More than 80 of the population lives in rural areas, very few developed and almost independent.Other 20 moved to towns, where a monthly salary is about 250 Euros and where the cost of living is extremely high, causing vulnerability to goods consumption, poorness, and loss of cultural identity.Therefore, Vanuatu is the country the most exposed to natural disasters in the world (cyclones, volcanic activity and earthquakes every year) and where visible effects of climate change such as erosion, sea rising, or fresh water access for example.This forces populations to adapt their lifestyle and increase dependency to international aids.Our community of Vao lives in a traditional way at the north-east of Malekula island, and represent over one hundred people, including over 40 of children under 15 years old.We are three project managers to represent this community, but every man and woman Vao is concerned about the project. Once the playground was built, although some may argue we were too old, we still made many memories there.Eventually there came a time where we finally accepted that we were too old to play on the swings or too big to fit down the slide.
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