A Virtual Cultural Exchange Program to educate children around the world on other cultures and the real world impacts of climate change.

Photo: Children standing in water where a thriving village (Tebunginako) used to be.

Hearts Above The Sea (HATS) is an Australian registered charity with the aim of delivering educational projects and solutions to the low lying nations in the South Pacific who are affected by global climate change, starting with Kiribati. Kiribati’s existence is under threat from climate change.

Our Goals

  • Create Solutions

  • Raise Awareness

  • Provide Education

  • Preserve Culture

Learn more about What We Do

Photo: Students at BTC JSS in Kiribati who participated in the HATS VCEP pilot.

Scientists predict that Kiribati may have just decades before the entire island nation is forced into displacement due to rising sea levels. HATS is working to raise awareness of the plight of the Kiribati nation and to conserve their culture.

The Virtual Cultural Exchange Program (VCEP) aims to educate school-age children around the world about the South Pacific and Kiribati culture and the challenges they face due to climate change.

Virtual Cultural Exchange Program

How the Virtual Cultural Exchange Program works

  • 1. Sign up to the VCEP

  • 2. Search through lesson plans

  • 3. Teach the lessons

  • 4. Students complete activities

  • 5. Students reflect

Learn more about the VCEP

Help Us Grow

Partners and Supporters

Johnson & Johnson, UTS, Sandbox, JB Hi-Fi, 180Degrees Macquarie, St Augustine's College Sydney, and Santa Sabina College

“For the Pacific, Climate Change is not a hypothetical. It is real. And it is happening now.”

Jacinta Ardern, former New Zealand Prime Minister

The Hearts Above The Sea work is aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: Inclusive and equitable quality education for all; and SDG 13: Climate Action.