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Focus on disability and development
Contents:
Volume 28, No.1
Global news
Features
Special: Disability and development
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Previous editions
Focus on humanitarian aid
Focus on effective aid
Focus on education
Focus on Indonesia
Focus on food
Focus on innovation
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Well, the first issue of Focus for 2013 is here!
International aid is such a complex, challenging, uplifting, inspiring
field, as well as an incredibly important responsibility. So many wonderful
stories. Some from this issue may move you to tears—the incredible
story of a labouring mother in danger in Papua New Guinea, people with
disability forging futures, fighting stigma, demanding education and
opportunity against incredible odds or amazingly resilient female health
workers in Zimbabwe, thrilled with new bicycles from UNI CEF. These are
the people that AusAID is helping. This is YOUR aid program at work.
Not long ago, the United Nations launched its ‘1000 Days of Action’
campaign, marking 1000 days until the deadline for meeting the
Millenium Development Goals. Extreme poverty has been halved since
they were agreed in 2000. Millions more children have been immunised.
Millions more children, many girls, are in school. But I think about how
much more there is to do. Consider this one sobering fact: despite vast
improvements, around 30 000 children still die each DAY, mainly from
preventable causes.
Australia has an aid program to be proud of. And we’re all
stakeholders. Enjoy this edition of Focus. Tell people about what we’re
doing. Encourage your friends, your family and colleagues to read, to
learn, and to engage with what the aid program is achieving. There’s a
lot at stake.
As always, we ask for feedback and ideas—just drop a line to
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Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women's World Banking.
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The Philippines is one of our close neighbours in the Asia-Pacific and a major development partner.
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Meet one of the field vaccinators who runs the polio campaign at the grassroots level in rural areas.
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Back in 2006, Focus did a feature on rural communities in the Pacific and Timor-Leste.
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Jackson Fred saves mother and child.
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Avoidable blindness programs are helping to reduce the prevalence of avoidable blindness.
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Australian training is an opportunity for Dr Deki Trong to learn new skills.
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Global education was at the forefront of everyone's minds at the Global Education Summer School.
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Last reviewed: 21 January, 2013