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MICHELLE Roldan is a 25-year-old graphic designer from Sydney who first went to the Solomon Islands for a creative holiday break Here she tells what it was like on her first visit to Fote Village Primary School with Little and LOUD co-founder Mirjam Verkleij: We had no real idea about where the village was, how remote, small or big it…
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RHODA Lazo is 33-year-old online producer who lives in Sydney. Here she tells how going to the Solomons changed her life. When I made the trip to Fote and met the children the experience affected me in ways that I couldn’t imagine. I was humbled by the reality of their immense human spirit. Staying with a local family, sharing their…
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Michelle and I are currently in Honiara hours before our flight back to Australia after spending two nights and barely two days in Fote. We were greeted by the school Chairman, Cillion and after a half hour bumpy ride through lush bush, we arrived at Fote greeted by our friends. We had a short talk with the Senior Staff member…
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We are ecstatic to announce that we have been chosen to be News.com.au‘s Christmas charity partner! This means they’ll be helping us fund raise to get our goals met for Fote by featuring us on their website with stories, videos and photo galleries. So far, this is what we aim to do with the money raised: SUPPORT PHYSICAL EDUCATION $500…
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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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“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…
