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27 Feb 2018

Telling island stories

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26 Feb 2018

Catalayah by Wendy Hara

I memorised the rhythm of your heart, almost inaudible but I heard you, a beating body inside a body being beaten. Growing within me ...

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30 Jan 2018

Can stories create change? Commonwealth Conversations at Civil Society Week

Can stories told through the medium of films, short stories and poetry, change the way people perceive social problems and challenge ...

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29 Jan 2018

A new policy for civil society in Nigeria

The recent debate in Nigeria on Bill HB585 provided an unexpected opportunity for The Nigeria Network of NGOs’ to advance its efforts ...

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29 Jan 2018

The Brief Insignificant History of Peter Abraham Stanhope by Mary Rokonadravu

At 11.42 pm on 1 November, 2016, Peter Abraham Stanhope sat at his family’s old mahogany dining table and slit his wrists. He had ...

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25 Jan 2018

Telling the story of indigenous survival

In October, I received an email from the Commonwealth Foundation. It contained an invitation to participate in the International Civil ...

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15 Jan 2018

Submissions Form: Gratiaen Trust Writing Workshop. Deadline 5pm (sri lanka time) 28 February 2018

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12 Jan 2018

Bula!

In October, I received an email from the Commonwealth Foundation. It contained an invitation to participate in the International Civil ...

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20 Dec 2017

Pacific Shorts premiere at the Hawaiian International Film Festival

There is something magical about sitting in a dark auditorium with 200 hundred strangers waiting to share the same experience. Sitting ...

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20 Dec 2017

Advocacy is not complaining: Jamaicans for clean air and water

Jamaican communities living near to mining and quarrying operations often experience adverse impacts to air and water and to their ...

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