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| Ellen, a 13 year old student from St Joseph school near Port Vila stands outside the tent that has been her classroom since cyclone Pam destroyed part of the school. If not for the shelter supplied by UNICEF, students would have been sent home on a rotating basis. © UNICEF PACIFIC/2015/McGarry |
Three months after Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu with devastating force, Vila North School is a study in contrasts. Children released for break scream with delight as they scamper from tents set up as temporary classrooms, past the destroyed parts of their school. Builders work around them, replacing the roofing on classrooms and rebuilding destroyed facilities as teachers plan their lessons from a temporary office inside a repurposed shipping container. Students and teachers can see the progress around them – but much remains to be done.
