Hi all, I’m Stephen Day – I work at TEU and I do some design work for the UnionAID team from time to time. This year I’ve decided to run the Rotorua Marathon. Rotorua Marathon is one complete circle of Lake Rotorua and is New Zealand’s most run, and walked, marathon. It’s also one of [...]
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FLAVOURS OF SOLIDARITY UnionAID Cookbook Recipes from India and South East Asia Limited edition – get your orders NOW! UnionAID has compiled a set of fabulous Indian and South East Asian recipes and is publishing these in a small but perfectly formed book of easy to make and delicious recipes – a cookbook you will really [...]
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The sixth issue of Solidarity, the newsletter of the Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust, is available below. This issue introduces new projects in Sri Lanka and the Pacific, as well as updates on ongoing projects in Tamil Nadu and Mae Sot. New Projects in Sri Lanka, Mae Sot and the Pacific Worker co-operatives: Tamil Nadu Labour Union leads the [...]
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UnionAID has had an active few months developing new project options. A new project in Sri Lanka, starting in the new year, will establish a Women’s Centre in Eastern Sri Lanka from which two organisers will provide support and union organisation for more than 5,000 Tamil women workers in garment factories which have been established [...]
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Increasingly experts are questioning the role of aid in the reduction of poverty. Some are even suggesting that at times it might contribute to the problem. So what development programmes should we support? The United Nations has claimed that co-operatives not only achieve the common goals of their members but also promote “poverty reduction, employment [...]
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Gareth Morgan has agreed to match us dollar for dollar up to $30,000 a year with our fundraising for the new Tamil Nadu project. Thanks to hard work from UnionAID activists, and generous donations from our supporters, we are on track to meet that target for the first six months of the project. Our sincere [...]
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In Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border, new migrants from Burma are learning valuable work skills thanks to the Occupational Training Centre set up by the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) with support from UnionAID. Yin Yin and La Ka Prae Moo crossed the border in the hope of finding work in Thailand [...]
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On track to exceed target of 350 trainees in twelve months All 297 trainees to date have obtained jobs High quality of training has been praised by trainees and employers Buildings all completed including accommodation for trainees and staff Vegetable gardens have been established and 200 kgs of white carrot and 40 kgs of pumpkin [...]
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An online database has been developed with the help of Susan Iversen of Karo Data Management in Wellington. This will provide statistical information to evaluate the Tamil Nadu economic development project. To gather this data a small survey was designed in collaboration with project directors in India. This covers demographic data and three measures which will identify [...]
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Only $10 Selling Fast Mouth watering Indian and South Asian recipes: discover the delights of Burmese cookery. All ingredients available locally. Only $10 from Wellington Moore Wilsons Fresh, Maranui Cafe , Queen Sally’s Diamond Deli or order online at: unionaid.org.nz/2011/09/order-a-cookbook/
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