$7.5m Climate Resilience Project Launched
A £3 million ($F7.5million) climate resilience project targeting 24 communities across three Pacific Island nations was officially launched at the Tanoa Plaza Hotel in Suva yesterday. The Kiwa Empower project, funded through the Kiwa Initiative, will implement nature-based solutions to address pressing climate challenges in Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu. Live & Learn Fiji country […]
50% of Fiji’s Infrastructure Lacks Disability Access
About 50 per cent of infrastructure and building projects in Fiji lack accessibility for persons living with disabilities, it has been revealed. This information came to light during a disability inclusion training organised by the Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation (FDPF) and Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) for the Live and Learn Fiji staff. The training took […]
20 communities join $7.5m climate project
Twenty communities in Vanua Levu are set to benefit from a three-year environmental resilience and climate adaptation initiative. This follows the successful launch of the national Kiwa Empower Project, valued at $7.5 million for Fiji, Tuvalu, and the Solomon Islands, funded by the European Union, France, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Most of the targeted […]
$1.62m project for the North
ABOUT 71,000 Fijians on Vanua Levu could benefit from a $1.62 million Ecosystems-based Climate Adaptation Project (ECAP). The project, a targeted three-year development intervention to build local socioeconomic resilience to climate change, would be implemented by nongovernment organisation Live & Learn Environmental Education Fiji with funding from the European Union. Speaking at the project launch, […]
New portal to boost NGOs service reach to rural communities
Anew informative portal (website) launch marked a new era of online service delivery for target communities and rural settlements in the Northern Division. The launching held recently in Labasa was part of the Ecosystem-based Climate Adaptation Project (ECAP) implemented by the Live and Learn Environmental Education Fiji organisation. Under the ECAP project, 18 communities in […]
Villagers learn Bee Keeping under EU funded project
EU Ecosystems-Based Climate Adaptation Project (ECAP) successfully launch the Beekeeping Training in Nakasa Village in Cakaudrove. This is being done through an initiative under the EU funded Ecosystem-based Climate Adaptation Project. The Basic Beekeeping Training will be undertaken in 20 communities in the Northern Division, seven in Bua, three in Macuata and 10 in the […]