268 articles tagged "hands-across-fiji"
Leadership Fiji Alumni have started a Tropical Cyclone Yasa Relief Fund where they aim to purchase and distribute relief packs to the affected communities in the North. Alumni President Julianne Verma says they hav
The Rotary Club of Peninsula Sunset collected $800 cash and 35 bags of relief items during their disaster relief initiative collection at the ROC Market in Suva, and donations continue to pour in. Community Service
Vodafone Fiji has activated its “Vodafone Red Alert TC Yasa Relief†initiative, under which 500 cartons of essential food items, basic tools and tarpaulins worth around $100,000 will be distributed to families in th
An urgent call for assistance is being made to help those who have been severely affected by Monster Tropical Cyclone Yasa. The Rotary Club of Peninsula Sunset has started a disaster relief initiative to help the v
5 women from Omkar Road, Narere who had struggled to have a constant source of income are reaping the benefits of a one-week workshop conducted by the Social Empowerment and Education Programme (SEEP) where they learnt
R.C. Manubhai & Co. Pte Ltd staff and management have pledged to support and send as many Fijian children to school as possible in the coming year. This comes after they embarked on a Adopt A Child’s Educatio
Two women are selling clothes which they made themselves every Saturday at the Christmas Market Day at the YWCA Building in Suva to assist their husbands with the financial need of their families. Urmila Wati and A
Vinod Patel and Company Ltd is holding a nationwide Toy Drive and is partnering with the Foundation for the Education of Needy Children in their stationery drive. Vinod Patel and Company Ltd, General Manager Sales
The Sai Prema Foundation has distributed more than 230,000 meal packs to the needy families in Fiji under their Sai Annapoorna initiative so far this year. The meal pack includes flour, rice, oil and other basic es
About 3,000 families who have been affected by COVID-19 have been assisted with food rations by the COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Centre in Navakai, Nadi. The COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Centre is a collaborati
The Greater Good Foundation Fiji is looking for financial assistance to support animals that are being cared for at their sanctuary in Ba. The non-profit organisation is Fiji's only animal sanctuary. It says i
Allen Lockington who is one of the founders of the community group - Kava Parliament says they are grateful to Fijians both local and overseas who continue to give so that families struggling during these hard times are
ANZ Fiji will be donating food parcels worth $20,000 to 400 families in need across Fiji this Diwali. ANZ Fiji Country Head Saud Minam says COVID-19 has impacted the Fijian economy and many families whose livelihoo
President of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji, Sarju Prasad says this year Diwali is celebrated at a very uncertain time and to remember the less fortunate, they are distributing food and sweets to peopl
The founder and CEO of FRIEND Fiji Sashi Kiran says this Diwali let us remind ourselves that more than 100,000 families are going through extremely difficult and uncertain times as they ponder their future after losing
The Gujarat Education Society of Fiji has been providing free lunch packs to more than 130 students for the past 2 months. President Kamlesh Kumar says they did a survey in all four of their schools and found out t
A Vunayasi grandmother who has 23 acres of land is now housing a 7 member family who were arbitrarily evicted from their flat last week. 62-year-old Lusi Waqairawai says she put herself and her grandchildren in the s
About 100 students in Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji run schools continue to be assisted with food. Sabha spokesperson, Kamlesh Arya says this is a significant reduction as about 330 students were earlier seeking pr
The Methodist Church of Fiji Social Service Committee Suva Circuit is aiming to extend their assistance to housing and bill payments for families who are in need due to the COVID-19 crisis and Tropical Cyclone Harold.
A number of people have come forward to assist a group of parents who have been providing meals for the needy children of Saint Thomas Primary School in Lautoka since March. The group have been providing meals sinc
