Nicola Smart
Practical help to Vanuatu in the wake of Cyclone Harold
As the world went into social isolation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, another tragedy was unfolding in the South Pacific....
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Nicola Smart
Apr 5, 20202 min read
Meet Rod Johnston, President of PHA
As the man by the water’s edge returned my greeting, I became acutely aware of the enormous gap in privilege that separated us. At the...
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Nicola Smart
Mar 26, 20202 min read
The Big Picture
These are challenging times around the world, and everyone at Partner Housing is thinking of those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We...
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Nicola Smart
Feb 22, 20201 min read
Partner Housing joins the bushfire recovery effort
“… For flood and fire and famine, she pays us back threefold …” Dorothea MacKellar’s 1904 poem captures the essence of the Australian...
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Nicola Smart
Jan 6, 20201 min read
Water Reticulation now up and running in Solomon Islands
Partner Housing is proud to announce the completion of water reticulation schemes on the remote islands of Ranongga and Vella Lavella in...
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Nicola Smart
Nov 16, 20191 min read
ACFID Conference 2019
Partner Housing is a proud and productive member of ACFID (Australian Council for International Development), and we were privileged to...
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Nicola Smart
Jul 29, 20191 min read
Recognition from ACFID
We are excited to have recently been named as one of two winners of the Australian Council for International Development's (ACFID) Data...
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Nicola Smart
Jul 1, 20192 min read
Partner Housing implements an Australian Aid water project in Solomon Islands
In many parts of Solomon Islands, village residents must obtain fresh water by collecting it from creeks in plastic bottles. On the...
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Nicola Smart
May 1, 20192 min read
A new experience in the Solomon Islands
Written by Ian Warren, Regional Manager for the Solomon Islands For some reason I thought this trip to Western Province in the Solomon...
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Nicola Smart
Apr 9, 20192 min read
Regional manager Ian Volke explains what it's like for PHA on the ground in Papua New Guinea
My name is Ian Volke, and I'm the regional manager for our projects in Papua New Guinea, primarily involved in our 'on the ground'...
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Nicola Smart
Jul 1, 20182 min read
Anglicans sit at the back
Everyone knows that Anglicans come to church late, sit at the back and fidget during the sermon. The relevance was starkly revealed to me...
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Nicola Smart
May 29, 20181 min read
Papua New Guinea Earthquake Assessments
In the dead of night on 25 February 2018, a 7.5 intensity earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Hela and Southern Highlands Provinces,...
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