Just Focus

Peace & Conflict / Rangimārie me te Papā

DRUG MONEY-THE REAL COST

While taking drugs isn’t new, the incredible growth in the illegal drug trade is! Drugs are in great demand and prices are high. But what is the real cost?

IN ANY WAY: CLOSING THE DOOR ON MUNITIONS MANUFACTURERS

Elliot Taylor explores the issues surrounding the links between local finance institutions and weapons manufacturers - ever thought that your money could be involved?

PUBLIC ACTION:LET THE CHALK TALK

Elliot Taylor looks at the campaign to ban Cluster Munitions - with a visual stunt on Wellington’s Civic Square in Feb 2008.

CLUSTER MUNITIONS SURVIVOR TURNED CAMPAIGNER

Mava Moayyed interviews 16 year old Soraj Ghulam Habib, an Afghan Cluster Bomb survivor.

Talk With Me: Never, Never

Three winners have been announced for Talk With Me, the national writing competition for secondary school students on the refugee experience. Juliette Varuhas, 14, from Wellington Girls’ College, wrote this poem.

Talk with Me: Happiness is Ubiquitous

Nosia Fogogo, 18, a refugee from Burundi, Africa who now lives in Auckland, wrote this personal story for Talk With Me.

30 October Newsletter

News on the Just Focus regional groups, activist arrests, Turkey and the Kurds and more…

Refugees - We are everywhere

There are 12.8 million refugees in the world. That is about three times the population of Aotearoa New Zealand!

HERE, HAVE SOME CHEMICALS! DO FORGIVE US IF WE KILL YOU FOR USING THEM…

So, they are going to hang Saddam. Can’t say I’ll miss the fellow, but…

UGANDA’S INVISIBLE CHILDREN

Every night, tens of thousands of children in Northern Uganda begin what has now become termed as a “night commute” to be safe from rebels who want them to be soldiers.

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