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By filming ourselves we found out about others
Published on 23 February 2012
By Anita Morris, teacher at Warruwi School
Warruwi kids were very excited about the Our Day film project with ChildFund Connect, where we got to work with cameras to film bits of our daily lives. But what was really special was what we learned about the other kids and the connections we made...
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Our vision for our village
Published on 10 February 2012
FromBy Zoe Hogan, Communications Program Officer, ChildFund Timor-Leste
In a village called Sana-Nain, at the end of a remote dirt road in Manatuto district, ChildFund Timor-Leste recently spent five days listening to children and young people talk about their lives and experiences of poverty. Sana-Nain is nestled high in the mountains, accessible only by a wide riverbed which becomes impassable after heavy rain...
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My Big Hairy Audacious Goal
Published on 12 January 2012
By India Petrucco, 13, Coast to Coast walker
So I’m sitting in Singapore airport with my family waiting for my connecting flight to Kochi, India and I am thinking, how the hell did I get here? How did I go from feeling sorry for the people living in poverty to walking 800km in 6 weeks across India?
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Project visit and a day we will never forget
Published on 20 December 2011
By Nick Petrucco, ChildFund supporter and Coast to Coast walker
Today started as all days with a visit from the monkeys and being chaperoned down to breakfast by the monkey herder with his slingshot. My daughter India received a visit from the Indian Tooth Fairy last night, having lost a tooth, and found a rupee under her pillow this morning...
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Every person is a whole person the way they are
Published on 02 December 2011
By Maria Attard, Policy & Program Development Coordinator, ChildFund Australia
People with disabilities are a voiceless community – they are seen as a burden on society, particularly in developing countries. In the countries where ChildFund works, it’s very much a charity-based culture, so people with disabilities depend on handouts and don’t know what their rights are...
