[PDFlist] 5th Pacific Regional Conference on Disability: A Real Success

[Robyn James]

Thank you Seta - and a special big thank you to all of the PDF staff and to
NOLA staff, volunteers and members. It was a memorable event - as usual -
but I think maybe the best yet!!

Vinaka vaka levu Taafetiilava

Robyn

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Setareki Macanawai <
CEO at pacificdisability.org> wrote:

> A Very Warm Pacific Greetings to You All!
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> On behalf of the governing Board, staff and members of the Pacific
> Disability Forum (PDF), I wish to extend our sincere appreciation and deep
> gratitude to all participants, presenters, funders/sponsors, sign-language
> interpreters, personal assistants, volunteers and supporters who joined us
> in Apia, Samoa last week, 20-24 February 2017 during our 5th Pacific
> Regional Conference on Disability. It clearly was our biggest conference
> yet in terms of number of participants and sessions, and most successful
> because of your presence, your presentation, your contribution, your
> support and of course your time!
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> We thank the Government of Australia through DFAT for its funding as well
> as UNDP Pacific, UNICEF Pacific and Digicel Samoa as key sponsors of this
> biennial regional event. We also thank the people and Government of Samoa
> for their financial and in-kind support towards the successful conduct of
> the conference. To the Board, staff and members of NOLA, our host
> organisation in Apia, many thanks for all the efforts and sacrifice before
> and during the conference, as well as to other sponsors which supported the
> participation of local representatives at the Regional Forum for Youth and
> Women with disabilities. To all self-funding participants most of whom
> represent our key partners in the region, what can we do without your
> contribution to our partnership? To you our good friend Ms. Catalina
> Devandas Aguillar, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with
> Disabilities and colleague Alberto Vasquez Encalada, many thanks for
> travelling all the way from Geneva to join us in Samoa. You have empowered
> and challenged us, and also hope you both have taken back with you good
> memories on your short visit to our region as well as realities we face as
> Pacific people with disabilities! To the management and staff of Tanoa
> Tusitala Hotel, we thank you for providing a home away from home for all
> the participants.
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> Together we have pulled off another successful biennial regional
> conference. I'm sure we cannot wait to experience what the next one has to
> offer in 2019 somewhere in our beautiful Pacific!
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> Sincerely
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> Seta
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> Setareki S. Macanawai
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> Chief Executive Officer
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Robyn James
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