Development

Oxfam Safe Families Program Described Effective in Western Province Communities

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BY JOY OFASIA WESTERN Province Council of Women President, Mrs Rendy Solomon has recently acknowledge the work of Safe Families Project through Oxfam in the Solomon Islands and describes it as effective in the communities...

HCC Conducts Food Safety And Hygiene Training For Tanuli Ridge Women

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More than thirty women of Tanuli Ridge in East Honiara, have concluded a two-day workshop on Food Safety and Hygiene with the Honiara City Council Health Promotion Department on Wednesday last week. Organized by Acting...

Australia Government Pleased to Support Oxfam Safe Families Program

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BY JOY OFASIA THE Australian Government is pleased to support the Oxfam Safe Families program as one of the largest donors for gender equality initiatives in the Solomon Islands. This was highlighted by the Acting High...

Donors Support Community With Livelihood Equipment

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OVER the weekend, the community of Pusiju in Valapata village, Vella la Vella Island in Western Province received agricultural equipment, transportation, safety equipment’s at sea and basic kitchen utensils worth $80,000 SBD from Globalgreen...

SIDA Hosts Flour Processing and Cookery Workshop

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BY JOY OFASIA SOLOMON Islands Development Agency hosted another workshop on Flour Processing and cookery for youths and SIDA members this week. The workshop is aimed to build a generation of skilled men and women who...

Manning the MAL Livestock Office Gizo

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Ms Telemahau Shares Experience BY LIVETT MYRNE COMFORT Margaret Telemahau, 27, is a new livestock officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) based at Gizo. She’s enthusiastic about her job since graduating from SINU two...

Young Mother Achieves Goal to Build a Family Home

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BY JOY OFASIA LIKE many other pacific Islanders, Caroline Tuke is among other employees who are working abroad under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme one of the streams of the Pacific Labour Scheme. Along with...

Mother|Grandmother Shares Experience working at a UXO Survey Company

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BY JOY OFASIA GLORETTA Anderson, 41, a mother to a daughter and a grandmother, works as a Cartographer at Safe Signals, a private UXO/Bomb Survey and Clearance company. Dealing with UXO and hazardous substances is obviously...

Solomon Airlines Women Gather For ‘Round Table’ To Mark International Women’s Day 2022

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SOLOMON Airlines today marked International Womens Day 2022 with the airline’s inaugural IWD ‘Round Table’, an event bringing together 26 women from various departments across Domestic Flight Operations, Cabin Services, Commercial, Finance and Human...

Tina Hydro Marks International Women’s Day

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WOMEN in the Tina River Hydropower Project catchment communities are once again coming together this week to celebrate International Women’s Day.  They will spend time discussing and acknowledging the significant progress made to improve gender...