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more acts for Tuff Tumas Vanuatu Fundraiser

April 16, 2015
Emelda Davis
TUFF TUMAS

more acts for Tuff Tumas Vanuatu Fundraiser… Errol Renaud is an internationally acclaimed reggae extraordinaire who has established a reggae institution here in Australia for the pst 30+ years. He has performed across the nation and abroad and is to be admired for his originality and sustainability....

5000 Blankets bound for Vanuatu

April 16, 2015
Emelda Davis
Vanuatu Appeal

5000 Blankets bound for Vanuatu compliments of Qantas & Wrapped With Love Australia (hand knitted). Your donation will go toward land cartage of 6 containers of much needed resources going to Vanuatu to aid the victims of the cyclone Pam disaster. Click the link to donate via Ozcrowd.co...

Resources from across Australia bound for Vanuatu

April 16, 2015
Emelda Davis
Vanuatu Appeal

NSW State Emergency Service (SES) support in bringing specific resources from across Australia bound for Vanuatu. The first 6 containers will be packed next week with tarps, blankets, insulation, rope and much more. We need your donations for ground cartage. You can donate via Ozcrowd.com Images...

TUFF TUMAS Vanuatu Fundraiser

Australian South Sea Islanders – Port Jackson are holding a charity concert in collaboration with Addison Road Community centre to raise funds for those affected by Cyclone Pam. We invite you to join us in support and solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Vanuatu at the TUFF TUMAS...

Artworks by Foundation Board Member, Shireen Malamoo, donated to Vanuatu appeal.

March 23, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

Shireen Malamoo “Plantation Creek series” As a descendant of Tongoa Vanuatu Shireen is reminiscent of the stoic people she met on her homelands in the 1970’s who have lost virtually everything. Shireen now 79 years was compelled to donate a series precious works that depict her memoirs...

Cyclone Pam Fundraising Appeal

March 23, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

Vanuatu disaster – cyclone Pam March 2015 Dear Community Please consider supporting the shipment of specific needs for Vanuatu Aid. Many people and organisations across the nation have done monumental work in ensuring goods get to Vanuatu for the Cyclone Pam Fundraising Appeal safely. Attached...

Preparing for cyclones Reuben, Solo, Tuni, Ula… and beyond.

March 22, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

Nic Maclellan is a correspondent for Islands Business magazine (Fiji). He travelled to Vanuatu last year with support from the Yumi stap redi long klimaet jenis program. His most recent article, written for the Inside Story website, Preparing for cyclones Reuben, Solo, Tuni, Ula… and beyond. is...

The Faedim Baek Family Association first ever fundraiser.

February 22, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

Memebers of the Faedim Baek Family Association. The “Faedim Baek” Family Association Solomon Islands has held its first ever fundraiser at the Art Gallery today. The aim of the association is to reconnect Solomon Islanders who were taken during the Blackbirding days, to reconnect with...

Mrs Faith Bandler, AO – State Funeral

February 22, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

A state funeral will be held for Mrs Faith Bandler at The Great Hall, Sydney University, from 11.00am Tuesday 24th February 2015. The University of Sydney Science Road, Camperdown NSW 2050 phone: (02) 9351 2222. Seating will be reserved at the very front only for members of Dr Bandler’s...

Mrs Faith Bandler, AO – Remembering our icon.

February 22, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

Mrs Ida Lessing Faith Bandler (née Mussing) died today at the age of ninety-six. Of Australian South Sea Islander and Scottish-Indian descent, Faith Bandler is considered as one of the top ten most important Australian leaders of the twentieth century and is profiled as such in the 1993 Australian...