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NZAID Field Blog: June 2008
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Peters today launched the. S Pacific development strategy a. S aid and development assistance in the Pacific. Is a Pacific nation and our links with our neighbours are. Long-standing and far reaching. It’s a vibrant relationship that traverses every aspect of our society from sport and religion to family, culture and environment. The Pacific region will need to work the. The challenges are great. In. There are few roads, housing is poor,. Over the next 8 years the. S expectation t...
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NZAID Field Blog: March 2007
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Monday, March 19, 2007. Schools, hospitals and clean water. To get a feel for the issues facing Tonga, visiting local people is the perfect place to start. Visiting schools, the local hospital and nearby village water projects has allowed me to see first hand what life is like here in Tonga - and understand what a difference NZAID projects can and do make, given time and careful planning. Here is a run down of my observations. The principal of the school shows us the key issue facing the school at the mo...
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NZAID Field Blog: April 2006
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Friday, April 28, 2006. Angau Hospital is the main hospital in Lae PNG’s second city and services the surrounding region. The visit began with a briefing from the hospital’s newly appointed Director (second week in the job) who spoke frankly about the challenges the hospital was facing. The clinic is also working closely with the local police in Lae to make sure that complaints are followed through on and perpetrators are punished. About 1000 women have visited the clinic in the last two and a half years.
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NZAID Field Blog: June 2007
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Friday, June 29, 2007. The Foreign Minister's 2007 Pacific Visit. Keep an eye on NZAID's blog next week - we'll be blogging on NZAID issues from Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands and Samoa as part of the annual visit to the Pacific by the Foreign Minister. Posted by Catrina @ NZAID at 3:14 PM. This is a Flickr badge showing photos in a set called HIV/AIDS Study Tour. Make your own badge here. One Year On Blog. Life on an Outer Island. Two serious storms hit the Philippines. On the ground in Afghanistan.
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NZAID Field Blog: May 2008
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Monday, May 12, 2008. Reconstruction to Development: Nias, Indonesia. Right now the world’s attention is on the devastating cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Reports show that over 1.5 million people have been impacted and nations from around the world, including New Zealand have all responded with immediate pledges of aid but what happens after that immediate aid effort? What happens when the hype dies down? How do communities rebuild and move forward? What can we learn from other disasters? Poverty indicators...
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NZAID Field Blog: December 2007
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Thursday, December 20, 2007. The Heights of Papua New Guinea. Written by Caroline Newson: PNG Programme Officer. As a newly appointed NZAID Development Programme Officer, I recently went on a familiarisation trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG). This was my first time in PNG, and in fact my first visit to a Pacific country. Our contingent for the Highlands visit consisted of Sarndra and I, along with Tauaasa Taafaki, NZAID Manager and Freddy Hombuhanje, recently appointed NZAID Development Programme Co-ordinat...
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NZAID Field Blog: April 2008
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Thursday, April 24, 2008. Women with Disabilities Forum in Samoa. Women with disabilities often face double discrimination, because they are women and because they have disabilities. The first ever Women with Disabilities Forum took place in Apia, Samoa on 21 and 22 April 2008. As NZAID’s Megan McCoy reports, the forum provided an opportunity for women from across the Pacific to share their experiences and work together to bring about change. Discussions about human rights are even more pertinent today a...
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NZAID Field Blog: September 2007
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Experience in the field - Sri Lanka. NZAID is providing some funding to Sarvodaya for a mobile medical clinic which should be up and running early next year. The clinic will provide primary health care, focusing on prevention to rural areas in the south. It was through this support that I first learned of Sarvodaya. Well, there's lots more work to do, so I'd better get cracking. Posted by Catrina @ NZAID at 9:03 AM. Make your own badge here. One Year On Blog.
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NZAID Field Blog: July 2007
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007. During our short time in Honiara, Rt Hon Winston Peters announced New Zealand would provide a $7.5 million assistance package to help the Western Province region recover from April’s earthquake and tsunami. New Zealand’s assistance will focus on helping to restore education, rebuild lost livelihoods especially in fisheries and repair homes and transport infrastructure. This is something I saw in Sri Lanka after the Asian Tsunami many fishing villages had been provided with new f...
