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42-573: Madang Museum is a museum in Madang , Papua New Guinea , which displays objects from its locality and the East Sepik province. In 1975 the suggestion arose that a local museum should be created in Madang, an idea that was supported by the government of the province, expatriates, and local tourist businesses. The museum opened on 6 June 1981. It was opened by Kaki Angi , then Minister for Tourism for

84-407: A tropical rainforest climate ( Köppen climate classification Af ), with significant rainfall throughout the year and the temperature being hot year-round. The average annual high temperature is 30.6 °C (87.1 °F), while the average annual low temperature is 23.8 °C (74.8 °F). Temperatures remain consistent throughout the year, but there is variation between the month. February has

126-626: A central body – Save the Children International – via teams on the ground in each country. Save the Children International also oversees humanitarian responses. All members of the association are bound by the International to Save the Children Alliance Bylaws which include The Child Protection Protocol and Code of Conduct. These set a standard for common values, principles, and beliefs. In 1969, Save

168-493: A cover for CIA activities. Pakistani investigators said in a July 2012 report that Shakil Afridi met 25 times with "foreign secret agents, received instructions and provided sensitive information to them." According to an early draft of a Pakistan Government report, which has not been publicly released, Afridi told investigators that the charity Save the Children helped facilitate his meeting with US intelligence agents although

210-555: A fight during World War II in 1942. In September 1943, Australian forces launched a sustained campaign to retake the Finisterre Range and Madang. The town was captured on April 24, 1944, but during the fighting and occupation it was virtually destroyed and had to be rebuilt afterwards. Madang is viewed by many in the country as being safer and more pleasant for expatriates than the larger cities of Lae and Port Moresby . Because of this, some NGOs have chosen Madang as

252-687: A high degree of distrust and scepticism against the validity of COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan. The chief strategist of Save the Children UK Brendan Cox resigned in September 2015 over allegations of "inappropriate behaviour". The charity, Oxfam , temporarily suspended bids for government funds due to the scandal. Cox had previously denied any wrongdoing but finally admitted to inappropriate behaviour on 18 February 2018 and quit working for his two other charities. On 5 March 2020,

294-522: A huge scale, and a consequent expansion of the organization's work. However, the children's rights-based approach to development originated by Jebb continues to be an important factor. It was used in a major campaign in the late 1990s against the use of child soldiers in Africa. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, new cases outnumbered the available hospital beds in the country. Save

336-538: A survey of surrounding waters, during which time a total of 295 men came down with malaria. In 1899 the capital of the New Guinea Company was transferred to Herbertshöhe on the island of New Pomerania (now New Britain ). Following World War I , the area was turned over to Australia as part of the League of Nations mandated Territory of New Guinea . The Imperial Japanese Army captured Madang without

378-419: Is a head-dress from Bosmum village which was worn as part of a male initiation ritual. As of 2008 approximately half of the objects on display were from Madang and the rest from East Sepik Province . The museum was a partner in a research project which explored diet in the region over the last millennium through zooarchaeological analysis, as well as lipid analysis. Madang Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai

420-544: Is menaced by conditions of economic hardship and distress". From 1921 to 1923, Save the Children created press campaigns, propaganda movies, and feeding centers in Russia and Turkey to accommodate and educate thousands of refugees. They began to work with several other organizations such as the Russian Famine Relief Fund and Nansen which resulted in recognition by the League of Nations . Although Russia

462-752: The Charity Commission published an investigation report that found there had been serious weaknesses in Save the Children's workplace culture, following a probe into the charity's response to allegations of misconduct and harassment against staff between 2012 and 2015. There were five complaints of sexual harassment and thirteen of bullying between 2016 and June 2018. Save the Children UK chief executive Justin Forsyth had three complaints of misconduct directed towards him by female staff, while Brendan Cox

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504-879: The British empire. Like other aid agencies , Save the Children was active in the major disasters of the era—especially the Vietnam War and the Biafra secession in Nigeria. The latter brought shocking images of child starvation onto the television screens of the West for the first time in a major way. The sort of mass-marketing campaigns first used by Save the Children in the 1920s was repeated, with great success in fundraising. Disasters in Ethiopia, Sudan, and many other world hotspots led to appeals that brought public donations on

546-586: The CIA had breached international humanitarian law and risked the safety of aid groups worldwide. "It was a setback, no doubt," said Dr. Elias Durry, the World Health Organization's polio coordinator for Pakistan, a few months later. Later that year, in September, it was reported that the Pakistani government had requested Save the Children's foreign staff to leave the country, In January 2013,

588-544: The Children UK commissioned film director Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett to make The Save the Children Fund Film . The resulting film was unacceptable to the organization because they felt it presented their work in an unfavorable light. Eventually a legal agreement arrived at which involved the material being deposited in the National Film Archive . In 2011, roughly 42 years later, it

