School Water Safety and Security Toolkit published
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.
School’s guide to Operation and Maintenance published
Our resource for school WASH committees to effectively manage operation and maintenance of their water and sanitation facilities is available to download.
WASH in Schools Implementation Guidelines published
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
Launch of Live & Learn Environmental Education and Volunteer Service Abroad Knowledge and Learning partnership
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.
Top UN Award for Indigenous Forest Carbon Project in Vanuatu
A first for Vanuatu, owners of Loru Rainforest Carbon Project are amongst 20 indigenous groups internationally to win the Equator Award.
Time for MHM Action in schools in Solomon Islands
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.
Access to menstrual products 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.
Release of Via River Catchment Fire Management Plan, PNG
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.
Schneider Electric Foundation engineers visit New Ireland Province, PNG
During February 2019 Lee Barrett & Angus McPherson from Schneider Electric visited New Ireland, PNG, to assist our local Live & Learn team in establishing the ‘New Ireland Access to Energy Program’. The Schneider Foundation / Live & Learn partnership will deliver low maintenance energy systems to schools and health facilities, improving the lives of marginalised groups in rural New Ireland Province