<div dir="auto">Dear Laisa<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have just heard about you and communicated with you from our end in PNGADP, and it's sad to see you moving on.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Your contribution to PDF will be remembered and treasured.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On the part of PNGADP and its networks of 22 Provincial OPDs, we thank you for your support and direction to us and we wish well and best of luck as you move on with your endeavors. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Medley Laban </div><div dir="auto">Make Co-chair </div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 2 Oct 2025, 12:10 am President Collectif, <<a href="mailto:presidence@collectif-handicaps.com">presidence@collectif-handicaps.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Dear Laisa,</div><div>It’s always very sad to see good, competent people leave. We weren’t able to work together for long on disability issues, but rest assured, I will remember you as a competent Director. I simply say goodbye. Our paths may cross again, and above all, best of luck for the rest of your career.</div><div>Thank you for everything.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Jean Saussay, </div><div>Président<br>100 avenue du général de Gaulle<br>BP 16724 – 98804 Nouméa<br>Tél. 24 03 01 / 77 57 25</div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"></span><span><img id="m_9062205474571813925C9563083-0521-418F-B018-24CD40FEF34E" width="167" height="106" src="cid:0984DD93-2960-44DD-9B5A-76A788AABFEB@Home"></span>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Le 30 sept. 2025 à 15:02, Soloveni Vitoso <<a href="mailto:Soloveni.Vitoso@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Soloveni.Vitoso@pacificdisability.org</a>> a écrit :</div><br><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>Dear Partners, Board Members, and OPD Leaders,</i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i> </i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>Greeting</i></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><i>s and bula vinaka from the Pacific Disability Forum.</i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i> I wish to</i></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><i> inform you that Ms. Laisa Vereti, our Director Operations at the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF), has resigned from her position. Her last working day will be 27 October 2025.</i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><i><br></i></span></div><div style="margin:0px 0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><img height="176" width="119" id="m_9062205474571813925image_0" alt="New Director Operations appointed – Pacific Disability Forum" src="https://pacificdisability.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Laisa-Vereti.jpg" style="width:119.127px;height:176px;max-width:1841px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <i>(Pictured: Ms. Laisa Vereti)</i></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><br></i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i> On b</i></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><i>ehalf of PDF, I would like to sincerely acknowledge and appreciate Laisa’s dedication and commitment to advancing disability development across the Pacific during her tenure. Her contributions have been invaluable in strengthening our collective mission and supporting the work of our partners and members.</i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i> </i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>While we are sad to see her go, we are grateful for her service and wish her every success in her future endeavours.</i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i> </i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>Thank you for your continued support to the Pacific Disability Forum.</i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><br></i></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i>Kind Regards,</i></b></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i> </i></b></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i>Sainimili Tawake</i></b></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:left;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span id="m_9062205474571813925cid:2a25ff7a-511a-4375-8b36-0bda58c5a6ad"><image.png></span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;tex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