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Barefoot College Pacific Islands

Phone: +61 448 622 977

Address: Newcastle Australia

Website: https://www.barefootcollege.org

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21.01.2022 A Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers across the globe from Barefoot College https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0nCI5jCW8

19.01.2022 There are numerous projects currently being undertaken by the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation to help in women empowerment and resilience.

15.01.2022 To all our Solar Women and Partners in the South Pacific, be safe!

12.01.2022 Forget plastic and leather, your next wallet could be made from a more ethical and eco-friendly alternativebanana fiber. Kosrae, Micronesia-based startup Green Banana Paper tapped into banana tree waste, upcycling the unlikely material into stylish and sturdy vegan leather wallets. Green Banana Paper launched a Kickstarter to bring these eco friendly wallets to the global market and help improve the lives of local farmers.... https://greenbananapaper.com

12.01.2022 Damming a river with concrete restricts its flow, but it doesn’t stop the salmon that live in it trying to swim back upstream. The salmon of America’s Elwha River, in northwestern Washington State, are now able to migrate again a century after the river was dammed. When the dams were still there, I was able to stand on the top and see the salmon; they were still, after 100 years, trying to get back upstream, says Amy Kober from American Rivers, an organization spearheading ...the removal of dams and the restoration of rivers in the US. A lot of the river is protected, so when you took the dams away, we really were able to let a river be wild again. https://www.weforum.org//american-rivers-dam-removal-free-

11.01.2022 Back to the future: traditional woven baskets replace plastic bags in Samoa Before plastic bags were banned in Samoa, the Samoa Women's Association of Growers #SWAG took it upon themselves to make the switch to environmentally friendly options early. Everyone from the Prime Minister to the local school teacher is carrying woven traditional baskets.... As plastic bags and products continue to be phased out across the Pacific residents are increasingly turning back to traditional practices and methods.

10.01.2022 It is hard to imagine a more difficult situation, the catastrophe of COVID-19 and the disaster of a category five cyclone all wrapped into one. UNICEF Pacific Representative

07.01.2022 The breadth of the COVID-19 pandemic has impugned the most vulnerable with unique challenges, affecting regions of the world differently. Connecting with our global scope of ground partners and beneficiaries, Barefoot College is granted with accurate regional insight that can help people and partners to address issues on a case-by-case basis. Reports tell us that although the number of those infected has remained relatively low, the effects of a sudden lockdown and the pract...ice of serious precautionary actions have devastated many local businesses and created inaccessibility to many essential resources. Extreme poverty, therefore, is a potential future for many residents. The region has also had to endure tropical Cyclone Harold this April, that barraged several islands with category 5 storms. Vanuatu, Tonga and the south of Fiji experienced extreme weather, for instance, destroying homes and tearing through fragile ecosystems and shorelines. https://www.barefootcollege.org/an-update-on-the-pacific-i/

06.01.2022 Samoa is replacing single us plastic with banana leaves :)

05.01.2022 Beautiful Tuvalu

04.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/BarefootCollege/videos/944240546079234/

03.01.2022 The Barefoot College that is currently under construction in Macuata is expected to be completed by year end. https://www.fbcnews.com.fj//barefoot-college-expected-to-/

02.01.2022 "We don’t look for ‘donors.’ We look for partners interested to invest in human innovation that will endure." Meagan Fallone - CEO Barefoot College International https://www.barefootcollege.org/donate/?cc=usd https://www.barefootcollege.org/donate/?cc=usd