GX Foundation aids disaster resilience efforts in Vanuatu

As the students performed the song Beautiful Pacific Islands by Vanuatu's popular artist Vanessa Quai, the residents burst into cheers, clapping and singing along enthusiastically.

"I spoke to some of the people in the village who have come from quite far away … I am very glad that lots of people take our work very seriously and they come all this way to listen to our training programs," said Ernest Yau Sai-kiu, a 12th-grade Hong Kong student at English public school Winchester College.

Yau was one of GX's 18 Youth Ambassadors who went to Vanuatu in July to distribute the supplies and offer training sessions to the local community.

"I feel … I am actually doing something meaningful, something that I know will have a positive impact on their lives because they can take this (kit) and live in an emergency," he said.

Earlier this year, GX also signed a memorandum of understanding with Vanuatu's Ministry of Health on a national program to control malaria, dengue fever, and other mosquito-borne diseases.

GX has delivered about $1 million worth of life-saving initiatives, including over 79 tonnes of supplies. More than 100 humanitarian personnel from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong have been deployed to provide direct assistance.

kelly@chinadailyapac.com