Vanuatu Red Cross Society

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Vanuatu Red Cross Society was founded in 1992. It has its headquarters in Port Vila.

Port Vila Capital City in Shefa Province, Vanuatu

Port VilaVEE-lə is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu and is on the island of Efate.


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