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/
😄 Take to the stage with 🇮🇩#Indonesia’s first female Muslim stand-up comedian, Sakdiyah Ma'ruf. She uses humour to dismantle stereotypes and challenge fundamentalism. Off-stage, Sakdiyah helps women to find their voices, changing the world, one joke at a time.
🎥 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 ‘Indonesia’s comedy campaigner’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
#comedy #comedians #standupcomedy
🐳💩 A giant pile of floating whale poop launched Asha de Vos’s stellar career. As global shipping lanes around 🇱🇰#SriLanka get busier, she's on a mission to protect the unique #bluewhales that call these waters home.
Asha’s life work has been studying hashtag#whales and ways to protect them from growing threats, like ship strikes and hashtag#climatechange. The world is lucky to have people like Asha on the case as these giants of the ocean play a critical role in keeping ecosystems healthy 🌊
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 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 ‘Sri Lanka’s blue giant guardian’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
Scientist Dr. Kalana Maduwage is changing the way we see snakes 🐍🔬 Watch him in the lab as he talks about his discoveries and inventing 🇱🇰#SriLanka’s first snake venom test kit for use in hospitals.
Passionate about snakes as a child, he’s now an expert, researching how #snakevenom - while potentially fatal for humans - can also help to heal.
🎥 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 ‘Sri Lanka's snake man’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
University of New England (AU)
😧 Single-use #diapers are choking #Indonesia’s beautiful rivers, but hope is on the horizon thanks to Celia Siura’s ground breaking solution. She's on a mission to rally parents nationwide behind her idea.
🇮🇩 Indonesia’s ‘Waste Warrior’ is passionate about protecting waterways. She discovered that 50% of plastic in East Java’s Brantas River is single-use diapers. They can take up to 500 years to degrade! Her REUSABLE diapers are helping to turn this major source of #plasticpollution around. Shout-out to Celia 👏
🎥 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 ‘Indonesia's waste warrior’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/abc-beyond-awesome/
Common Seas
🌏 1 in 6 people in Asia Pacific live with a disability. “When I see a little child who’s lost a limb, I know exactly what he or she is going through.” Almah Kuambu lost her leg at age 11. As an adult, she travelled to 🇰🇭#Cambodia, where she learnt how to make #artificiallimbs.
Today, she and her mobility-aid making team are determined to reach everyone in need and dispel stigma along the way. They make hundreds of #prosthetics and orthotics every year and are 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/beyond-awesome/
#inclusion #mobility #PapuaNewGuinea
📚 Tomorrow is International Day of Education 🤓 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/beyond-awesome/
#InternationalDayOfEducation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM UNESCO
15% of the world’s population experiences some form of disability. 🏓Table tennis champion Iakoba Taberanibou (aka Kope) believes if you know your self value, you can achieve anything. He’s part of the Smash Down Barriers project that visits schools to promote inclusion.
His work is helping young people to overcome boundaries and live their dreams. See how in ‘🇫🇯#Fiji’s ping pong pioneer’ 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 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!
#disability #inclusion #pingpong #tabletennis #youth
Through #art activism, Nelson Kokoa is helping young people in 🇵🇬#PNG to handle difficult challenges. He’s the co-founder and director of Art Activism PNG, reaching out to communities, addressing social issues like depression and loss through art, dance and song.
Nelson’s sister passed away when he was in his 10th grade of high school. “We have a patriarchal society, and so it makes it difficult for men to talk about their feelings. I never went through that grieving process.”
His work is changing lives and helping young people to heal. See how in ‘PNG’s art activists’ 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/
🎥 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!
#artactivism #PapuaNewGuinea #youth
🐳💩 A giant pile of floating whale poop launched Asha de Vos’s stellar career. As global shipping lanes around #SriLanka get busier, she is on a mission to protect the unique #bluewhales that call these waters home.
Asha’s life work has been studying #whales and ways to protect them from growing threats, like ship strikes and #climatechange. The world is lucky to have people like Asha on the case as these giants of the ocean play a critical role in keeping ecosystems healthy 🌊
🎥 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 ‘Sri Lanka’s blue giant guardian’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/
🚑 We go behind the scenes of 🇵🇬#PNG’s growing #ambulance service as the ‘Green Angels’ respond to emergencies, including #COVID. See how they handled the pandemic despite existing challenges and a hospital that reached full capacity.
