Melissa Palombi OFC Social Responsibility Programme Manager conducted a capacity building workshop for Just Play Solomon Islands coordinators in Honiara over the past few days. The week-long training was a capacity building for coordinators of the Just Play Solomon…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Just Play department has launched its new ‘Sports 2 Life programme in Buala, Isabel Province today at Jejevo Community High School. A facilitation team of three facilitators recently trained in Fiji held a…
Just Play Solomon Islands has successfully ended its Child and Family Welfare Act Festivals in Western provincial capital Gizo last week. The Just Play Child and Family Welfare Act Festivals attracted hundreds of primary school students from Gizo at…
The woman in charge of the Solomon Islands OFC Just Play sport for development programme knows she is trying to change long-held beliefs with a message of equality but she sees glimpses of a great future, sometimes in the…
The workshop has 12 participants from schools and communities in Honiara with an almost equal attendance from men and women. Five schools are represented namely St. John Primary School, Lunga Primary School, Perch Primary School and Burns Creek Primary…
Padaverana, who made 6 appearances in 2 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup tournaments, Marseille in 2008 and Dubai in 2009, joined the Just Play team last week and has already made a significant contribution to the success of the…
SIFF special projects manager, Phillip Ohoto’ona, says that April has been a particularly successful month for Just Play in Solomon Islands.“We faced difficulties at the start of the year especially with receiving the equipment that we needed but once…
The three (3) guest speakers brought attention to the theme “Just Play for Health” in their speeches which drove home messages about some of the health challenges young children will be faced with as they grow up. The 500…
Fourteen schools and communities turned up to mark the event which occupied the whole of the day. Several schools were not able to attend the event due to their end of the year programs but organisers were happy with…
The event is part of the 6-week implementation program that the Honiara schools took part in October and also this month. The key feature of the event is the football competition which will be playedin the Under 10 and…
