2019 Alumni News

David Malouf, an Australian Indigenous Literacy Foundation Ambassador, once said, “Reading is a form of magic. It gives us access to a world that has no limits and where everybody is welcome and can be at home.” Students and alumni of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition’s (APTC) education support and early childhood education and care training helped spread the magic of picture books and distributed ‘buckets of learning’ to celebrate Kindy Day in Port Vila and Santo.

A total of 11 Kiribati nationals have commenced work under the Aged Care sector in Australia to work under the Pacific Labour Scheme. APTC provided refresher training to the first APTC alumni to work in the aged care sector in November to ensure work readiness of recruited care providers when departing to Australia.