🎥 In #Pandemic Warriors, our series produced for ABC Australia, we explore how people across #Asia and the #Pacific have turned the COVID crisis into an opportunity to improve life for their communities, often in surprising ways.
Click here to see ‘The Green Angels’ 👉 https://bit.ly/PandemicWarriors
#EpidemicPreparedness
🤓 #Cybersecurity expert, Tagilima Neemia, is determined to bust the myth that boys are better at science and technology than girls. With the global technology sector booming, she helps girls in 🇼🇸#Samoa get tech savvy.
👩🏾💻 When she was learning #computerscience, she felt like the odd one out, but watch how she’s embraced her inner geek to help get more girls interested in #STEM.
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for the 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/beyond-awesome/
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM
😄 Take to the stage with 🇮🇩#Indonesia’s first female Muslim stand-up comedian, Sakdiyah Ma'ruf. She uses humour to dismantle stereotypes and challenge fundamentalism. Off-stage, Sakdiyah helps women to find their voices, changing the world, one joke at a time.
🎥 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 ‘Indonesia’s comedy campaigner’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/
#comedy #comedians #standupcomedy
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/beyond-awesome/ #IDPD
🏓 Follow one of our region’s top para #tabletennis champs, Iakoba Taberanibou (aka Kope), as he goes through his paces and smashes down barriers faced by people living with disabilities.
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for the 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 ‘Fiji’s ping pong pioneer’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/ #IDPD
Ever faced the darkness of depression and found healing in art? 🥲 That's PNG actor Nelson Kokoa's story after losing his sister. Now, he's leading a youth activist group, using art to tackle tough, taboo social issues 💬🌟
As the co-founder and Director of Art Activism PNG, he helps young people address social issues like #illness, #mentalhealth and #poverty through art, dance and song. His work is changing lives and helping young people to heal.
🎥 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 art activists’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/
😧 Single-use #diapers are choking #Indonesia’s beautiful rivers, but hope is on the horizon thanks to Celia Siura’s ground breaking solution. She's on a mission to rally parents nationwide behind her idea.
Indonesia’s ‘Waste Warrior’ is passionate about protecting waterways. She discovered that 50% of plastic in East Java’s Brantas River is single-use diapers. They can take up to 500 years to degrade! Her REUSABLE diapers are helping to turn this major source of #plasticpollution around. Shout-out to Celia 👏
🎥 In #BeyondAwesome, our series produced for the 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 ‘Indonesia's waste warrior’ here 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/beyond-awesome/
Tomorrow is #WorldTourismDay. On the Pacific island of #Vanuatu, see how Votausi Mckenzie-Reur, the ‘Queen of Ni-Van cuisine’, is promoting traditional foods in local hotels and resorts to help businesses create income 🐟🥬🍌
COVID might have damaged the island’s industry, but #agritourism could be the key to restoring it 🎥 In Pandemic Warriors, our series produced for the ABC Australia, we explore how people across Asia and the Pacific have turned the COVID crisis into an opportunity to improve life for their communities, often in surprising ways.
Click here to see Vanuatu Reimagines Tourism 👉 https://bit.ly/PandemicWarriors, now part of our ABC Pacific Upside documentary, which aired earlier this year.
#agriculture #foodtourism #tourism
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Sustainable Island States, Dr Cherise Addinsall PhD Agri-Ecotourism, Malcolm Wai
🌱 We urgently need BOLD #climateaction across sectors and geographies!
HEAT GmbH is a leading international climate consultancy with over 30 years of experience in climate and environmental protection. This year, we partnered with them to help their team rethink the company’s visual identity and showcase their expertise in these areas.
At Small World Stories, we’re passionate about climate action and supporting clients like HEAT 👉 https://smallworldstories.org/portfolio/heat/
#climatechange #climatecomms #climatecrisis
🔬🦠😜 Let’s make #science fun and relevant to help kids learn! Follow two young Samoans and their Australian mentor as they prepare and deliver a show that entertains but also deeply affects its audience as the science of #climatechange is revealed.
When the #pandemic struck, the science communicators had to overcome the limitations of travel restrictions, step out of their comfort zone and lead these valuable lessons. Click here to see the full video 👉 https://bit.ly/PandemicWarriors
🎥 In Pandemic Warriors, our series produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), we explore how people across #Asia and the #Pacific have turned the #COVID crisis into an opportunity to improve life for their communities, often in surprising ways.
#Samoa #Australia
