Oxfam Joins Assessment Efforts to Guadalcanal
OXFAM Solomon Islands have joined assessment teams deployed to Guadalcanal Province this week as disaster response authorities mobilise to reach areas affected by the recent bad weather. Teams have been deployed to visit areas affected in the eastern and western parts of the province led by the Guadalcanal Provincial disaster response unit with support from the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO). The primary objective is to make proper ground assessment…
Food Main Concern After Storm
AN estimated 100,000 people across six of Solomon Islands’ eight provinces have been affected by two weeks of torrential rain and strong winds. As of last Wednesday, the Director of the National Disaster Management Office, Loti Yates, said they were…
Demand Increases For Solar Bubble Cocoa Dryer
BY LYNNISSHA B.RUNA DEMANDS for Solar Bubble Dryer Innovation for Cocoa Fermentation by farmers has increased. Solar Bubble Dryer Innovation for Cocoa Fermentation is a device purposely developed to enhance cocoa drying process. After it was introduced and demonstrated during…
Bad Weather Impacts Livelihood: Report
BY AGNES MENANOPO THE ongoing bad weather has caused destructions and damages to the livelihoods, and infrastructure sectors at large. A huge number of food gardens within the Guadalcanal Plains were either destroyed or covered by flood waters, according to…
Gov’t took measures towards Sustainable Forest Management
Solomon Islands Democratic Coalition for Change Government (SIDCCG) through the Ministry of Forestry and Research has taken a drastic step to ensure sustainable management of the remaining and growing forest is taken seriously. That was the key message at the…