11/09/26

Naomi is making communities safer in the Solomon Islands and ensuring people with disabilities are included as they prepare for disasters. 

Growing up, her parents stood beside her. They refused to accept harmful beliefs about her disability and insisted she deserved to go to school and learn with other children. 
 
Through a partnership with CAN DO, Naomi is sharing information and providing training, ensuring people with disabilities are included in disaster preparedness. 
 
Villagers have begun putting gravel on sandy footpaths to make them easier for older people and those with physical disabilities to use. They even extended the paths to the next community. 

‘I was so impressed when I saw what they had done,’ Naomi says. 

These initiatives might sound small, but their impact is profound: they improve daily life and can be the difference between life and death when disaster strikes. 

CAN DO Solomon Islands receives funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership.