Hi Everyone,
We really appreciate all our followers and supporters. It has been a great 14 year journey with you all here on Facebook.
However, all of us at Small World Stories find that META changes recently in regard to fact checking and diversity, equity and inclusion policies in contravention of our values, ethics and policies! We have noted the changes happening over time and have been concerned but this is the final straw for us both personally and as a company that values fact, truth and equality in all realms of life.
At SWS we believe in free speech, but such speech should be true and factual, and as such should be able to withstand a fact check. We see the removal of factchecking as being the harbinger of more miss and dis-information, something we believe needs to be fought tooth and nail at all levels.
Diversity, equity and inclusion policies, we believe are a corner stone of a fair and equal society and removing such policies leads only to inequality, sexism, racism and hatred based on differences.
As such we at SWS hereby are withdrawing any paid accounts or services with any Meta platform and will no longer use any of the paid Meta boosting or data services for us or any of our clients that we produce communication product for.
Furthermore we are currently assessing whether to close our pages on any Meta platform and focus on the non-META platforms that retain an ethical standard that is inline with our values and policies.
We will keep you informed and share our thoughts and decisions going forward.
We really hope you understand our position here and we hope other companies also follow this lead.
Thanks again everyone, talk soon
The Team
#factchecking #meta #FacebookPage #DEI #followers #diversityandinclusion @followers
Sometimes we need to travel far from our families to create more opportunities to help them.
Before coming to #Australia as a #seasonalworker, Steve was a police officer in #Tonga. For his family, he wanted to try something else, a different kind of work.
In #TheSeason, our documentary produced for ABC Australia, we follow people from across the #Pacific as they travel for #seasonalwork in rural Australia, capturing the realities of being far from home.
🎥 Watch The Season here:
All episodes of The Season can be watched on demand via iview (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/season) or on ABC Pacific.
🔗 Learn more about The Season here: https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/the-season-australian-broadcasting-corporation/
#FruitPicking #VegetablePicking #PickingSeason #HarvestSeason #Harvest #SeasonalWorkers #SolomonIslands #Vanuatu
Rachel’s nervous. The harvest starts on Monday, and she’s in #Australia for #seasonalwork. The hardest part? She misses her family.
#TheSeason, our documentary produced for ABC Australia, captures the realities of being far away from home and working in rural Australia.
We follow people from across the #Pacific as they travel for work through the main fruit and vegetable picking season.
Discover the ups and downs that people from #Vanuatu, #Tonga and the #SolomonIslands face as they work throughout the harvest season.
🎥 Watch The Season here:
All episodes of The Season can be watched on demand via iview (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/season) or on ABC Pacific.
🔗 Learn more about The Season here: https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/the-season-australian-broadcasting-corporation/
#FruitPicking #VegetablePicking #PickingSeason #HarvestSeason #Harvest #SeasonalWorkers
Jojo is going to #Australia for #seasonalwork. The trip will take half a year. Watch as he gets ready for the long journey.
#TheSeason follows people from across the #Pacific as they travel for work through the main fruit and vegetable picking season.
Our documentary produced for ABC Australia captures the realities of being far from home and working in rural Australia.
It takes a look at the lives of people from #Vanuatu, #Tonga and #SolomonIslands, their dreams, and the challenges discovered throughout the harvest season.
🎥 Where to watch The Season:
Episode 1 and 2 of The Season can be watched on demand via iview (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/season) or on ABC Pacific.
🔗 Learn more about The Season here: https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/the-season-australian-broadcasting-corporation/
#FruitPicking #VegetablePicking #PickingSeason #HarvestSeason #Harvest #SeasonalWorkers
🥕🥬🍅 Tomorrow is #WorldFoodDay. Discover how #foodtourism is helping to build sustainable industry on the Pacific island of #Vanuatu.
The ‘Queen of Ni-Van cuisine’, Votausi ReurMckenzie, is focusing on delicious local food to help businesses create income outside of tourism. She’s working with Australian researchers to create experiences built around #agriculture and #food designed to showcase Vanuatu’s extraordinary culture and cuisine 🙌
#COVID might have damaged the island’s industry, but #agritourism could be the key to restoring it when tourists return.
