June2016
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Melbourne Coastrek 2016: Trekking to restore sight
Jun 19, 2016News Hour: What is Melbourne Coastrek? Melbourne Coastrek is a 30 to 60km team trek run by Wild Women On Top. This year, it’s happening on Friday 18th November 2016. Teams of four, with at least two... -
Record results at 2015 Foundation AGM
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Twenty-five years after Fred Hollows was named Australian of the Year, The Fred Hollows Foundation will announce another year of record results at its Annual General Meeting in Sydney tonight. Despite ongoing cuts to... -
See a Fred Moment to believe it
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Watch Fred Hollows and Dr Sanduk Ruit exchange these excited words, in awe of the transformation they are witnessing. Fred Hollows knew the thrill and joy of freeing someone from avoidable blindness. It simply... -
One year after the earthquake: Nepal
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Ahead of the first anniversary of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 8,000 and demolished half a million homes, Mr Doolan returned to some of the worst affected areas of Nepal to... -
New global trachoma data reveals the end is in sight
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: An ambitious global mapping project has revealed it would cost about US$1 billion to eliminate blinding trachoma by 2020, of which US$200-300 million has already been committed, an international conference in Sydney will be... -
Sightsavers hosts side event at Conference of States Parties
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Sightsavers is co-hosting a side event, Fulfilling Sustainable Development Goals through inclusive budgeting, on Tuesday 14 June at the 9th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The... -
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: The results of the election of nine new members to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, held in New York on Tuesday 14 June, have been announced. Ghanaian nominee... -
What’s the Conference of States Parties all about?
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: As well as being the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2016 is also the inaugural year of the 2030 Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),... -
Europe’s largest car rally drive home a reminder to tackling climate change and the 1.5 degree target
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Europe’s largest electric vehicle rally, bringing 75 teams from 13 nations, entered its finishing phase at Geneva today on the Place des Nations, part of a 1,300 km traverse from Bremerhaven, Germany with a... -
Harshvardhan Rane wins a gift hamper from Karan Johar
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Sanam Teri Kasam star Harshvardhan Rane, who is also an succesfull telegu movie star recently wins a gift hamper from Karan Johar, reports Bollyspic. Harshvardhan Rane was all smiles recently as he attended a...
