The Australian governments humanitarian assistance to Fiji is helping improve the lives and living standards of the grassroots people.

Two villages and a school in Cakaudrove province are the latest beneficiaries of continuing Australian government support for community and education projects in Fiji.

The Australian High Commission in Suva said Australian funding assistance of $26,028, under the Australian High Commission's Direct Aid Program (DAP), has enabled Viani village in the district of Navatu to construct 12 flush toilets and Navakaka village to construct footpaths.

It said Nawi Catholic Primary School in Buca Bay also received over $5,000 for renovation works.

Australian High Commission official Timothy Wilcox while visiting the project sites said the Australian Government was happy to contribute to development projects which improve living standards in rural communities.

Wilcox also told students at the Nawi Catholic Primary School that the Australian Government was particularly pleased to be able to assist in uplifting education in rural areas through improved teaching facilities.

So far this year, 34 rural communities and schools around Fiji have received DAP funding totaling $314,400 for various development projects.

The Loreto Catholic Primary School in Levuka was also able to re-stock its library this year with new books purchased through a DAP grant of $7,900.

The school's library was destroyed at the height of Cyclone Gene in 2008.