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Joining Forces to Protect Children – A Story from Haiti

By Sally, Published: May 21, 2010
By Cifora Monier and Jill Van den Brule “Sa ki pa nan espas n’ap voye yo ale.” Those that do not belong in this space should be out of this place. Over 100 voices rise joyously to affirm this Haitian Creole phrase with harmonious confidence. Their owners feel protected in more ways than one. Beneath the hills [...]
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Judith and the Promise of Education – a Story from Haiti

By Sally, Published: May 14, 2010
Judith talks with simple honesty about her sufferings and daily life following the devestating earthquake in Haiti. Judith and her teacher, Ms. Lambton, say that education is the vital hope for the future.
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Thanks Gareth and Jo!

By Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director, UNICEF NZ, Published: August 3, 2009
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 solar [...]
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By Gareth Morgan - UNICEF Ambassador, Published: August 3, 2009
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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“You just want to stay and help!”

By Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director, UNICEF NZ, Published: July 29, 2009
Our second day took us to Irigilia, a two hour boat ride from Gizo. Again we received the friendly welcome -  firstly from the painted warriors and then from the singing children. It is humbling to see how much these visits mean to people that they go to so much trouble. The welcome  included singing, [...]
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