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DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Joanne Hand Topic: “A Global Overview of Mod
 ern Slavery and the Work of Hagar International.” Today\, 49.6 million p
 eople live in modern slavery. 1 in 4 of them are innocent children. 54% ar
 e women and girls\, bearing the brunt of this atrocity. 27.6 million peopl
 e face forced labour\, including commercial sexual exploitation\, while 22
  million are coerced into forced marriage. Hagar International is a Swiss
 -based humanitarian non-profit organization offering services and assist
 ance to these abused people. It is focused on helping victims with recove
 ry. It was founded in Cambodia in 1994 extending services to Afghanistan a
 nd Vietnam in 2009 and then to Myanmar in 2014. Hagar International works 
 with male victims in addition to women and children. The main goal is to 
 help victims achieve stability\, financial independence though skill-based
  training and job opportunity programs. Joanne works for Hagar New Zealand
 \, a global Christian charity engaged in intensive trauma recovery and emp
 owerment services for survivors of slavery\, trafficking and abuse. Hagar 
 also engages in prevention activities and builds the capacity of governmen
 ts\, social service structures and local duty bearers in the nations they 
 work in.  Their vision is to end Modern Slavery. During her career\, Joan
 ne has been involved in multiple issues that disproportionally impact wome
 n and girls including domestic violence\, HIV infection\, and gender equit
 y issues.  She spent many years working in Turkey on projects to empower 
 Kurdish women.  Her commitment to the status of women and girls in the wo
 rld continues with the work of Hagar New Zealand.  Join us for what will 
 be a real enlightening presentation. Spouses and partners would appreciate
  joining us for this event.   Duties for 5 August 2024   Welcome Desk  
              Don Lawry Host and Thanks            Mike M
 cKenna Registration/Payment    Laurie Moran Bulletin Scribe      
           Alan Vester Set up                  
              Ian Handisides             
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LOCATION:Howick Club
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Meeting - 5 August 2024
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Guest Speaker:&nbsp\;<strong>Joanne Hand</s
 trong></p>\n\n<p>Topic:&nbsp\;<strong>&ldquo\;A Global Overview of Modern 
 Slavery and the Work of Hagar International.&rdquo\;</strong></p>\n\n<p>To
 day\, 49.6 million people live in modern slavery. 1 in 4 of them are innoc
 ent children. 54% are women and girls\, bearing the brunt of this atrocity
 . 27.6 million people face forced labour\, including commercial sexual exp
 loitation\, while 22 million are coerced into forced marriage. Hagar Inter
 national&nbsp\;is a Swiss-based humanitarian&nbsp\;<a href="https://en.wik
 ipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">non
 -profit organization</a>&nbsp\;offering services and assistance to these a
 bused people.&nbsp\;It is focused on helping victims with recovery. It was
  founded in Cambodia in 1994 extending services to Afghanistan and Vietnam
  in 2009 and then to Myanmar in 2014. Hagar International works with male 
 victims in addition to women and children.&nbsp\;The main goal is to help 
 victims achieve stability\, financial independence though skill-based trai
 ning and job opportunity programs.</p>\n\n<p>Joanne works for Hagar New Ze
 aland\, a global Christian charity engaged in intensive trauma recovery an
 d empowerment services for survivors of slavery\, trafficking and abuse. H
 agar also engages in prevention activities and builds the capacity of gove
 rnments\, social service structures and local duty bearers in the nations 
 they work in.&nbsp\; Their vision is to end Modern Slavery.</p>\n\n<p>Duri
 ng her career\, Joanne has been involved in multiple issues that dispropor
 tionally impact women and girls including domestic violence\, HIV infectio
 n\, and gender equity issues.&nbsp\; She spent many years working in Turke
 y on projects to empower Kurdish women.&nbsp\; Her commitment to the statu
 s of women and girls in the world continues with the work of Hagar New Zea
 land.&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>Join us for what will be a real enlightening presen
 tation. Spouses and partners would appreciate joining us for this event.</
 p>\n\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetic
 a\,sans-serif"><span><strong>Duties for 5 August 2024</strong></span></spa
 n></p>\n\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>&nb
 sp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">
 <span><strong>Welcome Desk&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; 
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\; </strong>Don Lawry</span></span></div>\n\n<div>\n<p><span s
 tyle="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif"><span id="ctl00_MainBody_C
 tlEventHeader1_lblEventDescription"><strong>Host and Thanks</strong>&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Mi
 ke McKenna</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\,helveti
 ca\,sans-serif"><span id="ctl00_MainBody_CtlEventHeader1_lblEventDescripti
 on"><strong>Registration/Payment</strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Laurie Moran</spa
 n></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif"
 ><span id="ctl00_MainBody_CtlEventHeader1_lblEventDescription"><strong>Bul
 letin Scribe&nbsp\;</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Alan Vester</span></s
 pan></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-ser
 if"><span>Set up&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\
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 sp\; </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,san
 s-serif"><span>Ian Handisides</span></span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<
 /div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n
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