{"id":1357,"date":"2026-07-28T07:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2026-07-28T07:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:36:50","slug":"australia-amps-up-unicef-and-pacific-humanitarian-warehouse-help-in-fsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357","title":{"rendered":"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photo Sources: Australia Embassy, Federated States of Micronesia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Christopher Cottrell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 28, 2026, Federated States of Micronesia___<\/strong> Australia is increasing support for harm to children and threats to humanitarian supplies with support for UNICEF and Tetra Tech Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearing a safe warehouse supply site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia Ambassador Grant recently welcomed UNICEF’s newly appointed Chief of UNICEF North Pacific Office, Mr Seifu Ali for their  \u201chand-in-hand\u201d partnership with, \u201cFSM Government and local communities to improve outcomes for children and young people through investments in health, education, family protection, nutrition, water and sanitation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ambassador Grant said the partnership with UNICEF<\/a>, \u201cis helping to create a brighter future for children across Micronesia. We thank the outgoing Chief Mr. Cromwell Bacareza for his eight years of friendship and service and welcome Mr Seifu Ali to this important work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beyond UNICEF, the Australia Embassy announced a, \u201cimportant milestone for the Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse in Palikir, as Mr. Ben McMahon and Mr. Kyle Andrew from the Tetra Tech Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) team completes its site clearance work.\u201d The safety measures will ensure that the Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Program, a multi-donor partnership with the FSM Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (DECCEM), and the Pacific Community (SPC), is not built on WWII explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Secretary Josh Critchley-Evans said<\/a>,”Australia is proud to be a part of this initiative that will strengthen disaster preparedness and humanitarian response efforts across the FSM and the wider Pacific region. We thank the Tetra Tech team for their commitment to ensuring the site in Palikir is safe and ready to commence construction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Sources: Australia Embassy, Federated States of Micronesia By Christopher Cottrell July 28, 2026, Federated States of Micronesia___ Australia is increasing support for harm to children and threats to humanitarian supplies with support for UNICEF and Tetra Tech Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearing a safe warehouse supply site. Australia Ambassador Grant recently welcomed UNICEF’s newly appointed …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-federated-states-of-micronesia","category-news-federated-states-of-micronesia"],"yoast_head":"\nAustralia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM - Micronesia Sun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM - Micronesia Sun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photo Sources: Australia Embassy, Federated States of Micronesia By Christopher Cottrell July 28, 2026, Federated States of Micronesia___ Australia is increasing support for harm to children and threats to humanitarian supplies with support for UNICEF and Tetra Tech Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearing a safe warehouse supply site. Australia Ambassador Grant recently welcomed UNICEF’s newly appointed …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Micronesia Sun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-28T07:35:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-28T07:36:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"832\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christopher Cottrell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christopher Cottrell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christopher Cottrell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a687fc00ebb47b69bfa953cef82349f2\"},\"headline\":\"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-28T07:35:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-28T07:36:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Federated States of Micronesia\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357\",\"name\":\"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM - Micronesia Sun\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-28T07:35:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-28T07:36:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a687fc00ebb47b69bfa953cef82349f2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png\",\"width\":1712,\"height\":832},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?p=1357#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Micronesia Sun\",\"description\":\"Bright News from the Deep Pacific\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a687fc00ebb47b69bfa953cef82349f2\",\"name\":\"Christopher Cottrell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f74eee331cf8c90921135e979e9096ae7a004afaf0bd92fdba33b3c8fd31d88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f74eee331cf8c90921135e979e9096ae7a004afaf0bd92fdba33b3c8fd31d88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f74eee331cf8c90921135e979e9096ae7a004afaf0bd92fdba33b3c8fd31d88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Christopher Cottrell\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micronesiasun.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM - Micronesia Sun","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM - Micronesia Sun","og_description":"Photo Sources: Australia Embassy, Federated States of Micronesia By Christopher Cottrell July 28, 2026, Federated States of Micronesia___ Australia is increasing support for harm to children and threats to humanitarian supplies with support for UNICEF and Tetra Tech Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearing a safe warehouse supply site. Australia Ambassador Grant recently welcomed UNICEF’s newly appointed …","og_url":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357","og_site_name":"Micronesia Sun","article_published_time":"2026-07-28T07:35:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-28T07:36:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1712,"height":832,"url":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Christopher Cottrell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christopher Cottrell","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357"},"author":{"name":"Christopher Cottrell","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a687fc00ebb47b69bfa953cef82349f2"},"headline":"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM","datePublished":"2026-07-28T07:35:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-28T07:36:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357"},"wordCount":275,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png","articleSection":["Federated States of Micronesia","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357","url":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357","name":"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM - Micronesia Sun","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png","datePublished":"2026-07-28T07:35:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-28T07:36:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a687fc00ebb47b69bfa953cef82349f2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-2.21.10-PM.png","width":1712,"height":832},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?p=1357#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australia amps up UNICEF and Pacific Humanitarian Warehouse Help in FSM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/","name":"Micronesia Sun","description":"Bright News from the Deep Pacific","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a687fc00ebb47b69bfa953cef82349f2","name":"Christopher Cottrell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f74eee331cf8c90921135e979e9096ae7a004afaf0bd92fdba33b3c8fd31d88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f74eee331cf8c90921135e979e9096ae7a004afaf0bd92fdba33b3c8fd31d88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f74eee331cf8c90921135e979e9096ae7a004afaf0bd92fdba33b3c8fd31d88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Christopher Cottrell"},"url":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions\/1362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micronesiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}