Stories

Now available - posters and social media materials for COVID 19 hygiene promotion in the South Pacific

World Water Day 2020 is highlighting water and climate change. We are sharing the story of improved water management at Aruligo Seventh-day Adventist Primary School in the Solomon Islands. 

Download our practical toolkit for schools that teaches children about the importance of safe drinking water, protecting water catchments, safe water storage and climate change.

Our resource for school WASH committees to effectively manage operation and maintenance of their water and sanitation facilities is available to download.

The newly published WASH in Schools Implementation Guidelines are now available to download from our website. This publication provides an overview of the Live & Learn WASH in Schools approach

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) and Live and Learn Environmental Education International have celebrated the signing of a Pacific wide partnership agreement. The partnership will place New Zealand volunteers into Live & Learn’s Pacific programme in Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Kiribati. The partnership has a strong focus on capturing and sharing knowledge and learning across our programmes. 

A first for Vanuatu, owners of Loru Rainforest Carbon Project are amongst 20 indigenous groups internationally to win the Equator Award.

On 28 May over 230 students from Visale, Vaturanga and Tanakuku schools in Solomon Islands joined together to highlight Global Menstrual Hygiene Day, supported by Live & Learn Solomon Islands and Plan International in Solomon Islands.

May 28 is international Menstrual Hygiene Day. Adolescent girls and women throughout the world face many challenges in managing their menstruation effectively and with dignity.  A recently completed baseline report discussed menstrual hygiene management with women in Solomon Islands, with 63% of women saying they often don't have enough money to purchase sanitary pads.

On 20 April 2019 Live and Learn Environmental Education released the Via River Catchment Fire Management Plan, which identifies strategies to reduce the impact of wildfires on biodiversity and community resources in Central West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The strategies will be adapted and used throughout PNG to address the threat of wildfires that are being exacerbated by climate change.