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Last September-November 2009, our good friends, brothers Mark and John flew all the way from the UK to the Solomon Islands to help us achieve the goals that we set during the Adopt-a-Village drive with News.com.au. In just 8 weeks they accomplished more than we could imagine – a new building for the pre-class, fresh paint for the main building,…
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This was their first time using paint.. and this is just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of drawings we collected!
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By Shailendra Singh SUVA, Jun 18 (IPS) – Beyond the fabulous palm-fringed beaches and cascading waterfalls of the islands of the Pacific is a sordid reality — child labour and commercial sexual exploitation of children. Lack of reliable data makes it difficult to assess the magnitude of the problem, but rough estimates by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) suggest that…
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“Solomon Islands Pijin, usually just called Pijin, is a blend of mostly English words modified to fit Melanesian sounds, together with a mix of English and Melanesian grammar. The primary means of communication among a group of people from different language areas, it is the first language of more than 5% of the population. Despite English being taught in all…
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It’s inevitable that you get reflective after having just experienced something so unexpected but unforgettable. Here’s a roughly composed article of what I scribbled when I arrived home from the Solomons.
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I read that once on a greeting card. I felt like it was giving me a high five because I grew up with a similar philosophy that on average, you only really get about half of what you dream of so the best strategy to get what you want is to dream big. Huge. Dare I say, colossal. Kind of…
