Kioa Island School

Salia Village, Kioa Island

Smiling students at Kioa Island School in front of the school's solar panelsClose-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

Kioa Island School, in Salia Village on Kioa Island, was our second project, installed in 2010. The 1.4 kW system was small, but it powered the school for the next 15 years, with two battery replacements and one inverter replacement along the way. Over that time the school saved many thousands of dollars, which it carefully invested in electronic learning aids and its first library.

In 2026 a major internationally funded project installed a large solar system that electrified the village's 104 homes, its community buildings and the school. After great service, our small system was retired.

The project was funded by many sponsors, above all through a fundraising dinner supported by journalist and former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons and fellow Wallabies Adam Freier and Clyde Rathbone.

Installed2010
Upgraded
Students
106
Teachers
5
Solar array
1.4kW
Battery storage
12kWh

Photos

Solar panels and equipment being unloaded from a boat for Kioa Island School
An installer on a ladder beside the new solar panels at Kioa Island School
Students at Kioa Island School hold up tablets in front of the solar array
Students reading together at a round table in the Kioa Island School library
A teacher working on a laptop in the library at Kioa Island School
Boxed inverter equipment arriving by boat for Kioa Island School
A woman weaving pandanus leaves in the village on Kioa Island
A woman carrying fresh fish on a pole near the shore on Kioa Island
Close-up of solar panels on a school roof in Fiji

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