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| Baha'i Teacher is awarded by the Queen for converting people to Bahaism. |
Mr Pierce was recognised for four decades of education services to Vanuatu, the country he called home for more than half his life.
The 77-year-old Englishman said after travelling throughout Asia in his younger days, he discovered the Baha’i faith, and it was through this faith he began his journey of teaching abroad.
He now calls Albany home and has done so for the past five years, in-between trips to Vanuatu.
“I’m a teacher by trade, and I heard through my Baha’i faith that people were needed in the Pacific, to help develop and grow the Baha’i people in the community,” he said.
“So I lived and worked for a year in Vanuatu, married my wife in Australia a year later in 1968, then in 1971 went back to Vanuatu and stayed there for 42 years.”
https://gsweekender.com.au/royal-nod-for-teacher-mbe-queen-charles-pierce-goode-beach-albany-vanuatu/
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