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Food and resilience during COVID in the Solomon Islands

3 months ago

As the world deals with rounds of COVID-19 lockdowns, impacting both rich and developing countries, the Solomon Islands seems to have been spared the worst, not having recorded any large community outbreaks. Thankfully their border closures, quarantine and...

Money matters for women in the Solomon Islands

3 months ago

Learning about financial matters like saving, budgeting and business building opens up opportunities for women who have experienced domestic violence to have more of a voice in their home and communities. The Anglican Sisters at the Christian Care Centre a...

Bridging the gender gap in the Solomon Islands

1 year ago

Earlier this year, Belinda Lauria, our Solomon Islands Project Manager, Quality and Compliance, visited the Solomon Islands. Here she shares why this program is so special. In March, (just before the COVID-19 travel restrictions were put in place!) I vi...

COVID-19: Our partners and our work

1 year ago

How is COVID-19 affecting the countries we work in? Though most of us would say our lives have been considerably impacted in some way, we know that global catastrophes such as COVID-19 hit the poor in developing countries hardest. Many of the world’s po...

Responding to TC Harold – Supporting the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

1 year ago

After Category 5 Cyclone Harold battered the Pacific in the lead up to Easter this year, people in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have been faced with the dual challenge of responding to the threat of COVID-19 and recovering from another environmental disaste...

Pacific nations suffer as cyclone hits during COVID-19 concerns

1 year ago

Tropical Cyclone Harold impacted the Pacific island nation of Solomon Islands as it passed by as a Category 1 storm on April 2 2020, before making landfall and devastating the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu as a stronger Category 5 storm on April 6. W...

Restorative change in the Solomons

2 years ago

By Kylie Wingjan Acting International Programs Manager AOA’s Safe, Strong Communities program in the Solomon Islands uses restorative justice principles alongside pastoral care to reduce gender-based violence. This project is supported through funding f...

Bringing Light to Rural Communities, Solomon Islands

3 years ago

The Bringing Light to Rural Communities (BLTRC) Project was implemented by the Anglican Church of Melanesia in the Solomon Islands. The project has been running since 2010, funded through the Australian Government’s Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) a...

A new phase for our Solomon Islands project

3 years ago

In mid-2018, our Bringing Light to Rural Communities project, run by our partner, the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), in the Solomon Islands, entered a new phase. Following is what the project has achieved in recent years: Sale of 200 lighting uni...