Margret is a teacher at a vocational school for deaf students in the Solomon Islands.

With Caritas Australia’s support, the school installed water tanks, provided cyclone-proof building materials and helped to implement COVID-19 prevention measures. Margret’s school now has enough water for its students.

Around 60% of people in rural areas in the Solomon Islands don’t have access to piped water, while about 80% don’t have access to latrines or toilets.

 (UNICEF, 2019)

Oliva, a 22-year-old woman from Tanzania did not have the opportunity to go to school and was unable to read, write or count.

Oliva enrolled in Caritas Australia’s literacy and numeracy classes and has now graduated. She also set up a home classroom to teach her neighbours, for free.

 Approximately 260 million children don’t have the chance to go to school (un.org)