You may have sensed some overwhelm in last week’s blog update. Our Coordinator Urmila had lost everything, she and her family had been injured in the fury of TC Winston and we had only been able to locate 6 of
This week has been personal for our team. We are aching for our friend, our ‘a Girl & her world’ Coordinator Urmila and her family who have experienced great trauma. They’ve lost everything – home, livelihoods, animals, possessions – and
I love this photo. It was taken about 6 months ago during a trip to RakiRaki, the community we support in Fiji. I am sitting with our in-country Coordinator, my long time friend Urmila, outside her humble, corrugated iron home.
About five years ago I had a call from a friend in Fiji, Urmila, a Red Cross volunteer I had worked with when living there. Her daughter Kajal was about to start high school and she just needed a bit
It’s around this time each year that we start thinking about western consumerism on overdrive Christmas. For some this is a joy, for others a burden. Mostly, we relieve ourselves of a sizeable amount of cash and eat and drink
This weekend we are celebrating International Day of the Girl! The global theme is ‘The Power of the Adolescent Girl’ or if you met some of the Girls we support you could also call it SASS! Girls are powerful creatures.
