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1 September, 2020: The women of Malaela in Aleipata have successfully completed their handicraft project, which empowered them with skills in sewing and elei-making in order to earn money and provide for their families. Twenty percent (20%) of the women’s Komiti in the beginning had no skills and a few with limited capacity; however, at […]

1 September, 2020: Forty-eight (48) women of Alataua I Sisifo participated in their Sewing and Elei project, supported by the Government of Australia in partnership with the Government of Samoa through the Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) under the Samoa Women Shaping Development Programme (SWSDP-Gender Fund). The focus of this initiative is to empower women […]

“Webinar on World Coconut Day” THEME – Invest in Coconut to save the World: WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020 @ 3 PM (SAMOA TIME) Excellencies, Executive Director and former Executive Directors of our International Coconut Community (ICC), fellow colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,  I am delighted in my capacity as the current Chairman of ICC to join […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The $200,000 allocation approved in the Legislative Assembly’s Fiscal Year Budget 2020-2021 for the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) has been reabsorbed back in the budget to assist the country in its collective response to the COVID-19.  This was approved in a Cabinet directive FK (20)30 on 29th July 2020,  almost a […]

MESC Culture Room; 28th August 2020; Lau susuga I le taitai ole sauniga To our esteemed partners in the public and private sectors, Members of the media and our international partners; It is a pleasure to welcome you all to MESC and to this important Seminar this morning.  As the Government Ministry responsible for culture […]