The Kamrangirchor Composite Development Project Dental Unit was inaugurated on 7th September 2019 and, under the guidance of Professor Dr Md. Rezaul Karim it is already operating at full swing.
This is part of the community service hub in Kamrangirchor, Dhaka that PiCCA is working together with Symbiosis Foundation to deliver. The dental clinic follows on […]
On September 8th over 500 people attended the inaugural Hako Agricultural Show organized by the Hako Women’s Collective. This was the culminating event of an agricultural training and development project jointly run with PiCCA and substantially funded by Australia Aid Friendship Grants.
The Hon Robert Tsika Tulsa, Bougainville Minister for Economic Development, and Mr Paul Bedgood […]
PiCCA is partnering with the Symbiosis Foundation (SF) to facilitate the development of a community service hub in Kamrangirchor, Dhaka. The hub aims to enable the delivery of a range of much needed services to the community including pre-school education, vocational training, women’s self-help, health awareness […]
On June 15, over one hundred people attended the opening of the Agricultural Hub building in Hako. The Bougainville Minister for Economic Development, the Hon Robert Tsika Tulsa, and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade representative Mr Jeffrey Kop, both spoke inspirationally at the event. They joined the women of the collective, village chiefs, […]
Mr Le Van Khe is a participant in the PiCCA and Hearts for Hue chicken raising project in Vinh Phu,Vietnam. The project aims to improve the quality of life and livelihood opportunities for people with disabilities through a program developing chicken raising.
Mr Le Van Khe (66 years old) […]
Picca is embarking on a new project in Kamrangirchor, Dhaka in partnership with Symbiosis Foundation (SF). Kamrangirchor is a 5.5 square kilometre island over the river Buriganga, where 1.2 million people live in slum-like conditions and earn little in spite of hard physical work.
PiCCA will partner with SF to enable health, dental and eye clinics […]
Vietnam project Improving Living Quality for People with Disability by Chicken Raising has made wonderful progress. With the assistance of our partner, Hearts 4 Hue, the participating families have built their chicken shelters. 2,000 chicks were distributed to 50 families in September 2018 and 2,500 chicks were distributed in December 2018. All chickens have been […]
PiCCA was awarded an Australian Aid Friendship Grant to work with the Hako Women’s Collective (HWC) to deliver an Agricultural Hub and Training Activity in the north of Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Training in contemporary agricultural methods is well underway. Women, people with a disability and younger people are participating – […]
I’ve been part of PiCCA since it started in early 2015. I think PICCA’s approach to sustainable community development provides a genuine opportunity for meaningful projects that address real needs. All of my career has been focussed on local government. I’ve worked in Australia, southern Africa and the Pacific in roles that are about facilitating and […]
Mary Denver, PICCA member since February 2015, recently visited our chicken-raising project in Vinh Phu, Central Vietnam, and met our Vietnam partners, Hearts for Hue (H4H). Here are some of her personal reflections.For more on this project see https://picca.org.au/what-we-do/
On my way
As I fly out of Brisbane on Christmas Eve, I have time […]
