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Banging the Drum
Did you know that the Global Economic Crisis is predicted to hit the Pacific Islands hard this year? That none of the Pacific Islands that are classified by the UN as Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals? And that as the recession hits and remittances reduce, export [...]
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UNICEF Responds to Pacific Tsunami Emergency
UNICEF is currently responding to the immediate needs of women and children in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which badly affected Samoa and Tonga yesterday morning. We spoke to our colleagues in the UNICEF Pacific head office in Fiji today who said that most of the initial assessment has been in Western [...]
“The sea never came this close before” Josephine Baaro, 16yrs.
Did you know that Kiribati, a small country of low-lying islands in the Pacific, is expected to be the first country to disappear due to climate change? Imagine waking up to the reality that within 50 years, your whole country could be under water! For our neighbours in the South Pacific, climate change is already [...]
A call to action for all Kiwis
“Many of our lands and home are being destroyed by rising sea levels. Children are being brought to hospitals with dehydration caused by drinking water from wells that have been contaminated with sea water. The most developed countries have to do something. We are looking to countries like NZ and Australia to help us – [...]
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Banging the Drum