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The Pacific

Regional overview

Spread over 30 million square kilometres and made up of more than 7,500 islands, the Pacific region is more than 98 per cent ocean. This unique and extremely diverse area is divided into three sub-regions: Melanesia (west), Micronesia (north) and Polynesia (south-east).

Oxfam Australia has worked in the Pacific region since the 1960s, supporting projects in diverse areas, including primary education, youth community theatre, independent media, human rights training and business skills for women.

Currently we work in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, with and through local partner organisations to address the following priority areas:

• Food and livelihood security
• Basic health and social services, particularly in relation to HIV/AIDS
• Community peace-building and conflict prevention
• Good governance and citizenship
• Gender equity
• Disaster management

 

• Regions
• Indigenous Australia
• The Pacific
  • Fiji
  • Indigenous Australia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands
  • Vanuatu
• Southern Africa
• East Asia
• South Asia
• Themes
• Emergencies
• Gender
• HIV and AIDS
• Youth
• Program evaluations
• Program evaluations