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Solomon Islands Sojourn
Ashley Wilson
其他書名
A Volunteer's Story of Life and Development on Remote Pacific Islands
出版Ashley Wilson, 2009
主題Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
ISBN04731483669780473148362
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4G10PgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Ashley Wilson volunteered to work for two years for a province of the Solomon Islands to help create jobs and income for the local people. He started a coconut oil mill (extracting the oil from copra) and with the income earned began many other developments including making soap from the oil, planting kauri trees, collecting shells, sharks' fins and beche-de-mer. Solomon Islands Sojourn describes the simple lives people live in these remote islands. They tend their gardens, fish and the landowners can make money for essential commodities by growing coconut and cocoa trees. The book will appeal to anyone interested in trying to improve the standard of living in a third world country. His successes and failures shed light on how development can proceed. The latter chapters deal with "The Tension", the local term for the civil war that devastated the country between 1998 and 2003 until Australia and New Zealand stepped in to bring an end to hostilities. Ashley returned to his province in October, 2008, and records what conditions are like now in the country and comments on its future prospects.