Development assistance in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands and Australia: standing strong together infographic
Solomon Islands and Australia: standing strong together infographic
Solomon Islands and Australia: standing strong together infographic.
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Solomon Islands and Australia
Iumi Stanap Strong Tugeda (Standing Strong Together)
- Honiara is only a 3 hour flight from Brisbane
- Up to 10,000 Australians visit Solomon Islands each year
- 87 Australian volunteers in 2018-19
- 573 Australia Award Scholarships since 2007
- Maintained 692km or roads and 19 bridges in 2017-18 /$187 million in official development assistance in 2018-19
- New National Birthing Centre
- 102 Health care workers trained in providing clinical services to survivors of gender-based violence
- New Security Treaty
- 2 New Patrol Boats
- 1559 females trained in business income generating skills in 2017-18
- 210 Solomon Islanders graduated from APTC with internationally recognized tertiary and vocational qualifications in 2017
- $2 billion Australian Infrastructure Financing facility for the Pacific
- Coral Sea Cable System/High speed reliable internet from Sydney to Honiara and beyond
- 322 Number of female police officers Australia has helped train in Solomon Islands
- Almost 900 Australian businesses export goods to Solomon Islands
- $317 million worth of two way trade in 2017
- 101 school infrastructure projects completed over the last year, including 74 new classrooms and the expansion of 13 schools for Solomon Islands