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Helen Clark says we must keep the post-2015 debate going 26 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
The debate about what happens to the global development agenda after 2015 is in danger of “going to sleep” unless we make a real effort to keep the momentum going, according to Helen Clark, Administra...
Elizabeth 21 Aug 2013 | 09:23 am
Elizabeth is one of the joys of my assignment. She is now three years old and has just started coming to the preschool class at Callan, Buka. I first met Elizabeth when she was one year old. At that ...
Helen Clark to get a taste of life below the poverty line 21 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
While Wellingtonians are enjoying some of the capital’s best food at Wellington on a Plate events on Thursday, former Prime Minister Helen Clark will be having a dining experience of a different sort ...
Photo essay: technology in the field 20 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
Liz Hicks works as the manager at The Nazareth Rehabilitation Centre, an NGO in Bougainville that supports women and children who have experienced domestic violence. I met these two in the Hauswin (t...
New volunteers heading out on assignment - August 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 05:20 am
Featuring our new volunteers who have headed out on assignment in July and August 2013. MELANESIA Bougainville Tyler Rosolowski is volunteering as an ICT Network Adviser with the Division ...
August 2013 featured photo 19 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
Sister Lorraine gets online in the Sisters of Nazareth Convent garden, while beside her two young men construct a table from bush materials. Liz Hicks is working as the manager at The Nazareth Reh...
A flying blog 19 Aug 2013 | 03:17 am
We had a busy day last Wednesday — the NGO Partnership contingent was in Papua New Guinea. No I didn't meet this giant croc in person, but I enjoyed this great photo featured on my hotel wall. We vi...
Good maternal health the key to a better future for women in the Pacific 19 Aug 2013 | 03:08 am
Achieving the objectives of MDG5 is vital to help women in developing countries lift themselves and their families out of poverty, writes Gill Greer, CEO of VSA. [PostQuote ID=73] I recently inte...
The lengths we go to 19 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
For Callan to do our work, we must travel to the villages. This can be quite a mission at times. Paul climbing the cliff. One of the more spectacular places we go to, on a regular basis, is to a vil...
Just another day in paradise 15 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
I've had a few people ask me what I do during a typical day here in Honiara so here's an outline of my busy day yesterday. 7.30am Start walking to work. One of my neighbours catches up to me and we ...
