23 articles tagged "poverty"
In an effort to reduce poverty and uplift communities across Fiji through targeted support and empowerment initiatives, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection is creating small income-generating projects
Some of strategies to alleviate poverty that is part of the National Development Plan 2025-2029 is to develop housing, national insurance and social security schemes under the Integrated National Poverty Eradication Pro
The Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs Pita Tagicakirewa has clarified that 75% of people living in extreme poverty are iTaukei. He says there was a misconception when the statistics was released by the Bureau
Officers from the Poverty Monitoring Unit are currently conducting the Western Division Integrated National Poverty Eradication Program impact assessment survey. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protecti
The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation has profiled 39 cases of people who are homeless in Suva City and from this exercise, 21 were adults between the age of 18 to 59 years, 16 were children under 18 y
Fiji’s official poverty headcount rate based on the 2019-20 Household Income Expenditure Survey was estimated at 24.1 percent, which means that around 208,021 people were living in poverty during this survey period.
Life on the streets is difficult and Fiji needs a centre for the street dwellers in the future. This was stated by founder of Ahava Project Fiji, Naina Senito who says they are looking after about 50 street kids an
Close to 20 people including children as young as 9 to 10 years old sleep under the Stinson Bridge in Suva City every night as they say they do not want to return home or do not have a family home to go to. Fijivil
Despite assisting children, street beggars and street dwellers through the Social Protection Program, some of them continue to return to towns and cities. The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation sa
It is advisable for parents and guardians to sell their roti, pudding or any products rather than involving their children in this activity. That is the statement from the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty A
The World Bank says that Fiji’s national poverty rate for 2019-20 is now estimated at 24.1%, compared to 29.9% previously recorded. This change affects consumption-based poverty estimates based on the Household I
Sacked CEO of the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Kemueli Naiqama says it is important to note for the people of Fiji that the bureau was still able to conduct the survey, process, analyze and publish the 2019-2020 Household
Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics CEO, Kemueli Naiqama has today stressed that he has discharged his responsibility as a trained statistician to the best of his ability without fear or favour and as a neutral civil serva
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights says they were shocked to hear about the unfair dismissal, instant termination and the reported ‘escorting' of the Chief Executive Officer of the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Kemueli Na
University of the South Pacific economist, Doctor Neelesh Gounder says the poverty estimates released by the Fiji Bureau of Statisics in the 2019/2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey is credible and can be relie
People’s Alliance Party Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka has branded the Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s outbursts as stupid after Sayed-Khaiyum’s comments regarding the Fiji Bureau of Statistics and it’s 2019-20
SODELPA Leader, Viliame Gavoka says to hear that the Fiji Bureau of Statistics CEO, Kemueli Naiqama, was unceremoniously dismissed and escorted off premises for the poverty report in Fiji, says a lot about the type of d
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says the termination of Fiji Bureau and Statistics CEO Kemueli Naiqama’s contract shows the dictatorial and military-style operation by the government. Pras
Fiji Labour Party, Mahendra Chaudhry says it is a sad state of affairs and the Economy Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum should accept the truth and stop questioning the credibility of government departments when their repo
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the data released by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics in their 2019-2020 Housing Income and Expenditure Survey cannot be relied upon and he says there are
