Lena’s Story as She Struggles to Meet the Rise in the Cost of Living
27 January 2010
Lena is a thirty four (34) year old woman who is struggling to make ends meet with her three children, 15 year old Jessica, 13 year old Mary and 9 year old Sammy. Living on the outskirts of Honiara, in Solomon Islands, Lena has been the sole bread...
27 January 2010
Lena is a thirty four (34) year old woman who is struggling to make ends meet with her three children, 15 year old Jessica, 13 year old Mary and 9 year old Sammy. Living on the outskirts of Honiara, in Solomon Islands, Lena has been the sole bread...
Helping the Pacific people cope with the global economic crisis
08 January 2010
(Suva, Fiji – 7 January 2010) – “In everybody’s mind, anything could happen tomorrow.” These are the first feelings that Pranit, a carpenter working in the capital of the Fiji Islands, wishes to express regarding the...
08 January 2010
(Suva, Fiji – 7 January 2010) – “In everybody’s mind, anything could happen tomorrow.” These are the first feelings that Pranit, a carpenter working in the capital of the Fiji Islands, wishes to express regarding the...
An additional 50,000 people could be living below the poverty line next year: “I don’t know if I can face more hardship”
23 December 2009
(Suva, Fiji – 23 December 2009) - Emily knows what living in poverty feels like. The Fijian woman in her 60s has to manage on 60 FJD a month provided by the Social Welfare Office. Since her son died two years ago, she has not been able to...
23 December 2009
(Suva, Fiji – 23 December 2009) - Emily knows what living in poverty feels like. The Fijian woman in her 60s has to manage on 60 FJD a month provided by the Social Welfare Office. Since her son died two years ago, she has not been able to...
The Rising Sea, the Changing Tides in Kiribati
23 December 2009
Boobu Tioram has dismantled and moved his house three times in the past nine years. It was either this, or watch his home get washed away by the Pacific Ocean. The two room home is made from a mismatched collection of pieces of corrugated iron and...
23 December 2009
Boobu Tioram has dismantled and moved his house three times in the past nine years. It was either this, or watch his home get washed away by the Pacific Ocean. The two room home is made from a mismatched collection of pieces of corrugated iron and...
Tuvaluan Kids Are Playing Kilikiti When the Global Economic Crisis Hits the Tuvalu Trust Fund
23 December 2009
Nowadays children in Nanumaga Atoll are happier than those who lived 10 years ago. Tupua is a 12-year old boy who lives in Tokelau Village, the only village in Nanumaga Atoll, Tuvalu. He and his friends have a regular favorite activity every...
23 December 2009
Nowadays children in Nanumaga Atoll are happier than those who lived 10 years ago. Tupua is a 12-year old boy who lives in Tokelau Village, the only village in Nanumaga Atoll, Tuvalu. He and his friends have a regular favorite activity every...