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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#202020">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#202020">See funding opportunity below:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#202020"><a href="http://fundsforngos.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=007f0318b5e48b20b7f6fc4e6&id=03dacc3706&e=a80d157e76" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Apply for MFAT Pacific Island
 Countries Participation Fund (PIC Fund)!</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#202020"><br>
Applications are open for “The Pacific Island Countries Participation Fund (PIC Fund)” with an aim to increase attendance by Pacific Island citizens at regional and international conferences or events relevant to their countries’ development. The PIC Fund is
 a contestable fund managed by the New Zealand Aid Programme. Supporting people to attend conferences strengthens the ownership of development processes and activities in their home countries…[<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="http://fundsforngos.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=007f0318b5e48b20b7f6fc4e6&id=13d7014711&e=a80d157e76" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">click
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martine Abel-Williamson
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">World Blind Union Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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