🎥 Learn more here 👉 https://bit.ly/PandemicWarriors
#Asia #Pacific #PandemicWarriors
ABC Australia
🌏 Watch #PacificUpside, uncovering the stories of people across our region, from #Tonga to #TimorLeste, driving positive change in their communities.
Hosted by ABC Australia’s Melissa Maykin, the documentary celebrates resilience, creativity and friendship. It was produced with the help of our wonderful friends and colleagues from across the Pacific and Timor Leste.
From the trailblazing women of #PapuaNewGuinea's rugby league team to Tonga’s courageous broadcaster during the 2022 disasters, these stories highlight connection and strength 💪
🎥 Watch the trailer here: https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/australian-broadcasting-corporation/
#Fiji #Samoa #SolomonIslands #Vanuatu
🏭 Burning fossil fuel is a major source of global emissions, with over a third coming from industry, but without change, industries like cement and steel could put climate targets out of reach.
🌿 By embracing decarbonization, energy efficiency and renewable power, we can cut industrial emissions and move towards net-zero.
We’re working with UNIDO’s Industrial Decarbonization Accelerator, managing its external communications as it forges ahead with its mission to accelerate the transition of industries worldwide to a zero-carbon economy.
We’re a purpose driven communications agency at the forefront of important global campaigns, and we specialize in turning the complex into the compelling, using the art of storytelling to unite people around solutions to some of the biggest challenges our world faces today.
Learn more on our newly updated website here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/unido-the-new-industrial-decarbonization-accelerator/
#communications #communicators #storytelling
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
😁 Change starts with a great story!
🌏 Join us on an eye-opening adventure through #Asia and the #Pacific to meet eight people who are Beyond Awesome! They’re changing the world, solving big problems.
🎥 In our documentary series produced for ABC Australia, we focused on telling their awesome stories.
We’re a purpose driven communications agency at the forefront of important global campaigns, and we specialize in turning the complex into the compelling, using the art of storytelling to unite people around solutions to some of the biggest challenges our world faces today.
Check out the 8️⃣ episodes of Beyond Awesome on our newly updated website 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
#communications #communicators #storytelling
Nelson Kokoa, Iakoba Taberanibou, Asha de Vos
🌱 We’re convinced the #climatecrisis is in part a communications crisis 🗣️
So how can we communicate about #climatechange more effectively?
Check out our latest blog posts on the Climate Communications Resources Hub - full of carefully curated resources to help everyone communicate the #climateemergency and #climateaction 🌏
🎧 Seven must-listen #climatepodcasts that pack a punch
🎤 The current state of #climatejournalism – and how to improve it
💪 #Greenwashing is not going away: here’s what you can do about it
Read the blogs here 👉 https://climatecommshub.com/our-blog/
#climatecomms #climatecommunications #climatecommunicators #climatestorytelling
Tagilima Neemia is a #cybersecurity expert, determined to bust the myth that boys are better at science and technology than girls.
👩🏾💻 Tagilima felt like the odd one out when she was learning #computerscience, but now she’s embraced her inner geek to help get more girls in 🇼🇸#Samoa become interested in #STEM and get tech savvy!
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for ABC Australia, we meet changemakers across #Asia and the #Pacific. Each of them saw a big problem when they were young and decided to do something about it – their solutions are now changing the world… literally!
Watch ‘Samoa’s geek girls’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM
After losing her leg at age 11, Almah Kuambu became fascinated by how #artificiallimbs were made. Today, she and her mobility-aid making team are determined to reach everyone in need and dispel stigma along the way. Almah’s empowering people with disabilities across 🇵🇬#PNG 🙌
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for ABC Australia, we meet changemakers across #Asia and the #Pacific. Each of them saw a big problem when they were young and decided to do something about it – their solutions are now changing the world… literally!
Watch ‘PNG’s mobility maestro’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
