The Women Right’s Action Movement (WRAM) has been launched as a non-government organisation yesterday in Honiara. Established as a registered Charitable organisation under the Charitable act of Solomon Islands in 2011, the organisation promotes gender equality in Solomon Islands.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is ready to work with development partners including the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) to address the country’s development aspirations.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services and the World Health Organization has announced it is taking action to prepare for an imported case of Ebola virus disease.
The President of a non-government organisation that focuses on rights of people with disabilities has called on donor partners and the private sector to provide training on technology for people with special needs.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has welcomed a team of domestic election observers led by local NGO umbrella group, Development Services Exchange. The Electoral Commission has accredited a team of six observers from DSE that will focus on Honiara and Guadalcanal on Election Day.
Save the Children, through its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program, also known as WASH, has conducted awareness for students of Ruavatu Secondary School in North Guadalcanal.
Building a strong public financial management system is everyone’s business, says the Supervising Permanent Secretary for Finance and Treasury. Elizabeth Kausimae made the statement this morning, at a workshop for journalists and the civil society on public financial management, and its reform…
The United Nations Development Program, UNDP, has handed over billboards promoting peace to the Ministry of National Unity Peace and Reconciliation today.
Many Temotu communities affected by the February 2013 tsunami are on their way to normalcy – thanks to the resilience of communities and assistance from various organizations.
Following efforts by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and other partners to accelerate a nation-wide measles campaign, the United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) this week air lifted to Honiara a total of 50,000 doses of Measles and Rubella vaccines with diluents worth almost…
A team of officers from the World Vision Solomon Islands Branch is currently doing disaster risk reduction awareness in North Guadalcanal. The team’s first awareness program was on Monday night and they have seventeen villages to cover.
SWocK project has completed two provincial Land Use Planning workshops in the Makira Ulawa and Choiseul provinces. In its monthly program, SWoCK held these workshops at Wanahata, Waihaga and Paregho villages in the Makira Ulawa province and Voza, Sasamungga and Loloko in Choiseul province.
Two schools in North Malaita were fortunate to be part of a series of evaluation and monitoring workshops conducted by Save the Children in the region recently. The schools were Sikofata Primary and Bita’ama Community High school.
ANZ Bank has announced an agreement with the Australian Government to support the increased roll out of mobile banking and financial literacy programs to a further 65,000 Solomon Islanders previously excluded from traditional banking services.
Solomon Islands Development Trust Director, Longden Manedika has said a project that addresses voter education should not address the usual awareness of voters only, but also events after an election. Such a project should address the aftermath of an election result.
The Solomon Islands Development Trust has produced a video on what the organisation has described as the three dimensions of a General Election that will greatly impact on people. The 35-minute video is part of SIDT’s recently launched Voter Education and Awareness project.
Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr Lester Ross has congratulated UNICEF for its assistance towards addressing malnutrition in Solomon Islands.
The British High Commission in Solomon Islands has officially marked the 2014 Girl Summit event in Honiara, and has called on Solomon Islands to show solidarity and support to issues the UK is facing.
Forum Solomon Islands International has vowed to join other stakeholders to fight street problems in the capital. In a statement, the FSII says it will form a joint task force with other key stakeholders to fight illegal activities in Honiara.
Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) says the recent crocodile attack at Bokokimbo River in North East Guadalcanal is a wake-up call for leaders in the area to establish basic water and sanitation infrastructure for their constituents.
