09.03.2009

OLIVETI CLINIC PROJECT

Summary Of The Oliveti Clinic Project History: A Community-Based Project

• The people of Oliveti village identified the needs for a clinic at Oliveti village. It was a Community-based project. It was a good project approach. It did not follow the traditional top-down project approach. Hence, it helps to know contemporary Community-based project approach in managing and discussing Oliveti clinic project. You can read the stories on this website to understand the experiences of the people of Oliveti village that motivated the people of Oliveti village to decide to build a clinic.

• A early childhood teacher (a lady) at Olivati village initially created interestes of the Olivati village. Hence, the Chief and people of Oliveti village shared their needs with Lindsay Galo Sisiolo. As a result, Lindsay shared the needs and requirements of Oliveti village with Pr Isaac Molea, and other villagers around Lauru Island.

• The people of Oliveti village and other villages around Lauru agreed to build a clinic for Oliveti village - without money available at that time. All the villagers had were village resources, and Lauru Will Power.

• A carpenter at Ghoghobe Seventh-day Adventist Church station created the design for the staff house, and the clinic building. Thus, Pr Isaac Molea requested the Solomon Islands Mission of Seventh-day Adventist Church (SIM) Headquater at Lunga, Honiara for financial help. Thus, SIM provided some fund for the project. The project team in Lauru bought the roofing iron. At that time Lindsay Galo Sisiolo took the responsibility as the Project manager. Pr Isaac Molea supported Lindsay. Both Lindsay and Pr Molea involved villagers around Lauru to help. You can read the stories and see photos of other villages in Lauru who helped Oliveti village.

• It is so wonderful to hear stories about the personal sacrifices of the people of Lauru who helped Oliveti village. Those people were real heroes. The villagers worked free as local volunteers with their own resources. The villagers did what they could. The project team bought roofing iron, and cut some timbers. The project needed more money. The project team looked for extra money.That was when Lindsay requested Lauru Supporting Ministry in Australia for extra support to complete the project. Hence, Lauru Supporting Ministry (LSM) agreed to help. But no money was available.

• LSM created new project organisational structure to move the project forward for the second phase. LSM performed the role of Portfolio management.

• Therefore, LSM collaborated with Rotary Club of Rockhampton Fitzroy, and the project team in Lauru to build for the second phase of the project. The team of  Rotary Club of Rockhampton Fitzroy visited Oliveti clinic for site visit, and for planning stage. The people in Lauru managed the project team in Lauru, and Rotary Club managed the overseas project parts of the Oliveti clinic project. Hence, multiple projects worked together for the Oliveti clinic project.

• Pr Isaac Molea retired. Pr Harsler Polosovai took over the responsibility of Pr Isaac Molea to help Linday in project management. Hence, LSM contacted few potential donors in Australia. Eventually, LSM secured the sponsorship of Rotary Club of Rockhampton Fitzroy in Queensland, Australia. See the website for more information.

• LSM created networks to involve Director of Provincial Health in Choiseul Province on consultations and collaborations on the project. For the community-based project to build the Oliveti clinic. Unfortunately, Choiseul Provincial Health Director at Choiseul Province did not reply to many phone calls and many email requests of Dr Sisiolo for project consultations and collaborations. Nevertheless, Dr Sisiolo asked the Choiseul Provincial Health Director at Taro for the government Functional Design Brief document for building clinics. LSM management knew that the Ministry of Health in Honiara had Functional Design Brief document, and template architectural designs for building clinics. If Choiseul Provincial Health Director at Taro provided the Functional Design Brief document or government architectural designs, LSM would have involved architects and engineers in Australia. To improve on the structures in progress at Oliveti clinic project. But Director of Provincial Health Service of Choiseul Province did not reply to emails and phone calls regarding requests to consultations, and collaborations. Thus, it appeared early in the project planning stage that Choiseul Provincial Health Service did not want to involve on the community-based project at Oliveti clinic. Thus, LSM could not help the Oliveti project team in Lauru to modify the clinic designs, and strcutures. Hence, LSM advised the Olivetic clinic project team to maintain the local designs and structures for the staff house, and the clinic building.

• Oliveti clinic project stakeholders involved Choiseul Provincial Assembly politicians when Choiseul Provincial Health Service Director did not answer many phone calls and did not reply to many emails of Dr Sisiolo regarding requests for Choiseul Provincial Health Service to participate in project consultations, and collaborations early during the planning stage of phase 2 of the project. As a result, Choiseul Provincial Assembly passed a motion/bill (early during the planning stage of the seconnd phase in the project) to include the Oliveti clinic as a Choiseul Province clinic. Unfortunately, the Director of Provincial Health Service of Choiseul Province did not reply to many phone calls and many emails of Dr Sisiolo regarding requests for consultations and collaborations during the planning and construction stages of the second phase of the project. Therefore, no response from Director of Provincial Health in Choiseul Province prevented best practice project delivery and handover with Choiseul Provincial Health Service when the project team handover the clinic to Oliveti village community (for Choiseul Province) at project closure.

• LSM closed the project during the opening of the Oliveti clinic on Thursday, 28 February 2019. All Glories to God.

• Unfortunately, Choiseul Provincial Health Service Headquater at Taro did not provide staff nor operationalise the clinic over many years.

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