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30 05, 2019

Harnessing Vanuatu’s youth and blockchain to build resilience

Harnessing Vanuatu’s youth and blockchain to build resilience

2019-05-31T11:51:27+12:00May 30th, 2019|Categories: News from Melanesia, Pacific Resilience, Pasifika Rising News|Tags: Blockchain, Pacific Cash Transfer, pacific humanitarian, Pacific youth|

Oxfam's Sandra Hart was a featured speaker during the opening session at the Pacific Resilience Partnership meeting in Suva in May. Highlights from her speech follow: To innovate is to adapt. To adapt is to take risks and to face risks in order to better anticipate and mitigate risks for the future. In

6 12, 2018

Oxfam continues cash assistance to Vanuatu evacuees

Oxfam continues cash assistance to Vanuatu evacuees

2018-12-06T15:24:29+13:00December 6th, 2018|Categories: Featured, Pacific Resilience|Tags: ambae volcano, cash transfer, pacific humanitarian, Vanuatu|

SOME 2694 families are expected to benefit from the Cash Transfer Programme distributions beginning on Thursday, December 6 for displaced members of Ambae Island who are currently living on Santo. The program is being administered by Oxfam in Vanuatu office with donor support from the New Zealand Government and the Cargill Foundation of the