Anglican Church of Melanesia, Solomon Islands

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

4 months 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

1 year 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

2 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

2 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...