A quarter of Solomon Islanders live in poverty, with significant education, sanitation, and employment challenges making life tough – but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Our partnership with local community organisation SIAVRTC is changing lives, and giving the next generation the skills they need to thrive.
Meet Elizabeth, an inspiring young woman who has overcome unique challenges and gained the skills she needs to create a brighter future for herself and her community.
Elizabeth lived with constant challenges. Life was tough.
Thankfully at 22, Elizabeth found her way to our partner programme the Divit Rural Training Centre, which teaches vocational skills to young people from low socio-economic backgrounds.
“The aim for me was getting more skills and gaining more knowledge about things I had no idea about.”
Since beginning her training, Elizabeth’s life has been transformed.
Transformations like this are only possible with your support.
Every $1 you give right now will become $4 thanks to our partnership with the NZ Government.
What is a ‘Rural Training Centre’?
Rural Training Centres (RTCs) are vocational training institutions that offer agricultural, carpentry, and mechanical life skills to empower young people in countries with high youth unemployment and a growing young population.
SIAVRTC is an umbrella organisation for 68 rural training centres across the Solomon Islands, often in remote locations where they are relied upon for opportunities.
With your support, our partner SIAVRTC strengthens rural training and education quality with sewing and finance training for local women in the Solomon Islands.
We have worked with SIAVRTC to make centres more accessible for women, with separate dorms and bathrooms, resulting in a 230% increase in enrollment among women.