Psychological First Aid training in Fiji empowers community-led disaster response
Community members in Naqaravutu village, Fiji, were able to assist a shocked family who lost their home in a recent fire after participating in Psychological First Aid training through Empower Pacific, supported by AHP.
Eating green and clean from home gardens during Fiji’s second COVID-19 wave
Many communities in Fiji have been hit hard by the economic fallout of COVID-19, and the second wave of cases in 2021 also restricted access to food and markets. With AHP support, Nabulini village has successfully grown their own vegetables, keeping healthy food on the menu during lockdowns.
Meet the mental health humanitarians supporting Fijians through COVID-19
Through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership’s COVID-19 response, Empower Pacific is supporting Fijians grappling with the economic, social and health repercussions of the global pandemic.
Cushioning the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Fiji
In Fiji, the Ketesa community primarily earned their incomes through selling woodcarvings to hotels and local retail outlets. But the pandemic closed the doors on international tourism. Through partner CAN DO, AHP has supported new ways forward for the community.
Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation leads disability inclusion aspects of AHP's COVID-19 Fiji Response
The Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation is playing a key role in ensuring a more inclusive COVID-19 humanitarian response.
Pacific Humanitarian Makerspace begins production of locally-made disaster resilience and accessibility items
With the support of Disaster READY, Field Ready has opened the Pacific region’s first humanitarian makerspace in Suva in 2019.
Civil society integral to Fiji’s COVID-19 response
Disaster READY: In just two years the Fiji Council of Social Services has transformed from an organisation the government found difficult to work with, to an organisation the government actively turns to for support in times of disaster. Read how this change came about, and the role of our Disaster READY program in supporting a stronger Fijian civil society.
Fijian communities get Disaster READY with Cash and Voucher Assistance pilots
Disaster READY Fiji ran cash and voucher assistance trials in three Fijian communities. Community feedback will inform how cash and voucher assistance can be provided as part of future disaster response efforts in the country.
Disaster READY: Local Leadership in Fiji
The Fiji Disaster READY consortia found themselves responding to two consecutive tropical cyclones in the early stages of the Disaster READY program. They rallied together to coordinate their response, while also successfully securing funding from the START network.