1937 Solomon Islands Aus Youth Ambassador for Development farewelled
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Australian Youth Ambassador for Development farewelled
from Honiara
HONIARA: 2nd September 2007 -- After a year with Catholic
Communications Solomons, Australian Youth Ambassador for Development
(AYAD) volunteer, Stephanie March, now says goodbye.
Since joining Catholic Communications, Ms March has
enabled the office to run several more media programmes, indicated the
CCS Director, Fr Ambrose Pereira sdb. "She has interacted with the
youngsters and the people in and around Honiara and shared her
communication skills with them", Fr Pereira said.
Ms March has been involved in conducting seminars
and training for Catholic Communications and radio personnel, and has
help put together two training manuals: Community Radio Stations in
the Solomon Islands and Spread the News! Making a newsletter
for your school. She has also helped revive the Solomon Islands
Development Trust Link Magazine.
Ms March left Solomon Islands for her next posting
in East Timor on 30th August. Speaking at a farewell function
held for her earlier in the week, Ms March said the biggest strength of
Catholic Communication Solomons is the dedication of its staff. "The
fact that they turn up to work every day, work on weekends and do it
all with a smile is a miracle in itself. I think this is a great
asset and it shows that building on the skills of the staff is a
worthwhile investment", she said. She added that literacy, and a
clearer focus, direction, purpose and outcomes would all be of benefit
to the organisation. "Understanding the media is fine, but teaching
persons to use the media is a far bigger task", she said.
Fr Pereria thanked Ms March for her year at Catholic
Communications. "We do hope that this will pave the way for other
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