Supportive wellness care in Port Vila
Gentle, compassionate support for people living with cancer, and the families who care for them
Cancer Wellness Clinic Limited walks alongside people affected by cancer in Vanuatu, offering nutrition guidance, emotional support, gentle physical wellbeing sessions and family care coordination, alongside standard medical treatment.
Care that holds the whole person, not only the illness
A cancer diagnosis reaches far beyond a single body. It touches sleep, appetite, work, faith, finances, and the quiet conversations shared between family members late at night. In Vanuatu, where extended family and community are central to daily life, the way a person is cared for often matters as much as the treatment itself. Cancer Wellness Clinic Limited was established to sit beside standard medical care, not to replace it, offering a place where people affected by cancer, and the families supporting them, can find practical guidance, a listening ear, and steady companionship through a difficult season of life.
We are a supportive and complementary wellness clinic. This means our team does not diagnose, treat, or attempt to cure cancer. Those responsibilities remain with qualified medical doctors and hospital teams. What we offer instead is the layer of care that often sits alongside medical treatment: help thinking through everyday nutrition when appetite changes, someone to talk with when fear or grief feels heavy, gentle movement and relaxation practices suited to a person's energy on any given day, and coordination that helps a family understand what support is available and how to access it. We see our role as walking beside people, matching the pace of their own journey rather than setting an agenda for them.
Many of the families we meet are navigating unfamiliar territory for the first time: new medical terms, new routines, new questions about how to keep a household running while also caring for someone unwell. Our team takes time to sit with these questions patiently. A conversation about nutrition might begin with a simple question about what foods feel manageable this week, and grow into a longer discussion about how to keep meals nourishing and comforting during treatment. A counselling conversation might start with practical worries about work or finances, and slowly open space for the harder feelings underneath, worry, sadness, anger, or exhaustion, that so often go unspoken in daily island life.
We are also mindful that cancer affects entire households, not only the person diagnosed. Parents worry about children noticing their fear. Adult children travelling from other islands worry about missing work to provide care. Spouses carry quiet exhaustion while trying to remain strong for everyone else. Our family support and care coordination service exists because we believe families deserve their own space to be heard, to ask questions, and to plan together, rather than carrying every decision alone.
Dignity sits at the centre of everything we do. We do not rush conversations, we do not make promises about outcomes, and we never suggest that our wellness support can replace a doctor's care or a hospital's treatment plan. Instead, we aim to make the experience of living with cancer a little gentler: fewer unanswered questions, a little more rest, a few more moments of calm within a demanding week. Sessions are unhurried and private, and every person who visits us is welcomed with warmth, regardless of where they are in their own journey, whether recently diagnosed, partway through treatment, in recovery, or simply supporting someone they love.
As a clinic based in Port Vila, we understand the particular rhythms of life across Efate and the wider Vanuatu community: the importance of extended family, the practicalities of travel between islands for appointments, and the value placed on being cared for by people who understand local context. Our team draws on this understanding to offer support that feels familiar and respectful rather than clinical or distant. We continue to learn from every family we meet, and we remain committed to offering our services with humility, patience, and genuine care, always working alongside, never in place of, the medical professionals responsible for treatment.
How we support people and families
Four areas of supportive wellness care, offered alongside a person's existing medical treatment.
Nutrition and lifestyle guidance
Practical, everyday conversations about eating well, managing appetite changes, and building gentle routines that support energy and comfort during treatment and recovery.
Emotional and counselling support
A private, unhurried space to talk through fear, grief, uncertainty, and the everyday emotional weight that a cancer diagnosis can bring to a person and their family.
Gentle physical wellbeing sessions
Light, restful movement and relaxation practices, adapted to a person's energy and comfort, to support rest and a sense of calm alongside medical treatment.
Family support and care coordination
Help for families to understand available support, plan practical care at home, and stay connected as a household through a demanding season.
Dignity
Every person is treated with respect and unhurried attention.
Compassion
We listen first, and offer support that meets people where they are.
Community
Rooted in Vanuatu and the value placed on family and connection.
Confidentiality
Private conversations, held with care and discretion.
Please note: Cancer Wellness Clinic Limited provides supportive and complementary wellness care only. We do not diagnose, treat, or cure cancer, and our services are not a substitute for medical care. Please continue to follow the guidance of your doctor or hospital team.
Have questions about how our supportive wellness care works alongside medical treatment? Read our FAQ or contact James Anderson to talk it through.