Catherine Lessa

Catherine Lessa is an emerging writer and poet from the islands of Nguna and Ambae.

8 September 2026

Vanuatu’s literacy challenge: planting seeds of hope through national storytelling

by Rebecca Olul-Hossen, Christelle Thieffry and Catherine Lessa

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