BY CHARLES STENNETT
The New Zealand High Commission has been supporting schools in Guadalcanal Province through its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme since 2016.
Through its ongoing support, the New Zealand High Commission has partnered with UNICEF, the Solomon Islands Government, and the Guadalcanal Provincial Government through the “WASH in Schools” Programme to improve water and sanitation services in schools.
The New Zealand High Commission Office says since the program started in 2016 and it has supported forty-two schools across Guadalcanal Province and is now expanding to an additional twenty schools.
More than thirteen-thousand students and five hundred teachers have benefited from improved Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, services, and training.
The High Commission says these investments have helped schools to become healthier, safer, and more supportive for children while strengthening access to essential services for communities across the province.
Just last week, the New Zealand High Commission handed over thirty-nine water tanks to thirty villages in the Tasimboko ward of Guadalcanal province addressing one of the communities’ health issues.
The handing over of the water tanks by the New Zealand’s High Commissioner, Jonathan Curr was witnessed by officials from the New Zealand High Commission, the Guadalcanal Provincial Assembly Member and hundreds of villagers.
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