Pacific Islands

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Damning climate change reports, South Sudan and Tsunami response

Posted on 09 October 2018

+ 'Last chance' report on Global Warming 
World leaders have been told they have a moral obligation to ramp up their action on the climate crisis in the wake of a new UN report that…
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Post Nauru, Are the SDGs working?, More US cuts in aid, More on safeguarding, Latest CID Talk, Mick Jagger & much more

Posted on 11 September 2018

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+ Round Up of Nauru Pacific Leaders Forum

The 49th Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru concluded on the 6th Sept and the theme this year…
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Kids off Nauru, MFAT submissions, conflict in Syria and Safeguarding tools

Posted on 04 September 2018

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119 children live on Nauru who are suffering from traumatic withdrawal syndrome.

15 children have either made repeated suicide attempts or are regularly self-harming.

A…
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India Wren Green

Kofi Annan, kids on Nauru, floods in India, NGOs and languages, US Aid cuts and more

Posted on 21 August 2018

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+ Kofi Annan 'a secular pope' has died

Kofi Annan, nobel peace laureate, UN secretary-general during difficult times from 1997 to 2006 , and peace…
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India CWS

Mapping aid in the Pacific, resources for Safeguarding and update on the SDGs

Posted on 14 August 2018

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+ Mapping aid means better aid - Lowy Institute's new Pacific Aid Map

The Lowy Institute (with the help of Australian aid) has launched…
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India Leprosy Mission 3

Geopolitics in the Pacific heats up, global disability summit and more of Social Enterprises

Posted on 31 July 2018

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+ Geopolitics in the Pacific heats up

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo gave a keynote speech overnight, committing $113 million to new investments…
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India Leprosy Mission 4

Social enterprises, partnering with business and asylum seekers good for the economy

Posted on 24 July 2018

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+ CID opens the door to social enterprise

A huge CID welcome to our new member, The Ākina Foundation.  Ākina is well known to many…
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SDGs, new development fund, rule of law & refugees

SDGs, new development fund, rule of law & refugees

Posted on 10 July 2018

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+ New energy NGOs, business and government  to work on SDGs

"Expect to work together longer and more closely, get better at reporting and involve more local…
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India UnionAID 2

EU & migrants, Syria, plastic bags and are you woke?

Posted on 03 July 2018

+ Off-shore migration centres for EU?

European Union leaders are exploring “controlled centers” inside Europe to assess migrants, and "regional disembarkment platforms” outside the bloc, likely in North Africa, according to Devex. They also agreed to…
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Indonesia Matt King SurfAid

Refugees, US withdraws from human rights and new stats on the Pacific

Posted on 26 June 2018

+ A 'crime' to help refugees doesn't stop NGOs

Just after World Refugee Day, Hungary’s parliament passed a law that not only makes it almost impossible to seek asylum in Hungary, but also…
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