[PDFlist] [PDF-members] FW: Sad news

Thu Nov 25 17:16:26 +12 2021

Thanks for shareing this

Indeed a huge loss for samoa and the disability community.

May we continue to build on the grate work she has left behind.

Fono will be solely missed. 

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Bula Colleagues

Truly a huge loss for Samoa, our region and our growing collective efforts
on disability data. Fono, you will be certainly missed and may your
leadership, passion and commitment encourage the rest of us to build on your
legacy! 

Seta

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Subject: Sad news

Dear Washington Group members,

It is with great sorrow that we share that Aliimuamua Malaefono (Fono) Ala
Taua Faasalaina, Chief Statistician of the Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS)
and long-time supporter of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics,
has passed away. This is indeed a profound loss to the SBS, and also to the
entire global disability data community. The important work that Fono did to
advance disability measurement and data in the Pacific region will be an
enduring legacy.  Fono's friendship and contributions to the Washington
Group will very much be missed. In particular, we will remember Fono's
efforts to establish the first regional disability statistics group, the
Pacific Group on Disability Statistics, which served as a model for the
establishment of other regional disability statistics groups across the
globe. 

For further details on Fono and her impressive achievements, you may view
the message of the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Samoa Aliimuamua
Malaefono Ala Taua Faasalaina, a great professional of the Government of
Samoa and a dedicated partner of all UN agencies. | United Nations in Cook
Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau<
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Please join us in sending the SBS our sincere condolences.

Heidi Ullmann on behalf of the Washington Group Secretariat

National Center for Health Statistics

Washington Group Secretariat

3311 Toledo Road

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782

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