The UofN has only a short history in Vanuatu. In fact, YWAM as a whole has only been established in Vanuatu in 2005. Nevertheless, in those few years of its existence, God has worked remarkable things and opened many doors for the UofN.

As a result of this, YWAM and its courses affiliated with UofN have the governments full support. As a so-called Christian nation and in view of the desperate needs in education, the Vanuatu government is more than glad to have an excellent Christian Training Provider such as YWAM set up camp in their country. We also have the support of many different local churches throughout the country, wanting their youth to be trained for service in their churches and communities.

In 2006 we ran our very first DTS which was a big success. In 2007 we ran our second DTS, this time combined with a Basic Leadership School (BLS) for the staff. From these two DTS we had a total of 44 students graduate who are now able to join YWAM anywhere or pursue further studies in UofN.

From these two DTS we had teams do their field assignments in the Pacific Islands, Australia, Asia and Africa.

We have also enabled a young Vanuatu man to go to Kona and pursue a UofN degree in Communications. He has completed his DTS and several other schools by now and is well under way to earn his degree.

After the DTS in '07, we had one of our students go to Perth to do a TESOL (Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages). She has now returned and is a certified and internationally recognized English Teacher.

2008 has seen two DTS run in March. One in the same location as the two prior ones and a new one in the northern part of the country on a small island off of Espiritu Santo. Both schools are leading teams on local and overseas outreaches.