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Closing the Digital-Divide to achieve the SDGs

Posted on 02 September 2021

The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum is currently underway in Fiji.  

This is a gathering of UN agencies, and representatives from a wide spectrum of farmers organizations, civil society and business leader…
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Haitians Wary of International Aid

Posted on 02 September 2021

More than 2,200 deaths have been recorded so far after the latest earthquake in Haiti, while at least 30,000 families have had to abandon their homes. Many were sleeping on…
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CID Weekly: What next for Afghanistan, Aid neutrality in Myanmar, Covid in the Pacific

Posted on 01 September 2021

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PNG COVID challenges increase

Posted on 27 August 2021

PNG COVID challenges increase
As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds, more than 130,000 vaccines donated by the global facility COVAX doses have expired in Papua New Guinea, reports the Lowy Institute.

With a population…
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CID Weekly: What we can do for Afghans now, Haiti response failing, US in the Pacific & Covid

Posted on 24 August 2021

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Vaccine roll out dashboard

Total number of vaccination doses (single) administered per 100 people in the total population (as of March 16):

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CID Modern Day Slavery Research Report

Posted on 24 August 2021

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This new research explores how migrant workers in South East Asia and elsewhere are vulnerable to exploitation by brokers who charge excessive recruitment fees, withhold identification documents of…
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New Zealand charities call to raise the refugee quota

Posted on 23 August 2021

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23 August 2021

Aid charities are calling for New Zealand to play its part, and increase the refugee quota by 1000 immediately to take in those Afghans and…
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Kiwi aid charities call: ‘support for aid workers in Afghanistan too'

Posted on 19 August 2021

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19 August 2021

Today is World Humanitarian Day, and the aid sector is calling on the government to support local Afghan staff working for aid charities.

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Earthquake Disaster in Haiti

Posted on 17 August 2021

Death toll from Haiti earthquake now over 1,200

The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures…
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CID Weekly: Chaos in Afghanistan, disaster in Haiti, Global Giving Week appeals launched

Posted on 17 August 2021

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The above graph shows the rolling 7-day average of COVID vaccine doses administered per 100 people for selected countries.

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