The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is funding PiCCA and the Hako Women’s Collective in Bougainville to establish an agricultural program, providing reliable and nutritious food for vulnerable people.
HWC President, Mrs Dorcas Gano said “We are seeing food shortages, poor nutrition and malnourishment as the population grows and our traditional methods of farming are […]
PiCCA is pleased to offer gifts from the heart that won’t clutter your loved ones’ lives with more stuff. Yes, you can give a chicken without anyone having to worry about the mess. Or contribute to a solar fridge in the Congo where electricity supply is unreliable. Or help a farmer in Bougainville achieve food […]
The Hako Women’s Collective (HWC) is continuing to develop their project to help vulnerable families to diversify their farming and learn new techniques to increase production. This is needed as older farming methods are depleting the soil and, at the same time, the population is increasing. Food insecurity and hunger are emerging problems. PiCCA is […]
At the end of June, PiCCA directors Stephanie Bolderman and Steve Maguire visited PiCCA’s Swaziland project. AMICAALL, our project partner, organized a full itinerary over three days which included visits to Nhlangano farm and to some of the Social Centres using the farm produce to provide meals to abandoned, orphaned or vulnerable children. Social Centre staff underlined the importance of the […]
The Luman Hipakoko Community Care Centre (a major PiCCA project in 2017) is in constant use by local groups and organisations and is being embraced as a valuable resource by the community at large. Recently, the HWC facilitated a meeting of people with disability at the Luman Hipakoko where it was decided they would establish […]
Survey of 50 families in progress in Vietnam
PiCCA and Hearts for Hue (H4H) signed a Partnership and Funding Agreement on 12 June 2018. The agreement specifically states that the primary goal of the project is to enhance the lives and livelihoods for people with disabilities. To have an accurate assessment of the impact of the […]
When Achille Campanile wrote the one act play “Centocinquanta la gallina canta” (150 the chook is singing) way back in 1924, it is unlikely he would have imagined it performed by an amateur theatre group in Brisbane in 2018. Even less likely that he could have foreseen that audiences of the performances would have taken […]
We are excited. On May 13 PiCCA members decided to support two new projects working on chicken health, one in the Congo and one in Vietnam.
For the project in Vietnam PiCCA, in partnership with Hearts for Hue, will provide chicken raising infrastructure, training and support for 50 families in the Vinh phu community. The project is specially designed to work […]
In 2017, PiCCA partnered with the Hako Women’s Collective in Bougainville to build a brand new community centre, the Luman Hipakoko as it is called in the local language. PiCCA members kicked off the project with some early donations and then went to work to raise the rest of funds required through a crowd funding […]
I had the privilege of growing up in the beautiful surroundings of northern Tasmanian. However, I always wanted to explore what life in other places was like and lived in Melbourne and Perth before moving to Queensland where I have lived and worked in several regional cities, but mostly in Brisbane. I love all the […]
