ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/28/2000 - 00:00
By Imo Ueteri-Taasi
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (April 27, 2000 - Solomon Star/PINA Nius Online) -A project worth more than SI $3 million (US$ 599,401) will soon get off the ground to assist displaced families on Guadalcanal and Malaita.
It is the Guadalcanal and Malaita Provinces Rehabilitation Program, to be implemented by World Vision and funded by the European Union.
But it will assist only 2,000 families, or a total of about 8,000 people who have been displaced as a result of the social unrest on Guadalcanal. Recent reports have estimated that at least 30,000 people have been displaced because of the tension.