Stacey King's Blog Posts Tagged 'aid' (6)

12 Feb 2013 Sydney Morning Herald

On an average day in Kiribati we can look out across our calm and peaceful lagoons and see people fishing and going about their daily business and everything is at it has been for many generations.

But this is deceptive. We now know that we are being subjected to a gradual, creeping and insidious process: climate change. This directly threatens the future of our homeland - our people will be scattered, and the survival of our unique culture,…

Updated December 12, 2011 09:11:52

The way the Australian government spends millions of dollars on overseas scholarships is in the news again.



This time the Kiribati Government has allegedly barred Australian government officials from meetings to determine which students will get offers to study in Australia. An audit of AusAID's office in the capital Tarawa, obtained under freedom of information law, warns the closed-door approach…

Dear Stacy and Friends of the Banaban People.…

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A RELIEF run to hurricane-struck areas in the Northern Division is being organised by a cruise ship company that has close ties to the area.

Morika Hunter-Young, of the tourist vessel Tui Tai, said the company's charitable arm was organising relief supplies to be shipped to Rabi and Kioa islands, and Natewa Bay and Udu Point on Vanua Levu.

"We cruise that area every day and they are everything about…

We have set up a direct DONATIONS fundraising page and Ken will be leaving for Fiji to try and get across to Rabi as soon as he gets his emergency passport through.

If you can help him please contact us.

He will be looking at taking in emergeny food and assessing the situation as soon as possible.

Have just heard that Fiji military and navy will try to send in assessment team to the northern region which is great but as we know with experience from the past, Rabi seems…