The devastation in the Philippines this last few days has been hard to watch. Typhoon Haiyan tore through, killing and displacing thousands. As usual, it is the poor who bear the brunt of these disasters, left without homes and livelihoods, little Government support, rations and emergency packs from NGOs like the International Red Cross or UNICEF, but only […]
This week the UN released a report stating that 20,000 girls under 18 in developing countries give birth EVERYDAY. The majority of these girls are under 15 and nine out of ten are the result of a marriage or union. I have a 16 year old. Many of you have teenage or pre teen girls […]
This week I travelled to Port Moresby to a forum where some of the wonderful people I work with in my ‘day job’ came together from all over PNG to showcase their programs. We support a peace building program in the Highlands and in Bougainville and I am always inspired by what is possible when people are committed […]
