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Thank you Karin and Joh❤️for your love, friendship, leadership and faithful service to SWIM MINISTRY and to the people o...
05/09/2026

Thank you Karin and Joh❤️for your love, friendship, leadership and faithful service to SWIM MINISTRY and to the people of Solomon Islands. May God bless you both abundantly in your next chapter. You will always be part of SWIM family 🇸🇧🇦🇺❤️🙏

GHOROBAU COMMUNITY: ARULIGO LIVING WATER PROJECTAs part of the Living Water Project, Pastor Michael Light provided Bibli...
02/09/2026

GHOROBAU COMMUNITY: ARULIGO LIVING WATER PROJECT

As part of the Living Water Project, Pastor Michael Light provided Biblical Leadership training to 23 community leaders.

02/09/2026

Ghorobau community elder Representative sharing speech during the handingover of the water project.

02/09/2026

Ghorobau children with joyful laughter and so much excitement on their water.

02/09/2026

Ghorobau Community member with Swim staff off loading materials for the water project.

GHOROBAU COMMUNITY: ARULIGO LIVING WATER PROJECTPraise the Lord for His provision and mercy.SWIM staff together with the...
02/09/2026

GHOROBAU COMMUNITY: ARULIGO LIVING WATER PROJECT

Praise the Lord for His provision and mercy.
SWIM staff together with the community successfully completed the project.
This included installing a generator, meters of pipes and 10 taps for the village’s water provision.Ten taps are now installed through the community,
No more walking 2km to collect freshwater for households!
The project was officially handed over to the community after completion.
In true Guadalcanal custom, the SWIM team was presented with gifts from the community:
Fruits, vegetables, coconuts and a live pig.
Praise be to God for His provision and to all who contributed to the Compassionate Catalogue. Great work by the SWIM team and the villagers who worked together to make this Living Water available to the community.

The Swim Women's Ministry come together to host a special farewell to our wonderful Swim base Manager Karin who will ret...
01/09/2026

The Swim Women's Ministry come together to host a special farewell to our wonderful Swim base Manager Karin who will return back to Australia. Over the past 18 months Karin van Straten has brought so much dedication, love and leadership to the Ministry. While we are sad to see her go, we pray for abundant blessing on your next chapter back in Australia. Thank you Karin for your beautiful heart and your faithful service, you will always be part of our SWIM family 🇦🇺❤️🙏

01/09/2026

Photos of August 🥰

On 20 and 21 April 1977 Guadalcanal and the surrounding Solomon Islands was struck by a series of major earthquakes over...
26/08/2026

On 20 and 21 April 1977 Guadalcanal and the surrounding Solomon Islands was struck by a series of major earthquakes over a 5-hour timeframe. This culminated into a magnitude 7.5 shock. The major impact was felt on the Weather Coast south of Honiara; and caused widespread landslides, damage and more than 34 reported deaths. Several villages were destroyed and the government of the day relocated villagers to safer locations. This is how the Ghorobau community came into being. Currently there are 167 families and more than 600 villagers. 6 Families were relocated to and settled into what is today known as the village of Aruligo within the larger Ghorobau community. There is only 1 surviving settler from the original 6 families.
The village has an old failed solar water system and as such villagers must daily walk 2km to get water from a stream for all domestic use. SWIM was approached by the village for assistance under the SWIM Community Living Water Project. Funding for Community Living Water Projects are received from donations to the Compassionate Catalogue – Christian Reformed Churches of Australia and New Zealand. Praise the Lord for joyful givers.

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Acts 20:35

Our Swim staffs and family come together for a fellowship to celebrate and say goodbye to our Swim base Manager Karin an...
25/08/2026

Our Swim staffs and family come together for a fellowship to celebrate and say goodbye to our Swim base Manager Karin and Johanes, as they finish their time here in the Solomons and will leave back to Australia early September. We thank God for your incredible leadership and hard work, your constant kindness and positive energy you brought to our Swim family. Wishing you both the very best on your next adventure ,you'll always be part of Swim family❤️.

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