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Category Archives: Solomon Islands
Thanks Gareth and Jo!
A great big thank you to Gareth and Jo Morgan for their matching funding announced today of up to $500,000 to improve education in the Solomon Islands. New Zealand, what an opportunity to really make your charity donation do so much more! The $1m will be used to build and renovate schools, provide them with [...]
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Jo and I have just returned from the Solomon Islands convinced that it’s one of these countries that is going to really struggle to do anything more than deliver merely a subsistence existence to the bulk of its citizens. It just doesn’t seem to have oodles of natural resource advantages and those it does have [...]
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Now it’s your turn to tell me what YOU think!
Malaria was the last area of UNICEF’s work that we looked at on our Solomon Islands visit. Malaria is abig problem in the SI, especially in areas where there is stagnant water and mangrove swamps. The solution is malaria nets. When children and their families sleep under a net they are protected. We spoke with [...]
“You just want to stay and help!”
Our second day took us to Irigilia, a two hour boat ride from Gizo. Again we received the friendly welcome - firstly from the painted warriors and then from the singing children. It is humbling to see how much these visits mean to people that they go to so much trouble. The welcome included singing, [...]
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"I'm a UNICEF supporter, and I'd love you to join me."
Child Friendly Schools in the Solomon Islands