BY LORETTA B MANELE

Spouses of the 54th PIF (Pacific Islands Forum) Leaders Meeting are keen to bring St Joseph’s National Secondary School water issue to PIF Secretary General, Baron Divavesi Waqa’s attention.

This was raised by Louisa Waqa, wife of Mr Waqa after the spouses paid a visit to the school on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

Speaking to the media after the visit, she stressed that the school with over 700 students is a big school and one concern the principal raised was not having enough supply of water.

Waqa expressed that as a teacher by profession, she understands the principal’s concern about the issue of water.

“As we all know, water is needed every day. So as a teacher, I can see where the principal is coming from,” she said.

Waqa mentioned that this is something she will discuss with the other spouses and she will try her best to bring the issue forward to the PIF Secretary General.

“To see if we can get some assistance to better the water situation because it is necessary. If we are to promote healthy living, water is very, very important,” she stressed.

On another note, having visited the Art Gallery, Amazing Grace Boutique Cocoa Farm, a trade fair organised by Central Guadalcanal Youths, St Joseph’s National Secondary School and Kokonut Pacific Solomon Islands, Waqa said she is very amazed at what is happening around Honiara.

She expressed that it is good to see a lot of local products and to learn a lot from these visits.

Of all the visits, the main attraction for her was the visit to St Joseph’s National Secondary School.

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