Blog

News & Updates

April – June (Newsletter Issue 2)

April – June (Newsletter Issue 2)

Halo, Yiu Oraet? We apologies for this newsletters delay, but we are here and proudly Queer! Some of you may know of us, and some of you may have just recently heard of us. To our closest collaborators, Thank You for the work you do. For those of you who do not know...

read more
Brand New Website Launched !

Brand New Website Launched !

VPride is proud to launch our new website with a fresh new look‼ You can now observe what we do here @ https://www.vpridevanuatu.org/.   The redesigned website showcases the core values of Vpride, representing the organization's mission and beliefs. The black...

read more
A Message from PSGDN

A Message from PSGDN

Fiji   Fijian Member of Parliament Lenora Qereqeretabua, MP is calling on parliamentarians to do their bit to make #Fiji a BETTER and a SAFER place for everyone from the RAINBOW  community.Media Release 16-06-22 LGBTQI fight must continue, says Vulavou We must...

read more
Vanuatu CSOs

Vanuatu CSOs

call for the protection of Human Rights from Climate Change The Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises us certain fundamental human rights to be universally protected. Climate Change is taking these rights away from us in Vanuatu, and away from the vulnerable...

read more
January – March Newsletter Issue 1

January – March Newsletter Issue 1

Halo, Yiu Oraet? Some of you may know of us, and some of you may have just recently heard of us. To our closest collaborators, Thank You for the work you do. For those of you who do not know of us, we are a Non-Profit, community-based Organization in Vanuatu,...

read more
VPride Retreat 2022

VPride Retreat 2022

Last week from the 5th of December, VPride and its various members held their annual VPried retreat at Pele Island. The yearly retreat aims to gather the various VPride members that are active in VPride activities to plan the upcoming year and discuss future...

read more
Partner discussion workshop

Partner discussion workshop

On the 17th of November VPride conducted a discussion based workshop with afew of the representatives from our partners in Santo. The Workshop was held at The Espiritu, and the lovely staff helped the workshop run smoothly, from start to finish. The workshop was...

read more
VPride SEED Training

VPride SEED Training

On the 16th of November VPride conducted, a partner-developed tool training, by the name of SEED, VPride member Malone Wilson was trained by partner organization OXFAM to conduct SEED pieces of training with the people of the commmunity. With the help of fellow VPride...

read more
Santo Community Youth SOGIE Awareness

Santo Community Youth SOGIE Awareness

VPride had the opportunity to run a SOGIE awareness in collaboration with NCYC ( Northern Care Youth Centre) during a trip to Santo. Facilitated by Coms officer Malone Wilson, the concept of SOGIE was shared with the youths that attended. During the SOGIE awareness,...

read more
Health Care Social Accountability Project Launch

Health Care Social Accountability Project Launch

VPride launched its latest booklet titled, Improving Vanuatu SOGIE Inclusive Health Care: A Social Accountability Project. In Vanuatu and the Pacific region, there are very few resources to address SOGIE inequities in health care. Research is very limited in this...

read more
SOGIE workshop with Law Enforcement

SOGIE workshop with Law Enforcement

On the 8th of September VPride was proud to hold its first SOGIE workshop with a few members of law enforcement. The workshop was very constructive and saw a lot of in-depth discussions on how VPride and law enforcement could work together more closely in the future.

read more
World Sexual Health Day ( 4th Sep)

World Sexual Health Day ( 4th Sep)

In looking at this years 'World Sexual Health Day' , we asked a few of our key Youth Advocates on what they would like to shed light on and here is a few words from a change-maker; SRHR Youth Advocate! 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗺 is one of our youth advocates who was selected to...

read more
World Sexual Health Day (4th Sep)

World Sexual Health Day (4th Sep)

Yesterday was 'World Sexual Health Day' and in light of the world event, we asked a few of our key Youth Advocates on what they would like to shed light on and here is a few words from a fantastic Youth Advocate! 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 is one of our renowned advocater who...

read more

VPride aids in Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Project.

VPride is aiding a student of the Northumbria University in the UK with their MCs dissertation titled Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: A Needs-based Approach for Exploring Post Disaster Needs of LGBTQ+ Community in the Pacific. In order to aid the student we urge...

read more
Vanuatu college of nursing education SOGIE Awareness

Vanuatu college of nursing education SOGIE Awareness

VPride was privileged to run a mini SOGIE awareness to the wonderful staff at the Vanuatu College of Nursing Education. The awareness served to share base information around SOGIE as to emphasize the importance of its implementation and how or why it should be so. One...

read more