Stuyvenberg Rural Training Centre information

Student dormitories of the Stuyvenberg RTC, with sweet potato plantation on 3 June 1993.

Students gardening at the Stuyvenberg RTC, presumably in 2011.

Two pictures from the Stuyvenberg Rural Training Centre, from 1993 (top) and around 2011 (bottom) respectively, from a very similar standpoint and angle.

The Stuyvenberg Rural Training Centre (abbreviated "Stuyvenberg RTC")^[1] is a rural boarding centre of vocational education by the Society of Mary, located on the north coast of eastern Makira in Solomon Islands.^[2] It aims to provide skills to standard six school–leavers to be used in the rural area,^[2] or to assist standard six and form three school-leavers in their future career planning.^[3] Agriculture comprises most of its education.^[3] The centre was founded by the Dutch Marist Fr. George Vanderzant^[4] in 1991, when there were 25 students.^[3]

It is located in Na'ana,^[3] situated on fertile coastal land,^[2] an extensive food plain of the Weinagho (and others),^[3] and is located close to a natural water sources,^[2] such as the Weinagho and other rivers.^[3]

A 2010 source noted that, due to a lack of electricity was not available at the centre, neither via a generator, nor via water or solar power. Therefore, the centre does not have computers.^[5] At that time, electricity and internet access were at a travelling distance of 2.5 hours^[4] (which is also the time needed for travel between the centre and Kirakira by canoe).^[3] The mentioned source noted that the centre encompassed 92 students.^[4] In 2009, it was noted that there were over a hundred.^[3]

In 1998, the construction of an airport was started.^[3]

^ SOLOMON ISLANDS. Study to Support the Development of a National Skills Training Plan (Report). Washington: East Asia and Pacific Region. Human Development Sector Unit. The World Bank. March 2007. Report No. 39317-SB.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kua, Nixon. "Solomon Islands Training Needs Analysis" (PDF). The Pacific Community (SPC). EUROPEANUNION - PACIFIC TECHNICAL ANDVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Jackson, Grahame; Tutua, Joini; Barry, Inia; Pitaki, Tikai; Taro, Lynette; Pae, Sailas; Warita, Peter; Tamasia, Faustina. "Extreme living, extreme need. A report of the 2006 Kastom Gaden Association assessment of the food security and livelihood potential of the Weather Coast of Makira, Solomon Islands" (PDF). TerraCircle. Kastom Gaden Association.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fr. Gavin's Mission in the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Today's Marists. No. Spring 2010. The Marist Fathers & Brothers, Atlanta Sector, USA Province Society of Mary. Marists in the U.S. May 2010. p. 5.
^ "Fr. Gavin's Mission in the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Today's Marists. No. Spring 2010. The Marist Fathers & Brothers, Atlanta Sector, USA Province (Society of Mary. Marists in the U.S. May 2010. p. 5. Fr. Galvin does hope one day to have electricity at the Styvenberg Center. "With electricity we could fish and have refrigeration. With a generator or solar or water power, we might have computers and the ability to be in touchwith the outside world."

[The-World-Bank-1] SOLOMON ISLANDS. Study to Support the Development of a National Skills Training Plan (Report). Washington: East Asia and Pacific Region. Human Development Sector Unit. The World Bank. March 2007. Report No. 39317-SB.

[SPC-2] Kua, Nixon. "Solomon Islands Training Needs Analysis" (PDF). The Pacific Community (SPC). EUROPEANUNION - PACIFIC TECHNICAL ANDVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT.

[KGA-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Jackson, Grahame; Tutua, Joini; Barry, Inia; Pitaki, Tikai; Taro, Lynette; Pae, Sailas; Warita, Peter; Tamasia, Faustina. "Extreme living, extreme need. A report of the 2006 Kastom Gaden Association assessment of the food security and livelihood potential of the Weather Coast of Makira, Solomon Islands" (PDF). TerraCircle. Kastom Gaden Association.

[Marist-4] "Fr. Gavin's Mission in the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Today's Marists. No. Spring 2010. The Marist Fathers & Brothers, Atlanta Sector, USA Province Society of Mary. Marists in the U.S. May 2010. p. 5.

[Marist-electricity-5] "Fr. Gavin's Mission in the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Today's Marists. No. Spring 2010. The Marist Fathers & Brothers, Atlanta Sector, USA Province (Society of Mary. Marists in the U.S. May 2010. p. 5. Fr. Galvin does hope one day to have electricity at the Styvenberg Center. "With electricity we could fish and have refrigeration. With a generator or solar or water power, we might have computers and the ability to be in touchwith the outside world."