3rd African Jersey Forum 2023
Held in Malawi in June 2023 the third Africa Jersey Forum took place. I had the pleasure of speaking alongside Steve Le Feuvre and Robbie Perchard.
Africa Jersey Forum Conference 2023 Malawi
The Minister visits the British High Commission in Lusaka before a follow up visit to the Fisheries and Livestock Minister in Zambia following the signing of the MOU in Feb 2023. Later that week they together launched the Dairy project together.
The Minister followed her visit to
Jersey Cows to be discussed at African Conference
A conference which discusses the importance of the Jersey cow in African farming communities will take place in Malawi this month.
International Development Minister Carolyn Labey will be speaking at the African Jersey Forum Conference (AJF), and plans to visit communities in Malawi where Jersey cows are having a positive
Overseas Aid Projects. Kenya, Nepal and Rwanda
I addressed a packed out St Paul’s Centre when we launched our Volunteer Programme. This year Jersey Overseas Aid are organising three Community Work Projects in Kenya, building a sand dam, in Nepal where we work with the Gurkha Welfare Trust and the community to build a community centre, and
Fresh hope for a bright new chapter in the Island’s history
The JEP asked the Ministers to each write an article on their first impressions in Office..
THE first sitting of a new States Assembly is like starting a new school year (and yes I can just about remember those). There are some familiar faces and a lot of new ones. There
JOA strategic plan
Earlier this year I published the first ever strategic plan for Jersey Overseas Aid Commission. This is the Press Release that went with it.
Jersey Overseas Aid sets out its objectives to meet the needs of the world’s most vulnerable Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA), the island’s official, publicly funded relief and
Minister visits Poland amid humanitarian crisis
Jersey’s Minister for International Development, Deputy Carolyn Labey, visited Eastern Poland on Wednesday to follow up Jersey’s humanitarian support for the people of Ukraine.
In a warehouse near the border, she inspected medical trauma kits and oxygen concentrators like the ones which Jersey has already sent to the front lines. Jersey
Jersey’s Conservation Livelihoods development strategy conference
Experts from around the world come together to discuss Jersey’s Conservation Livelihoods development strategy
April 13th 2022: Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) hosted a two-day conference, ‘Shaping the Future of Conservation Livelihoods Funding Together’.
The event, which was hosted virtually from Durrell’s headquarters at Jersey Zoo on 7th and 8 th April and
28 April 2022 JOA “Future of Volunteering” Network Event
The Future of Volunteering- 50th Anniversary of JOA’s CWP Event
Jersey Overseas Aid would like to invite islanders to join the first Jersey International Development Network event of the year – ‘The Future of Volunteering’ in celebration of the 50th anniversary of JOA’s Community Work Projects (CWPs) volunteering programme. The event
Zambia 2022 Jersey in the Press
Recent recognition in The Times for the work Jersey are doing in Africa through Jersey Overseas Aid. As my recent trip to Zambia and the signing of the agreement with the Agricultural Minister comes to fruition to benefit 10,000 farmers in Zambia in our pilot project in the country. The