A shipment of clean water is due to arrive on the Vanuatu island of Ambrym this week.
The Ambrym volcano Photo: WikiCommons
The people in the island's north have had to contend with contaminated water for a month, after the island's volcano erupted.
The Vanuatu Daily Post reported several villages had been forced to evacuate.
The national disaster office said a ship laden with relief supplies will arrive by the end of the week.
The Red Cross in Vanuatu says it expects to learn more about the impact of a volcanic eruption and associated earthquakes on Ambrym later this week.
Ambae leaders are appealing to the Vanuatu government to assist with food rations because they have a lack of crops on their island.
More than 80 families are still in an evacuation centre on the Vanuatu island of Ambrym, as the island's volcano shows little sign of settling down.
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