Wan Smolbag Centres

WSB – Port Vila

Haulua

NCYC

History

• Started in 1989 with a group of 5 volunteers• At the end of 2009, over 100 people employed in

the three different centres• Work in most islands in Vanuatu• Do some regional work• Workshops with communities• Produce IEC/BCC materials• Produce films• Many more……..

WSB as an Organisation

Some activities in 2009• Media Production –– Launch LP2 & film LP3 – “40Dei” theatre play– International festival

attended by theatre groups from NZ, Australia, Noumea and others

– Radio programs on good governance issues, HIV and nutrition

– Distributed 38,427 of WSB materials world wide (dvd’s, booklets, comics, BCC materials etc)

Some activities in 2009

• Education– Thousands of teachers, students and community

members attended workshops in Vanuatu, Fiji & Solomon Islands

• Youth Services– Three youth centres:

Port Vila, Santo & Pentecost– Services offers activities for out of school youth• Computer, sports, music, literacy, self-defense,

photography and many more

Some activities in 2009

• Good Governance – Work with communities on

issues like rights, including voting rights

– Community awareness of the Family Protection Bill

– Play on Domestic violence– Election play– Work with politicians and community leaders

Some activities in 2009

• Environment– Network of turtle monitors– Waste management

work with school kids– Tagabe river cleanup– Regional work: attend

the Turtle Symposiums (US/Aust/Tahiti) in the last two years

Some activities in 2009• Health– 2 RH clinics, one in Vila

and one in Santo• Providing RH services –

family planning, STI services, VCCT

– Peer education programs in all three centres– Community workshops on RH (STI, HIV)– Mobile clinics– Work with sex workers and msm’s

Benefits of using theatre for community engagement

• Non-threatening method of initiating dialogue• Very effective especially when considering

literacy issues• Good way of mobilising community

WSB Website

• http://www.wansmolbag.org