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Save the Children launches first-of-its kind digital program for vulnerable Fijians

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 19th January 2021 -  The charity’s $6.6 million digital cash program is the largest humanitarian cash transfer in Fiji’s history  in the region  

Opinion

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Vaccines, villains and victories

Audette Exel, Thursday, 14th January 2021 -  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues there is a lot of focus on when Australians will get the vaccine – but almost no discussion of the global situation and the impact of vaccine nationalism, writes Audette Exel AO.

Analysis

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Less than one quarter of Australian aid invested in children

Mercy Chipo Jumo, Friday, 20th November 2020 -  How does Australia’s child-focused aid stack up against comparable countries? Dane Moores and Mercy Jumo share findings from the NextGen Aid Report Card, which was released to mark World Children's Day. 
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UK issues sex ban for aid workers

Luke Michael, Friday, 30th October 2020 -  It comes after more than 50 women recently accused aid workers of demanding sex for jobs during the Congo Ebola outbreak 

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Pacific funding boost to come at a cost

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 7th October 2020 -  Australia’s foreign aid budget does not go far enough to address the threat to global progress on poverty that the pandemic poses, advocates say. 
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Aussies come together to end COVID for all

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 19th August 2020 -  More than 150 organisations and over 13,000 Australians have signed a pledge in solidarity with poorer nations 
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Foreign aid transformed amid crisis

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 18th May 2020 -  Overseas aid charities are scrambling to deliver programs amongst coronavirus chaos

Oxfam staff cuts highlight struggles across foreign aid sector

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 4th May 2020 -  The organisation says it is struggling to stay afloat financially amid the outbreak of coronavirus

Opinion

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COVID-19 and the Pacific: A race against time

Mat Tinkler, Tuesday, 21st April 2020 -  While you sit at home flicking between Netflix and the transfixing flattening of Australia’s corona curve, spare a thought for your neighbours in the Pacific, writes Mat Tinkler, deputy CEO of Save the Children Australia.
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Australia steps down aid in Asia, as it steps up in the Pacific

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 18th February 2020 -  Aid groups say funding cuts in Southeast Asia do not make sense from both a humanitarian and security standpoint
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