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Sailing With PurposeCruising Adventures on SV Hapai
“If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion.
For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.”
Bishop T.D. Jakes

Community Training Programmes
While there are many challenges in the outer islands of Vanuatu, families living in Port Vila have the unique experience of being ‘urban poor’. Quite different to island living, in Port Vila cash is required for food, rent, land rates, power, transport, education and...
Havisgai Betesai School
Havisgai Betesai School was established by Mama Veronica, a retired Ni-Vanuatu school teacher who was frustrated by the number of children in Ohlen not attending school. When we first met Veronica in 2015, she was teaching 12 children in the back room of her...
Down Under Go West Rally – Vanuatu to Australia
When we first started cruising, we weren’t sure that we were rally kind of people. We’re both fiercely independent and the idea of being caught up in someone else’s schedule didn’t really appeal. On top of that, I’m a performing introvert. That means I love people...
Does Overseas Volunteering Do More Harm Than Good?
We have been involved with short-term mission and volunteer trips since 2009 and during that time we’ve faced all sorts of questions about the how much of an impact we actually make. Does short-term volunteering truly benefit the community in which you work or is the...
Best Eats in Port Vila, Vanuatu
When you’re passing through somewhere as a tourist, it’s easy to eat wherever is closest and most accessible. After all, if it’s on the main road and looks somewhat touristy, then it’s probably a safe bet. That’s certainly true in Port Vila, with most of the resorts...