<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Solo et all</div><div dir="ltr">Warm greetings from the Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy Organisation (VDPAO).<br><div>I took the time to look through all the responses from other Pacific OPDs .</div><div>Their responses show a very good impact of the wonderful Work DO Laisa did with us and other service providers, </div><div>PDF had made a very good investment to our PDF staff. </div><div>It is so sad to see PDF senior staff moving out of PDF.. </div><div>Its about time our Regional office needs strenghtening internally.</div><div><br></div><div>@ Laisa, VDPA is so fortunate to have you with us a couple of years ago. Thank you so much for raising VDPA up to this stage.<br></div><div>Thank you for squeezing the lemon juice out of us and vice versa eeeee, we did not give up,we came back the next day smiling.</div><div>and wanted to hear and learn more..</div><div>Thank you for the tremendous work you did for VDPA and other OPDs, We will surely miss you.</div><div>We wish you well in your future endeavors and even if you move on, we will always ask for permission to request for your assistance eeeeee .</div><div>Thank you so much, Vinaka Vaka Levu and Tank yu tumas</div><div>O manjna</div><div>With Gods blessings</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 30 Sept 2025 at 15:05, Soloveni Vitoso <<a href="mailto:Soloveni.Vitoso@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">Soloveni.Vitoso@pacificdisability.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<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></p>
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<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></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img style="width:119.127px;height:176px;max-width:1841px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" height="176" width="119" id="m_3812842379054507668m_4777645976106958752image_0" alt="New Director Operations appointed – Pacific Disability Forum" src="https://pacificdisability.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Laisa-Vereti.jpg"> <i>(Pictured:
Ms. Laisa Vereti)</i></span></p>
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<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></p>
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<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></p>
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<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></p>
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