PEGS NEWS

Forthcoming events

A one hour broadcast by our PEGS-PNG Team to relate the benefits that can be derived by individual PNG NGO's and the country at large from the establishment of an umbrella NGO in which many NGO's have already expressed their interest.   

A brain storming session at UPNG in POM to discuss the details of the formation of such an umbrella NGO.

Aug 2008 Article appears in "The National" newspaper in PNG regarding PEGS submission to the 17th International AIDS conference in Mexico concerning the importance of culture.

Aug 2008 PEGS AGM to take place on 13th August.

July 2008 PEGS is delighted to announce that it has been successful in its application to become a registered NGO in Papua New Guinea.

Jan 2008 Prof Scarlett Epstein has been awarded a Nuffield foundation research grant to update her Rural migration case studies in South India. The studies were collected in 2004 as background for the "Back to the Village" film documentary and will be updated in 2008. The early studies were published in the World bank publication "Moving out of poverty" (2007)

Nov 2007 PEGS is honoured by three highly distinguished individuals agreeing to becomethe first Patrons of the Charity. The new Patrons are:

Mr BernardDelomenie, the Regional Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa for Howarth International

Lord Desai, Economist and Labour peer.

Sir Paulias Matane, Governor General of Papua New Guinea.

2007 PEGS launches in America and the UK the documentary ‘Back to the Village’ that focuses on rural to urban migration in South India. It was well received by the different audiences that have seen it. The film has been shown:

29 May 2007 at the World Bank in Washington DC

30 May 2007 at USAID in Washington DC

1 June 2007 at the Development Alternative Initiatives and the World Resource Institute in Washington DC

8 June 2007 at the Institute of Development Studies of Sussex University

16 July 2007 at Portcullis House, London where the session was sponsored

by the Member of Parliament for Hove and introduced by Lord Rea, who is a member of the Parliamentary “All Party Group of Overseas Development” His comments on the film were:

“It was a privilege to help present such a well made, moving and important record of Karnataka's experience of a world wideproblem.…..

I will see if the All Party Group on Overseas Development would like to show it to their members. Nic Rea”

22 October 2007 Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio USA


26 October 2007 Development Study Institute (DESTIN), London School of Economics (LSE)

The film is available for showing on request
 
 
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