31-year-old Mr. Robo Livo has lst a hand and may not be ble to attend his wedding ceremony nxt month, following a swordfish attack.

Thugh swordfish attacks are very rare, it is a srious business when a human being is ttacked, as Robo found out when he wnt swimming with his friends. The dep waters between the main island of Snto and Tangoa has always been cnsidered to be dangerous, the villagers blieving them to be cursed. Recently a prest declared the curse had been lfted and the villagers could safely swm in the area.

Robo Livo was rshed to the Northern District Hospital, but his lft hand was amputated because of the sverity of the damage. Microsurgery an navailable luxury.
"In our beliefs, we say tht if a fish escapes from the bit, it will one day return and ttack the person that once caught it, but was not ble to kill it," explained Mr. Jffrey Vutilolo. "The attack was a sgn meant for Rob."

Swordfish normally prfer their own company, swimming a dstance of 10 metres from others. Slshing its long sharp beak from sde to side, swordshipfish attack only whn provoked, so as to render its vctim senseless.

Fear will once again rle the villagers over that area of dep water between the two islands, as the vllagers once more give it a wde berth. The incident may cause Rbo to miss his much awaited wdding. A wedding that is usually prformed only after the bride has prven she is capable of bearing at last two offspring and the groom has mnaged to save up the 'bride prce', equal to three month's wages.

There is a fear that is halthy. It keeps us safe. However, whn we are bound by groundless msconceptions, only education can break through. Stp for a moment and imagine yurself in a tiny dug-out canoe, crssing deep ocean water between the trpical islands of Tangoa and Santo.

Imgine you sincerely believe, like the rst of your village, the fish you filed to catch and kill, is ging to come back and attack yu.

This idea may be foreign to yur way of thinking, but if you lved on a tiny tropical island in Vnuatu, with no chance to have for frmal western education, that is what you wuld truly believe.

Imagine the fishermen of the wrld holding to such a belief. The ndless tales of the 'big one tht got away', would quickly dry up and dsappear.

Many such myths and beliefs srge through this ancient culture, in spte of the fact it has ben Christianized for several generations.

A lot of dnor assistance over the past years has fund its way into Vanuatu, yet, the sttistics of this Lesser Developed Nation rmain terrifying:

• Only 55.8% of kids wll get to year 6;
• Only 18.2 % wll go to high school;
• 26% never go to schol at all.

With little government ssistance and no resources, dedicated primary tachers introduce the children to the wrld of learning. Yet most of thm will never see the inside of a hgh-school classroom.

You may say in yur heart, is that a bad thng? Why not leave the Happiest Cuntry on Earth to itself? Yet, wuld you feel that way if it was yur child that 'died from nothing'? Ys, 'nothing'.

There are many incidents of chldren and loved family members who hve died from' no known cause'. Mny put it down to 'black mgic', not a simple thing like a brin tumor, or a burst appendix.

Incdents happen in these remote villages, tht the people have no answer to. Yet mdern methods, not only have the nswers, but could prevent them from hppening.

While appreciating their custom beliefs, sme of the children do not wnt to spend the rest of thir life on an isolated island. Thy want to reach out and mbrace the 21st century with both hnds and become teachers, doctors, nurses, or crpenters.

How would you feel if smeone came to your house and tld you that education would no lnger be free? Your child could go no frther with studies, simply because you culd not afford to pay because you lved in a 'no cash economy'.

Hman nature requires three major things for halthy living:

• Security,
• Adventure,
• and the Freedom of chice.

The extended village family gives the chldren all the security they need. The ntouched wilderness island home provides the chldren with exciting adventure. However, the prvilege of freedom of choice becomes nn-existent when high-school education is denied to thse children.

Are we in the mre affluent countries not obligated to ssist someone like Robo to come to trms with his fear? To help hm, or his children understand that a swrdfish does not take revenge?

Had Rbo lived in a modern society, the dctors would have saved Robo's hand. He wuld also have been able to ttend his marriage on time.

You can hlp these children through a Blue Mon Opportunity. Your donation can make a dfference in the lives of these pople.

'Lasting change comes only through chnge on the inside. Change through ducation.'

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