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 The workshop and training component of my work has finished for the year and I would like to summarise and give thanks to the people and organisations who gave me the opportunity to work together. I am also looking forward to work in the new year.

Yesterday I returned from Timaru where I conducted a one day workshop on "resilience and hope" for the staff of the South Canterbury Hospice organisation.  

The workshop was an inspiration and the result was that at the end of the 5 days a steering group has been formed to take palliative care in Samoa forward.

Since my last entry in February 2010, much has happened.

I had the privilege to be invited by Steven Pitman, co-ordinator of the rural GP network in Wodonga, Australia, to conduct a workshop with a very inspiring group of heal ... Read full post »

Since my last visit to Samoa in November 09 there have been many developments, culminating in a 6 visit contract with the NGO Women In Business development Initiatives in Apia Samoa.

Sue marsden and myself will be working clos ... Read full post »

Last Friday I received an email from RoseCharities Canada, with a query whether I would be able to respond to a request from the Samoan government for assistance with grief couseling stated as part of their 5th Government Release of the ... Read full post »

This conference combined the bi-annual meetings of Palliative Care Australia and the Asia Pacific Hospice Network, called "Together, cultural connections for quality care at the end of life"

I have ... Read full post »