and are already raising money because community members pay a fee to charge their devices.
Thanks to Frances’s PCPP project, Port Narvin Primary School now has clean energy to power lights and charge devices.
The classrooms have access to electricity so during dark and rainy days, students can study inside the rooms.
The teacher's office and library have working solar lights installed and so the school staff will now reduce their use of the benzene-run generator which is very costly and emits harmful gases to the environment.
Teachers will learn how to use new technology to develop lesson plans and therefore be able to improve classroom management. Together the staff will develop rules for the use, maintenance and storage of the newly installed system.
The Class 6 certificates were printed in colour and looked very professional as they were handed out during the graduation ceremony.
The community members now have the opportunity to learn basic computer and tablet skills.
The accomplishment of Frances’ PCPP Solar project coupled with the new classrooms has brought a lot of joy to the people of Port Narvin.
Photo supplied Caption: Port Narvin's year 6 graduates posing with their printed certificates.