630-646: The Children launched Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV) , a charitable foundation incorporated in Switzerland. SCGV's purpose is to catalyze private sector investment through impact investing and other innovative financial approaches to transform the lives of the world's most vulnerable children. SCGV is a credited contributor to the Child-Lens Investment Framework released by UNICEF in 2023. In 2023, SCGV

672-471: The Children the first charity in the United Kingdom to use page-length advertisements in newspapers. Jebb contracted doctors, lawyers, and other professionals to devise mass advertisement campaigns. In 1920, Save the Children started individual child sponsorship to engage more donors. By the end of the year, Save the Children raised the equivalent of about £8,000,000 in today's money. By August 1921,

714-654: The Children worked with the UK government's Department for International Development and Ministry of Defence to build and run a 100-bed treatment center in Sierra Leone, as well as support an Interim Care Center in Kailahun for children who had lost their families to Ebola. Save the Children is an international umbrella organization, with 30 national member organizations serving over 120 countries. Members lead on activities within their home territory and work with donors to develop programs abroad, which are coordinated and delivered by

756-739: The Children"), was founded later that year, on November 19, in Sweden with Anna Kleman on the board. Along with many other organizations, they founded the International Save the Children Union in Geneva on 6 January 1920. Jebb built relationships with other Geneva-based organizations, including the Red Cross , who supported Save's International Foundation. Jebb used fund-raising techniques to gain exposure, for example, making Save

798-623: The Deans of twelve top US schools of public health sent a letter to President Obama protesting against the entanglement of intelligence operations in public health campaigns. The letter describes the negative and lasting impacts of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) use of a fake vaccination campaign in Pakistan during the hunt for Osama bin Laden in 2011, which exacerbated the already persistent public mistrust of vaccines in

840-688: The Famine Council was initially started earlier in 1919 to put political pressure on the British government to end the blockade, the first meeting having been held at the home of Catherine Courtney , at 15 Cheyne Walk . On 15 April 1919, the sisters separated from the council and created the "Save the Children Fund". In May 1919, the Fund was publicly established at a meeting in London's Royal Albert Hall to "provide relief to children suffering

882-575: The UK Save the Children had raised over £1,000,000, and conditions for children in Central Europe were improving due to their efforts. However, the Russian famine of 1921 made Jebb realize that Save the Children must be a permanent organization and that children's rights constantly need to be protected. Their mission was thus changed to "an international effort to preserve child life wherever it

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924-528: The United Kingdom focused on improving conditions for children growing up in cities devastated by bombing and facing huge disruptions in family life. The 1950s saw a continuation of this type of crisis-driven work, with additional demands for help following the Korean War and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution , and the opening of new work in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in response to the decline of

966-712: The United Nations Economic and Social Council . The Save the Children Fund was founded in London, England, on 15 April 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton in an effort to alleviate starvation of children in Germany and Austria-Hungary during the Allied blockade of Germany of World War I which continued after the Armistice . At the end of World War   I, images of malnourished and sick children ran throughout Europe. The Fight

1008-492: The area was unsuitable for a settlement. A subsequent survey in 1888 mentioned good soil conditions that would make a coffee plantation possible. In the summer of 1891 a station was built and by September 1892 was the seat of the provincial administration; however, the Imperial Government Commissioner remained at Stephansort, some 23 kilometers away due to concerns about malaria. The name of "Madang"

1050-546: The charity denies the charge. The report alleges that Save the Children's Pakistan director at the time of the incident introduced Afridi to a Western woman in Islamabad and that Afridi and the woman met regularly afterward. On 11 June 2015, Pakistani authorities ordered all Save the Children workers to leave Pakistan within 15 days, and the organisation's office in Islamabad was closed and padlocked. This saga has led to

1092-567: The country. The CIA's "vaccination program" sparked a series of deadly attacks in Pakistan against dozens of aid and health workers associated with various aid and health campaigns, with the UN-backed polio-vaccination drive repeatedly halted as a result. Up to eight polio vaccination workers were assassinated in the country during this backlash. In May 2014, the Obama administration announced that they would no longer use vaccination programs as

1134-517: The effects of war" and raise money for emergency aid to children suffering from wartime shortages of food and supplies. Jebb and her sister, Buxton, worked to gain exposure to elicit aid. In December 1919, Pope Benedict XV publicly announced his support for Save the Children and declared 28 December " Innocents Day " to collect donations. The first branch was opened in Fife, Scotland in 1919. A counterpart, Rädda Barnen (which also means "Save

1176-399: The highest average high at 31.2 °C (88.2 °F). Multiple months have the highest average low at 23.9 °C (75.0 °F). July and August has the lowest average high at 30.2 °C (86.4 °F). July has the lowest average low at 23.4 °C (74.1 °F). Madang receives 3,106.8 millimetres (122.31 in) of rain over 224 precipitation days, with abundant rainfall throughout

1218-421: The location of their main offices in country. CUSO (a Canadian NGO) and VSO (a British NGO) both have their headquarters in Madang. Save the Children , WWF , and World Vision are also present with branch offices in Madang. As a consequence Madang has a larger number of expatriates working and living in the town than its small population would suggest. Like other parts of Papua New Guinea, Madang has

