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Rebuilding shattered lives (and a crocodile encounter)!
Hi Folks, Sorry about the delay in the blog posts – as you can imagine, internet connections are not always the best when you are visiting remote islands! The plane we travelled in to Gizo had a sophisticated (!) refueling system. It was back to good-old hand pumping from 44 gallon drums of fuel!! The [...]
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The star of the Solomons!
Our very own Executive Director is famous in the Solomons! This story was printed in the Solomon Star today…. Overseas delegates here to see projects Friday, 24 July 2009 (Solomon Star) TWO overseas delegates are in the country to see the work United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government are doing for children at [...]
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The best is yet to come!
Greetings from Gizo in the Solomon Islands! I am very excited because today I am travelling by canoe to the islands of the remote Western Province! It will take a good two hours each way but I am really looking forward to it. Once we get there we will be visiting some child friendly schools and meeting [...]
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A challenge for UNICEF!
View a photo essay of our first day. Today we met with the Ministry of Education, the Secretary for Planning, and the New Zealand High Commisioner Deborah Pankhurst. It was really useful to get the context about the situation in the Solomon Islands. And it was clear that the local people and children are under no [...]
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Lives lost and lives re-built.