Category Archive

Our new Solomon Islands Social Investment initiative

Gareth MorganJuly 8, 2013Morgan Foundation

In 2012 Jo and I travelled back to the Solomon Islands with UNICEF NZ. As well as checking the quality of work on the schools project we had jointly funded, we took time to understand the wider context of development … Read More

Support for Morgan’s Cat Campaign Just Keeps Growing

Gareth MorganMarch 4, 2013Environment, Morgan Foundation

My cat campaign may have got some people’s backs up, but it is attracting a growing level of support. Meanwhile the beleaguered SPCA, in the gun for its policy of supporting stray cats that wander and slaughter, is facing a … Read More

Morgan foundation – Update on our activity in schools

Geoff SimmonsOctober 23, 2012Morgan Foundation

In February of this year Gareth and a crew of 50 Kiwis set sail south to raise awareness of Our Far South – the incredible area south of Stewart Island. New Zealand has stewardship over a massive area of land … Read More

Checking Out a Morgan Foundation Project on Pemba Island, Tanzania

Gareth MorganOctober 3, 2012Morgan Foundation

As part of the water and sanitation project we carried out in 2008 with UNICEF NZ, there’s been 16 medium depth (20 metre) handwells dug on Pemba island Madagascar. Pemba is the poor cousin of Zanzibar. We’ve been here checking … Read More

TV1 Spotlights Edric

Gareth MorganSeptember 6, 2012Morgan Foundation

Last night Close Up did a spot on Edric Baker’s incredible work amongst the poor and infirm of Bangladesh. His hospital, providing care for the poor by the poor is unique and has stood the test of time – 33 … Read More

New Zealand’s own Mother Teresa

Gareth MorganAugust 27, 2012Morgan Foundation

As well as being in India to follow our beloved Phoenix, Jo and I have been visiting one of our Morgan Foundation foreign aid projects in Bangladesh and it has been a very special opportunity to see the on-the-ground work … Read More

Birth registration – a precursor for protecting children

Gareth MorganAugust 12, 2012Media, Morgan Foundation

One thing Jo and I learnt when we went over to the Solomon Islands with UNICEF, was that there’s a massive issue with the registration of births. In short, if a child doesn’t have a birth certificate it does not … Read More

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