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Monthly Archives: August 2009
10-20%? What do you think?
UNICEF’s Kiwi Climate delegates are making waves in their local communities! Abby and Travis, our two Nelson delegates will be meeting their local MP and Minister for the Environment, Hon Dr Nick Smith this Friday (14th August) to discuss the Government’s recent announcement of a conditional 10-20% emissions reduction target. What do you think Abby [...]
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Do you know a goodie in a hoodie?
UNICEF staff wore hoodies at work on Wednesday to celebrate UN International Youth Day. Hoodies are often associated with negative stereotypes of youth in New Zealand. But hoodies are just a practical piece of clothing that are popular with young people! International Youth Day reminds us to think about young people we know who are [...]
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Thanks Gareth and Jo!
A great big thank you to Gareth and Jo Morgan for their matching funding announced today of up to $500,000 to improve education in the Solomon Islands. New Zealand, what an opportunity to really make your charity donation do so much more! The $1m will be used to build and renovate schools, provide them with [...]
Categories: Build back better, Solomon Islands 1 Comment
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Jo and I have just returned from the Solomon Islands convinced that it’s one of these countries that is going to really struggle to do anything more than deliver merely a subsistence existence to the bulk of its citizens. It just doesn’t seem to have oodles of natural resource advantages and those it does have [...]
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