Vanuatu Netball

2014 Port Vila Season open

“ROCK NETBALL – rock Vanuatu” is a comprehensive NCD prevention program that aims to engage sedentary urban women from Vanuatu in a weekly one hour session of physical activities. NCD risk factor screenings are provided.

Participants are very motivated to achieve long-term lifestyle changes.

“Non-Communicable Diseases is the biggest killer disease at the moment in Vanuatu and thus it is in our best interest to instill some fundamental principles of self discipline in our children at an early age in order to foster a healthy and disciplined lifestyle”, stated Minister Tony Wright.

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3 years later and still going...

I am super pleased that the effect of Wokabaot Jalens is still on - today, April 2014, I received the following email:

Hi Katja,

Thank you for your email, I smile when reading through it because I really enjoy my walk this morning which started at 4.00am until 5.40am.  The most important one is my health.  I am really improving with my exercise and also I change my diet to a lot of fruits and veggies.

I would like to thank you once again for the program of Wokabaot Jalens from 2011! It really helped me in changing my lifestyle

So once again thank you very, very much.

Blessings

xxx

Labour Department

update - 15 months later and still walking!

Dear Katja,

Our Team Vanuatu Eagles has participated again for the October On Line Corporate Walking Challenge and we are doing great so far.  Our team is currently ranked  the second!

The October walking challenge is rewarding because some members of the teamhave filed away the pedometer but come October and this is being taken out and used through out the month again.

October challenge has also seen our team reunite to walk for one goal, our health and fitness  and that is the main thing. 

Anyway the end of the walk is next week so just thort I’d update you on our teams participation.

By the way thanks to you for initiating the walking challenge (wakabaot through aot Vanuatu).  Some of us have started at that time and are still doing the same till now.

 Take care out there and all the best.

 

xxx

Wokabaot Jalens step changes

Wokabaot Jalens led to significant health changes. There was an average step increase of 2075 steps per day. An increase of 2000-3000 steps per day is associated with beneficial health outcomes.

The detailed analysis will be published soon.

Walktober 2011

In October 2011, 6 committed Wokabaot Jalens teams signed up to compete in an online pedometer challenge, organized by the Australian Government. This program is free of charge and all you need is a pedometer, a team of 4 and internet access. 

It is a very challenging program – 1700 (!) individuals from Australia participated, both men and women. “After the first week we realized that our Vanuatu teams are in the top scoring teams!” 

Four weeks of hard walking have come to an end and three of the Vanuatu teams are among the top 10 teams of all 444 teams! These enthusiastic teams were highly committed and managed to walk up to 40.000 steps a day. 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Read the full story here.

looking back at the walktober challenge 2011. One participants shares her story:

We thought we (our team) give this challenge a try: Not only were we walking, it was a great way of sharing and learning about new healthier experiences that we are facing through the challenge. 

We were also looking for ways to improve our fitness (i.e climbing hills, walking certain distances, or walking at a certain pace). We were walking constantly to shops, bus stops, to pick up print outs instead of sending someone else to pick it up etc :)))
 

Personally this online challenge has boosted my energy to where I am now. I have been walking already so the online challenge enabled me to increase my steps and gradually try and increase it daily over the course of the challenge.

We have a great team leader who continuously encouraged our team to walk more. The results during the challenge for me is; some weight loss and an increase in my energy levels. 

Our team (Vanuatu Eagles) is continuing to walk twice a week eventhough the challenge ended and we have other interested friends who want to join our team to walk.

Thank you for making it possible for us to participate.  And if there is another one in the future, please count us in!

Best regards

XXX

Continued commitment

Hi again, 
we will try and send you some pictures soon,  as our walking sessions still continues after the October Walk ended last week. It's twice a week group walking - Monday and Thursday.

Oh Katja, other women are so interested and already we have a new member walking with us now with no pedometer - she does not care.  By the way Katja can you help us buy/order more pedometers at our own cost, I tried asking transport @ ... but they were unable to assist.

Thank you tumas
xxx

Walktober challenge experiences

Gud morning team,

wow! 

 

Dora, I am so excited for you, that longfala road to black sands and malapoa stage area and return is a long walk, me few steps lower than your one, just 42,971 steps... great am happy for all of your effort. 

 

 

Some pictures from yesterdays exercises. This is the walking distances that makes that steps for all of us. 

 

Sharing this pictures with you all from my mobile phone. its not really clear :)) but at least something..

 

Keep walking for your health purposes. All the best for today.

 

with much love,

XXX

Vanuatu eagles - week 3

Hi Katja and thanks for the reminder.  Yeps its the last week of the October Walk and I know many of us have done extra kms last weekend.  Yesterday I broke the record by walking from Teoumaville to my workplace did some work and in the afternoon I walked back the same distance - its about two hours from home and another two hours back.

Pheww... I thought people saw me on the road and thought I was crazy (without knowing my aim was 30,000 steps).  To my suprise, my steps did not beat my other two colleagues which boosted our group to 3rd position as of this morning!  

Oh my, we went walking at lunch time and made fun of ourselves but yet we are not giving up, we are maintaining our targets (to maintain those steps for this week) and we are going walking this afternoon again together.  Its great fun!!!

Happy walking ladies.

xxx

Vanuatu eagles - week 3

Congratulations to Vanuatu Eagles who is ranked the third (of 441) as of today (but this does not mean it stops there:))

Ladies!! we can all make it.  Please set your target each day or each week (as a team and personally)  and work towards it.  Encourage each other and walk together. Share healthy tips too.

The secret to making up your steps is start in the morning and then accumulate through out the day.

Stay safe and healthy ladies

Happy walking olgeta!!!

xxx

one team shares the corporate walking experience

Hi and thanks Katja for your continiuos words of encouragement. For your information our group is ranked 5 out of the 444 teams as of this morning, we want to maintain to be up in the top five groups...

For your info, I have a very good team, all team members are very smart walkers.  We have group walk twice a week, every monday and thursday and we try to reach 20,000 everyday, in fact most of the times last week we achieved and went over this goal.  I guess if we want to maintain the position (to be within the top 5 teams) we have to increase this goal to 30,000 this week, right ladies??!

Corporate challenge - Walktober

Five motivated and committed Wokabaot Jalens teams are taking it up and have started the Corporate Walking challenge yesterday. What great role models you are! 

Good Luck and keep us posted about your progress. 

Waes woman wokabaot blong laef!

Taking it some steps further

Several teams are now registering for the Corporate Walking Challenge 2011.

Great work - good luck ladies, you can do it!!