Where We Work
The Pacific
Our programs in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji support families in the most remote and vulnerable communities.
Leaia outside her home in Samoa, which was built from recycled scraps. Photo: Laura Womersley/Caritas Australia
Our impact in Pacific
Solomon Islands
We support rural training schools to provide vocation skills training to young people living in remote parts of the Solomon Islands.
Rose, a patient at a rural health centre run by Catholic Church Health Services in PNG. Photo: Caritas Australia
Papua New Guinea
We work with local partners to improve access to quality and equitable health care in Papua New Guinea.
Tonga
In partnership with Caritas Tonga, we are helping communities recover from the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Samoa
Our partner, Caritas Samoa, supports the livelihood and resilience of vulnerable communities through increased access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.
Manaini outside her kiosk. Photo: Caritas Australia
Fiji
We support communities in Fiji that are impacted by climate change and health issues including high non-communicable disease.
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Margret standing outside a school in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: Neil Nuia/Caritas Australia.
We support rural training schools to provide vocation skills training to young people living in remote parts of the Solomon Islands as well as help improve access to clean water and sanitation in remote communities.
Rose, a patient at a rural health centre run by Catholic Church Health Services in PNG. Photo: Caritas Australia
We work with local partners to improve access to quality and equitable health care in Papua New Guinea.
Tupou in front of a destroyed home in Tonga. Photo: Nicole Chehine/Caritas Australia
In partnership with Caritas Tonga, we are helping communities recover from the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Leaia with her new water tank outside her home. Photo: Laura Womersley/Caritas Australia
Our partner, Caritas Samoa, supports the livelihood and resilience of vulnerable communities through increased access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.
Manaini with her family outside their home in Fiji. Photo: Caritas Australia
We support communities in Fiji that are impacted by climate change and health issues including high non-communicable disease.
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Your donation today can help support long-term programs in Pacific and other countries around the world.
Manaini's story
In remote northern Fiji, life has always been a struggle for 44-year-old Manaini, a mother of six and grandmother of two.
Meals were often plain and unbalanced, and store-bought food was too expensive. Leftover crops were fed to animals, and at night the village was in darkness, leaving children and the elderly unsafe. Almost a quarter of Fiji’s population live in poverty, with higher rates in rural villages, where any extra income can mean the difference between children completing school, buying medicine, or covering daily essentials.
Thanks to your generosity, Manaini joined training offered by Caritas Australia's local partner, FRIEND, where she learnt food processing skills to transform leftovers from crops into flour and increase her weekly income.
Video: Manaini's Story
Life was hard for Manaini and her children living in rural Fiji. With the support from Caritas Australia’s partner, FRIEND, she learnt food processing and gardening skills, improving nutrition and creating new income opportunities to support her children’s education.
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