Mission Opportunities
Short Term Medium Term Longer Term
Short Term or Long Term Service
In the past, we have placed various short term workers in the following volunteer positions: nursing, school teaching, lecturing in a Bible college, dentistry, occupational therapy, carpentry, and more. Whatever you want to do, we will try to find you a placement. As long as you have the skills or qualifications, this is the place for you. All short term service needs to be self funded. Long term arrangements, usually funded through finding sponsors, can also be made. Contact Machi for further details.
Short Term Opportunites (1-5 Weeks)
Want to go on a short term Mission? A number of teams are being organised for later this year or next year.
If you have a desire to organise your own team for any kind of outreach, preaching, teaching, kids, youth work, dressing clinic or music ministry, contact Machi. Several options are available in this area. If you want a life changing, faith challenging experience with God, this is the mission for you. Ministry teams usually come for 2 or 3 weeks. Locations can be in Honiara, closer to "creature comforts", or out in provinces on one of the islands which can be reached by boat or plane. Several Christian schools have found this a great place to bring their year 10 to 12 students for a real cross cultural and faith challenging experience.
SWIM Base Assistance
Come and live on the base, and assist with the general care of the base and see some of the ongoing local ministry projects. We can also organize some small projects around the hospital, or the Disability Centre.. Sorry, no air-conditioning, but plenty of new experiences. This would suit a handyman, all rounder, single people, retired couple looking for a new experience etc. Available almost anytime.
Medium Term Opportunities (1-6 Months)
Healthworker Placements
We can assist with finding placements for healthcare workers, particularly students doing final year practicals. Occupational Therapists, Ana & Zeena (right) had a very successful 10 week placement, mainly in Honiara. Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dental and Medical positions can be found. Please allow adequate lead up time for finding and arranging placements.
Other areas such as computer, horticulture, agriculture etc may also be possible.
Longer Term Opportunities (6 Months - 3 years)
There are some longer term opportunities available, such as those listed below. Though none of these are specific, we are more than willing to negotiate with various groups/churches/institutions to arrange for a placement for you. Please indicate which area you might be interested in and what skills, qualifications and experience you have.
Teachers
Some of the schools in Solomon Islands have the ability to place teachers, both primary and secondary for anything from a year and upwards. Many of the schools are run by the mainline churches, and others by the Government, Province or local community. It would be easier to negotiate a position with one of the church run schools. Rates of pay would be comparable to local teachers, if accepted into the Government system. This could be run in conjunction with Australian Volunteers International.
Property Managers
Positions for one or two years can be negotiated either with schools, clinics, or rural training centers. Duties would involve managing, maintaining and upgrading the resources and properties of the particular institutions. In many of these places, it could incorporate the training of local staff in these duties. It may also include the setting up of self sufficiency programs such as gardens, poultry, piggery etc.
Healthcare Workers
Positions for nurses, dentists, doctors and other auxiliary medical services can also be found. These positions would probably be self-sponsored.
Theological Lecturers
Anyone with a good theological education willing to assist local churches with their theological training will be most welcome. The United Church is usually looking for assistance in this area, but work with the South Seas Evangelical (Baptist) church and other churches would also be possible.
