KINGDOM OF TONGA - SPREP

Strategic Development Plan 8 2006/07-2008/09
Equipment for youth and communities to use: Communities in general need
capital equipment such as fishing gear, tractors and farming equipment for income
generation. Availability of this equipment will enable the unemployed to engage in
income-generating activities. Equipment for use by village youth to look after the
environment is also needed, as well as community halls for women to use for
weaving and other activities.
Education: Access to post primary education is a problem for students in the
outlying islands, as they have to come to Neiafu. There is a high dropout rate for
students in the islands as a result of the inability to meet the financial costs
associated with post primary education. There is a concern with the level of
fundraising that the parents are doing in order to finance school supplies for
government primary and high schools. There is also a concern with opportunities
for further studies: students in Vava’u appear to be disadvantaged (and not
awarded scholarships despite their high level of achievement relative to their
counterparts in Tongatapu).
Healthy population, water, sanitation and kitchen facilities, morgue: Although
access to water is not a problem, there is a concern with the maintenance and twenty
four hours water generation is often not achieved in some areas. Water tanks for
homes without them will contribute to the desire to have a healthy population.
Sanitation and kitchen facilities will also further contribute to good health. A new
morgue is needed to enable families and relatives abroad to come and pay their
respects to their loved ones.
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