1260-636: The organization to charter the SS Torcello to Russia with 600 tons of relief supplies. Over 157 million rations were given out, saving nearly 300,000 children. Improved conditions meant Save the Children's Russian feeding program was able to be closed in the summer of 1923, after having won international acclaim. Save the Children staff were among the first into the liberated areas after World War II , working with refugee children and displaced persons in former occupied Europe, including Nazi concentration camps survivors. During this same time, work in

1302-641: The others. Save the Children The Save the Children Fund , commonly known as Save the Children , is an international non-governmental organization . It was founded in the UK in 1919, the goal being to improve the lives of children worldwide. The organization raises money to improve children's lives by creating better educational opportunities, better health care, and improved economic opportunities. It achieves this through several methods, including health, education, and protection programs. The organization has general consultative status in

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1344-479: The province. The museum shares a building with the Madang Visitors and Cultural Bureau. In 2015 the museum underwent a restoration programme, led by ethnographer and volunteer Mary Mennis . Madang Provincial Government covers wages and utility costs for the museum, but other funding comes from private donations. The museum collection contains both ethnographic and natural science objects. One notable object

1386-568: The typeface's origin before its adoption, and that the decision to change it was made one year prior. The organization effectively changed its logo that same year. On 24 January 2018, militants affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province launched a bomb and gun attack on a Save the Children office in Jalalabad , a city in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar , killing six people and injuring 27. In 2022, Save

1428-421: The widespread coconut palm plantations on the coast and cardamum is grown in Madang. The Kulili plantation is the second largest of Kar Kar Island 's twelve plantations with its more than a thousand coconut palms and cocoa trees. 70% of the cocoa and 50% of the copra produced in Madang province comes from Kar Kar . In Madang province 173 regional languages are spoken, some of them being extremely different from

1470-410: The year but a wetter and drier season. April, the wettest month, receives 389.4 millimetres (15.33 in) of rainfall over 23 precipitation days on average. September receives the least rainfall of any month, receiving 82.6 millimetres (3.25 in) of rainfall over 11 precipitation days. Madang receives 2184 hours of sunshine annually on average, with the sunshine being distributed fairly evenly across

1512-479: The year, with a noticeable dip in the wetter months. September receives the most sunshine, while March receives the least. Madang is the home of Divine Word University . Madang Museum is a small museum that features natural science and ethnographic objects from the local area and East Sepik Province more widely. It shares a building with Madang Visitors and Cultural Bureau. Industry and farming are growing constantly in importance, especially for export. There are

1554-417: Was announced that Save the Children would change the typeface in its logo, Gill Sans , due to its authorship in the 1920s by British artist Eric Gill , who was posthumously revealed to have documented the sexual abuse of his young daughters, an incestuous relationship with his sister and sexual experiments with his dog. An anonymous source told The Times that the organization had been previously warned of

1596-545: Was largely closed off to international relief and aid, Save the Children persuaded Soviet authorities to let them have a ground presence. At home, the Daily Express criticized the Fund's work, denying the severity of the situation and arguing they should be helping their people before helping Russia. The charity responded with increased publicity about the famine, showing images of starving children and mass graves. The campaign gained national appeal, eventually allowing

1638-499: Was probably the first European to visit the area. In 1871 he stayed at Astrolabe Bay south of present-day Madang for 15 months. He had a good relationship with the local communities before leaving, suffering from malaria . In April 1884 an expedition by the German New Guinea Company led by Otto Finsch and Eduard Dallmann arrived and named the landing point "Friedrich Wilhelmshafen"; however, they felt that

1680-465: Was publicly accused of sexual assault. The charity trustees had not been sent copies of an external report on corporate culture. Since then the charity has strengthened reporting and whistle-blowing policies that now permit anonymous staff complaints. On 22 February 2018 Forsyth resigned from UNICEF to avoid damage to the charities. On 11 September 2020, it was announced the charity could resume bids for government funding. On 15 January 2022, it

1722-672: Was shown to the public for the first time. In July 2011, the Guardian uncovered a fake vaccination program by the CIA . It then emerged that Dr. Shakil Afridi , the person organizing the CIA's "vaccinations", had claimed that he was a Save the Children employee. In May 2012, Save the Children's country director for Pakistan, David Wright, revealed that the organization's work had been badly disrupted ever since Afridi had made his claim, with medicines held up for long periods at airports, staff unable to get visas, and so forth. Wright also charged that

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1764-615: Was used by Papuan natives who had accompanied the German administrators after their home island and only became the official name of the settlement towards the end of the German administration. Although the settlement was expanded from 1893-1894 with warehouses, a sawmill, hospital and other facilities, (including an ox-drawn railway to Stephansort) various ventures, such as the coffee plantations and atap palm processing proved economically ruinous, due to malaria and inclement climate. From 1895 and 1896 several German warships were stationed here for

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