268 articles tagged "hands-across-fiji"
The Fiji Sevashram Sangha is assisting more than 200 families from the lockdown to now. Sangha Trustee, Vinod Lal says they assist people who have been let go from their jobs due to COVID-19 with $60 grocery packs per
Women-led activist group, DIVA for Equality has started providing an additional 700 meals to students from two schools in Lami through their Love Meal School Food Programme as they have already been providing over 700 m
The Fiji Cancer Society collected 188 blankets through their blanket drive so far. The Society’s Program Manager, Darisha Datt says they have already distributed 34 blankets where 21 blankets were given out in We
TISI Sangam says they will continue to provide free lunch to students in their 27 schools across Fiji till the end of the year however in some schools the number of days or students who are provided lunch may change.
Make a Difference-Fiji Director Renu Singh says a number of people have contacted them to assist Piniana Vukicanatani and her 1 year 11 months old disabled son who have been living in a tent after Tropical Cyclone Harol
The Frank Hilton Organisation has since April this year distributed a total of 1,060 nutrition packs to 100 families through their Community Support Unit. It says this is being given every fortnight to families who
The Fiji Muslim League says they will continue to assist students with lunch for as long as they will need it and they do not have a time limit on this. League President Hafiz-Ud-Dean Khan says they spend an estima
More than 50% of the United Blind Persons for Fiji members have been let go from their jobs. United Blind Persons of Fiji Chairperson of the National Disability Awards, Rajnel Prasad says most of these members were
Project Officer and Office Manager for the Psychiatric Survivors Association of Fiji, Sera Osborne helped 22 people living on the streets by providing them with food and psychological counselling. Osborne has been rec
The Fiji Cancer Society says their blanket drive is for cancer patients however they do not turn away other patients who need blankets since the collection is for those who need it the most. Society’s Program Man
The Social Welfare Department is currently looking at making housing arrangements for a 28-year-old single mother and her 1 year 11 months old disabled son who have been living in a tent in Galoa after Tropical Cyclone
The Indian High Commissioner to Fiji, Padmaja presented a donation of $15,000 to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. This assistance is initiated through the concerted effort between India's High Commission in Fiji
The VotCity Flea Market which started with only two vendors on 18th April, has now grown to be a beacon of hope for about 215 more families who have lost their jobs in Nadi after COVID-19. VotCity Flea Market is lo
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Fiji says it has been overwhelmed with the support it got from people through its Food Drive at Cost U Less and the Legend FM Fiji Repo Expo at the Vodafone Arena
More than 1500 students of the University of the South Pacific who have been affected by COVID-19 have been given food packs through the Good Neighbour Initiative which has been established by the USP Students Associati
A group of 4th-year students at the Fiji National University School of Medicine are organising a clothes drive for patients at Saint Giles Hospital. They are calling on people to donate clothes of all sizes for bot
Women-led activist group, DIVA for Equality is providing 800 meals to students in three high-need Suva based schools every week through their Love Meal School Food Programme after receiving cash, groceries and vegetable
The Fiji Cancer Society is calling on people to come forward and help as they are receiving more requests for blankets from cancer patients, and they barely have enough to distribute in the Central Division alone.
A food drive will be held at Cost U Less from 9 am to 3 pm this Saturday by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Fiji. Apart from food items, they are also in need of basic cleaning supplies for
To help cancer patients keep warm during this cold weather, the Fiji Cancer Society is currently holding a blanket drive. The Society says 170 people have been diagnosed with cancer so far this year while there wer
