Category Archives: Child friendly schools

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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Child Friendly Schools in the Solomon Islands

By Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: March 12, 2010
Yesterday we visited schools from the UNICEF NZ and NZAID KOHA-funded Child Friendly Schools (CFS) project in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It’s a 40 minute boat ride from the provincial capital Gizo to Kaza village on Kolombangara island. Kaza was badly affected by the 2007 earthquake and tsunami – the school was [...]
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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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Lives lost and lives re-built.

By Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director, UNICEF NZ, Published: July 28, 2009
Our next visit was to Titianna, one of the more affected and troubling communities located on the opposite side of the Island to Gizo, which is the main town of Western Province. It was this side of the island where the tsunami wrecked the most damage. People lived on the edge of the beach and [...]
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Rebuilding shattered lives (and a crocodile encounter)!

By Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director, UNICEF NZ, Published: July 27, 2009
Hi Folks, Sorry about the delay in the blog posts – as you can imagine, internet connections are not always the best when you are visiting remote islands! The plane we travelled in to Gizo had a sophisticated (!) refueling system. It was back to good-old hand pumping from 44 gallon drums of fuel!! The airport is on [...]
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