Posts from the ‘Solidarity, Winter 2011’ Category
The fifth issue of Solidarity, the newsletter of the Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust, is available below. This issue introduces you to some of the people helping to organise more than 30,000 people in dalit and tribal communities in Tamil Nadu. Cooperative economic development Join us on UnionAID Facebook South India: building economic independence, cooperatively Study [...]
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An exciting new UnionAID project in South India will develop 5 cooperative based businesses and more than 120 micro-enterprises over the next 3 years. This new project will build on the UnionAID project work of the past 3 years which has organised more than 30,000 people in Dalit and Tribal communities and will help them [...]
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www.facebook.com/unionaid Become a UnionAID Facebook friend and meet the workers that your donations are helping. “Share” our news to spread the word about courageous people like Meenakshi, the first female cremation worker in Tamil Nadu who had no sons so took over the job when her husband died. Or meet Mr. Robin, the president of [...]
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The new UnionAID project will enable Dalit and Tribal communities to build their economic independence (from landlords, middle men and moneylenders) through cooperative based businesses and micro-enterprises. On a recent visit to South India UnionAID Executive Chair Ross Wilson was able to talk to many of these groups about their aspirations. Gypsy communities Rajalakshmi and [...]
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The programme has yet to be finalised and will depend on numbers. We will contact those who have expressed interest within the next month or two.
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Tickets to our April fundraising dinner at Maranui sold out within five days. Due to the success of this dinner at which we raised over $3000, UnionAID plans to hold a spring dinner in September. We will notify local members of the date closer to the time.
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Your Kiwi Solidarity contributions recently reached a high of $3000 a month. Thanks to the efforts and encouragement of our volunteers, unionists and others, people are signing up to UnionAID in growing numbers. This regular monthly income provides UnionAID with a sound financial base from which to plan future projects and consider expanding into other [...]
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The new UnionAID skills training centre in Mae Sot is already a great success with all of the trainees obtaining work in local factories on completion of their training. In addition to the first classroom (see Solidarity Summer 2011) a second classroom, an office, and accommodation for both staff and trainees are being built. The [...]
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The past six months have seen a major shift in focus for both of our major projects in Mae Sot and Tamil Nadu. We have been working with the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) in Mae Sot, and the Tamil Nadu Labour Union (TNLU) for several years. In both cases the projects have [...]
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Help needed to uplift the UnionAID profile through online social media. Do you have the skills and interest to help with this. Please contact us if you can give some time: wilsonross@xtra.co.nz Thanks to Oliver Widder at geekandpoke.typepad.com for the cartoon
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