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PIANGO Values & Principles

PIANGO’s values are couched on the Pacific Development Effectiveness principles which emanated from a regional consultation convened by PIANGO with its NLUs. These include: People-centered, holistic, and sustainable development: Empowering people to improve their quality of life, to be free from violence, discrimination, and poverty, and to live with dignity. […]

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Who we are

Our journey began officially at the first-ever PIANGO Council in Pago Pago, American Samoa in August 1991. The move to establish PIANGO however came out of conversations in the late 70s that highlighted the need to strengthen regional networking of NGOs across the Pacific. During the 80s the conversations carried […]

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About Us

For over 25 years, the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisation (PIANGO) served the Pacific through strengthening and building the capacity of the civil society sector. This is through giving the sector a voice to policy formulation and development and strengthening National Liaison Unit (NLU) or the umbrella organisations in […]

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Kelera Bativou

 Kelera Bativou is the Project Assistant Officer at the PIANGO Secretariat. Her role is very important as she works with all sections in the Secretariat.  This includes logistics support for Programmes, administration support to Executive Director and Finance support to Finance department. She has over 10 years of working experience in […]

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VACANCY 02/03/2017 FINANCE MANAGER

The Pacific Islands of Non-Government Organization (PIANGO) is the regional network of national umbrella NGOs. It has national focal points and coordinating bodies known as National Liaison Units (NLUs) in 24 countries and territories throughout the Pacific. PIANGO has served the Pacific through strengthening and building the capacity of the […]

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Ms. Sarah Thomas Nededog

Chairwoman PIANGO Board  Sarah M. Thomas-Nededog, is Board Chairperson at Payu-TA, Guam and is Senior Vice President at Westcare Pacific Islands. Mrs. Thomas-Nededog is a staunch supporter for improving the standards of service for non-profits and for socio-economic development for Guam and Micronesia.

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Ms. Roina Vavatau

Board Member Mrs Vavatau is the former chief executive officer of SUNGO and current SUNGO Board chair. Shes an avid member of Goshen Trust in Samoa where she is curently an Executive member of the Goshen Board of Trustees.

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Ms Litia Niumataiwalu

Vice Chair|PIANGO Litia Niumataiwalu has a broad spectrum of experience and knowledge in the banking and finance sector. She is a business director and serves on various NGO boards with a strong focus on governance. She is vice chairwoman of PIANGO and the Fiji Council of Social Services boards and […]

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Mr Robert Zutu

Board Member Robert Zutu is the Chairman of Development Services Exchange, the umbrella organization of CSO’s in Solomon Islands. Mr Zutu is programs director for ADRA Solomon Islands and is a former town planner.

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Mr. Keu Mataroa

Board Member An executive Committee Member of the Cook Islands Civil Society Organisation (CISCO) Inc, which is the umbrella body for Cook Islands NGOs. Mr Mataroa’s involvement in civil society work in the Cook Islands includes work with the Cook Islands Boys Brigade and the Cook Islands Climate Change Network. […]

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Ekta Singh

Ekta Singh is the Finance and Projects officer at the PIANGO Secretariat. In addition to her Finance duties, she is currently assisting in the Self Determination and Decolonization project which she finds really interesting as this project works towards assisting Pacific CSOs to effectively articulate self-determination and lobby for decolonization […]

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Brot für die Welt

Who we are Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service is the globally active development and relief agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany. In more than 90 countries all across the globe we empower the poor and marginalised to improve their living conditions. Key issues of our work […]

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