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Dec 10, 2020

Why is copra a problem?

It is time-consuming, dirty, lonely, arduous, male-dominated, fuel-intensive and low-paying work. Over a period of 5-8 days, the white...

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Nov 3, 2020

Establishing the Virgin Coconut Oil industry in Liberia, West Africa.

After five years in LIberia Kent & Landis decided to address what people were asking of them...

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Sep 30, 2020

A near-smokeless evening brings a new beginning.

Within a few days a whole village turned from burning wood to charcoal. A story by Anthony Matelaomao. Evenings in the coastal village of...

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Sep 15, 2020

How it all started...

A 60 second animation describing why we do what we do.

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Aug 3, 2020

How one woman is changing Marovo Lagoon.

Hellen’s father earned 8 shillings a quarter as a Pastor working extra hours on plantations so he could send Hellen to a ‘white-man school’.

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Jul 22, 2020

Locals turn to healthier mode of cooking during CoVID-19 lock-down.

Smoky firewood is a major cause of respiratory illness in the Solomons.

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Mar 19, 2020

Welcome Sir Francis Billy Hilly

Sir Francis was the fourth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994).

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Mar 17, 2020

A picture is worth 1000 words.

Or is it? There is a real sense in which these two images tell a sad story of profound change over just a few years. The aerial ‘drone’...

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Mar 9, 2020

Fair Dinkum Fair Trade

According to the Cambridge dictionary, fair trade is a way of buying and selling products that makes certain that the people who produce...

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