START Fund  Alert 494 Fiji Cyclone – Tropical

Resilient Communities

Nature based Solutions (NbS)

Climate resilience

Food preservation

Disaster Risk Reduction

Gender & Social Inclusion

Empowered communities

Resilient Communities

Nature based Solutions (NbS)

Climate resilience

Food preservation

Disaster Risk Reduction

Gender & Social Inclusion

Empowered communities

Project Information
Donor: Global START Fund
Date: December 2020 – February 2021
No. of Beneficiaries: 1,981 people
Cost of Project: $35, 989 GBP
Donor(s): START Network

Start Fund provides rapid response funding to under-the-radar, small to medium-scale crises, filling a critical gap in the humanitarian aid system.

The START  Fund provided support for WASH/Dignity Kits and awareness. The kits included essential items such as soap, buckets, sarongs, menstrual hygiene management items, underwear and toothpaste to improve access to immediate hygiene needs to those who had been impacted by Tropical cyclone Yasa.

Live & Learn Fiji distributed 285 WASH and dignity kits during this period. The total population reached through this activity was 1,981 people (1,030 male and 951 female).