Wednesday, August 16th, 2017
Water risk for public
Ministerial houses may have to be dismantled to avoid potential contamination of Panatina bore hole RESIDENTIAL houses built directly above a bore hole that supplies fresh water to a large area along the upper and lower Panatina Ridge may be forced to relocate because of fears of potential contamination, it was revealed yesterday. These include six executive houses costing millions of dollars, built for the staff of the Ministry of Peace and Reconciliation. Four of these were completed late last year, but to date only two are occupied dueRead More
Young people realise potential as a peace builders
A number of young people who live in informal settlements around Honiara city learned ways to become active peace builders as a result of a training on Peace Building, which they attended last week. The training was part of a collaboration between the UN Peace Building Fund implemented by UNDP, UN Woman and Youth@Work. At the end of the training the young people share their reflections on what they have learnt. “I have learnt about intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, it’s like at first I have difficulty in communicating well. NowRead More
Acting out of the box
YOUNG entrepreneurs who joined Youth@Work (Y@W) successfully completed two weeks of innovation training at Docus Kukum Hall. The training, organised by Y@W’s Young Entrepreneurship Component (YEC), seeks to motivate young people to develop and exploit new ideas and greener small-scale businesses as part of the programme’s contribution to improving young people’s economic prospects. The innovation training begun by introducing the simple concept of social entrepreneurship, followed by a field trip out into their communities to identify social and environmental problems which they could turn into business solutions. Youth learned andRead More