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The need for mobility devices for people evacuated from Ambae was identified very early by those coordinating the evacuation. The week prior to the evacuation, a Motivation Australia and VSPD team had just completed a consultation visit to Santo, to discuss with Government and Non-Government stakeholders the way forward to expand mobility device services from Efate to Santo. Both VSPD and VCH have staff trained and well-practised in the assembly and provision of walking aids and wheelchairs. Walking aids and wheelchairs donated by the Latter-day Saints Charities were in stock, stored and managed by VSPD in Port Vila. The Pacific MDS project is funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Non-Government Cooperation Programme (ANCP), the Latter-day Saints Charities (LDSC) and the Morris Foundation.Īt the time of the evacuation, walking aid and wheelchair services were established only on the Island of Efate, through a network of providers including VSPD and the physiotherapy department at the Vila Central Hospital (VCH).
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Motivation Australia, the Vanuatu Society for People with Disability (VSPD), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Ministry of Justice and Community Services (MOJCS) are working in close partnership to strengthen mobility device services in Vanuatu through the Pacific Mobility Device Services Project (Pacific MDS). Close to 6,000 were sent to Santo, with others going to Maewo and Pentacost. Approximately 11,600 people were evacuated. During late September and early October 2017, Motivation Australia and our Ni-Vanuatu partners were able to respond to the evacuation of the residents of the island of Ambae, due to our previous partnership work strengthening walking aid and wheelchair services in Vanuatu.