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    Palms Post October 2008

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News and Events

Veronica

Fundraising Concert for Timor

St James' Parish Glebe will be hosting a fundraising concert to support to Timorese "reverse volunteers".

Read more here

Jubilee Dinner Tickets on Sale

Palms Australia's AGM and a Jubilee Dinner celebrating 50 years since the foundation of the Paulian Association will be held on Satuday October 18th.

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A Fair Trade Debate

Palms Australia's Executive Director Roger O'Halloran was featured in an ABC Radio National Interview on the legitimacy of the certification process involved in Fairtrade products.

Listen to the interview online

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Palms Australia challenges MacBank

Following reports of a $50,000,000 payout for retiring CEO Allan Moss, Palms Australia contacted Mr Moss and each of the Macquarie Bank Directors asking them to take part in The 99% Challenge.

Read the media release here

Learn about the 99% Challenge here

Just Change

Just Change issue on volunteering

Dev-Zone have released a special issue focussing on the ethics of volunteering. Contributions come from a variety of organisations, including Palms Australia, and provide many ideas which might challenge some views of volunteering. A worthwhile read.

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Orientation Course

Palms prepares 13 more for overseas work

Palms Australia's 86th Orientation Course for international volunteers has just been completed. Thirteen participants learnt about culture, development and health in this nine-day course.

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Five Ways To Help Palms At Christmas

Five simple ways to support Palms' overseas volunteer program during this Christmas season. Some might even make your life easier.

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Places available for 2007 Orientation Course

The 86th Palms Orientation Course has now been confirmed to run from January 5th to 13th, 2007.

Read more here.

The Fair Trade Coffee Company

The Fair Trade Coffee Company is open for business

Palms' new cafe opened at 33 Glebe Point Road in July 2007.

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Ask Before You Give

Another reason to support Palms Australia

New Internationalist's October 2005 Edition provides interesting and challenging articles on Big International Non-Government Organisations (BINGOs). If you needed a further reason to support Palms, this should convince you. Of particular interest to all donors to any organisation is the checklist Ask Before You Give.

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Why Palms is unique

10 great reasons to support Palms Australia's work. Read about why skills transfer is the best-value, most sustainable form of development available.

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Palms' 85th Orientation Course a success

Palms volunteers and participants from other organisations alike praised the quality of Palms' preparation.

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University of Wollongong and Palms Australia

Valuing the volunteer

A report on the recent conference co-hosted by Palms and the University of Wollongong.

Read more here.