Canberra Trip
Our recent trip to Canberra was a great success for us as it provided us with the opportunity to essentially pitch the Museum to a number of key figures in Canberra. Each of the people were selected for their potential to add value to the Museum project in some way. Those people were, Dr Brendan […]
LCM Sponsorship
The South Pacific World War II Museum has a new Navara Fund supporter, and one that is very familiar to the people of Espiritu Santo. Rosemary and Richard Lo, the directors of LCM Limited, have joined the Fund, which helps support the operations of the Museum project office and team. LCM is the premier supermarket […]
Lengkon Tokon joins Museum
Today is a very special day for the South Pacific WWII museum as we welcome Lengkon Tokon to the Museum project. Lengkon is taking up the role of Office Manager, following the passing of our previous office manager Alma Wensi in May last year. Our search for a replacement for Alma was a difficult one […]
Cyclone Harold
As the unfolding tragedy of the coronavirus began to take hold of almost every country around the world, the Vanuatu government began weighing up the impact it could have on its own people. With so much of the population in isolated villages spread across the 80 or so islands that make up the archipelago, the […]
Tom Hanks
Last year the South Pacific WWII Museum produced a short video. It was essentially an invitation to a very special person. Research had shown that the Museum project wasn’t widely known, particularly in the United States, where we believe a large proportion of our funding will hopefully come from. To increase our profile in the […]
BSP Sponsorship
The South Pacific World War II Museum in Luganville, is delighted to announce that Navara sponsor Bank South Pacific (BSP) has signed on for a third year.In announcing its support for 2020/2021, Ms. Moana Korikalo, Head of Retail & Marketing at BSP said, “we are delighted to reaffirm our support for such an important project. […]
Mayor Award
Saturday in Luganville started like any other for South Pacific WWII Museum Project Office Manager Lengkon Tokon and Support Officer Marina Moli. And then the phone call came. Luganville Municipal Council Lord Mayor Mr. Peter Patty asked to meet with Museum staff at the Museum for a special presentation. Lengkon and Marina were intrigued. What […]
Fundraiser
It’s been quite a year for the South Pacific WWII Museum. With Vanuatu’s borders closed, one of our major sources of income has all but dried up – for the moment. Additionally, Cyclone Harold that struck the northern islands (including Espiritu Santo) in April, did untold damage to Luganville and Santo as a whole, setting […]
Alma Ambulance
Earlier today in Espiritu Santo, the Ambassador for Japan Mr Hirohisa Chiba handed over the keys to a brand new, state-of-the-art Toyota 4WD ambulance to the ProMedical team. The Government of Japan through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Programme generously donated the Ambulance worth VUV 6,194,910. It was handed over to […]
Brad Wojcik Coolidge donation
Early in June, we were contacted by Brad Wojcik in the United States. He told us the wonderful story of his father’s career in the merchant navy during World War II. But of greatest interest to us was that his father John served as a Steward on the SS President Coolidge when it went down […]