Agriculture Ministry partners NGO to aid community
Live and Learn Fiji has joined forces with the Ministry of Agriculture to assist residents of Mataniborosisi Settlement in Lami in addressing the impacts of climate change. According to the non-governmental organization, the residents’ farming areas are being inundated with seawater during high tide due to coastal erosion and rising sea level. Live and Learn […]
Food security and nutrition tops Live and Learn list
Improving of nutrients in food and food security are two of the major focus of the non-governmental organisation Live & Learn Fiji, as they work on 29 communities in the Northern Division. Project Manager Kolosa Matebalavu says most of these communities are vulnerable to climate change and this is affecting their food sources, which eventually […]
Empowering Pacific Parliaments through Floating Budget Office
What is a Floating Budget Office? In the vast expanse of the Pacific, an innovative initiative that continues to revolutionize how parliaments analyze and understand their national budgets. The Floating Budget Office (FBO) is empowering Pacific nations to make more informed decisions about their financial futures. But what exactly is the FBO, and how is […]
Villagers work on restoring grassland areas
The Yavusa Kavula Restoration Programme in Bua Province, is making remarkable progress in restoring grassland areas within the five Mataqali of Yavusa Kavula. This initiative is being undertaken between the Ministry of Forestry and the environmental NGO Live and Learn Fiji. As part of the programme, the Yavusa Kavula has already planted 2,836 native assorted […]
Climate resilience with Vetiver grass planting
The Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways and Live and Learn Fiji are spearheading the Atoll Food Futures program. It focuses on the strategic planting of Vetiver grass to counteract the adverse impacts of climate change on the environment. The initiative primarily targets informal settlements including Kilikali, Mataniborosisi, Waikerekere and Bilo along the Suva corridor where […]
Villagers in Lekutu receive farming tools
Eighty-three households in the villages of Kavula and Banikea in the district of Lekutu, Bua received farming tool kits from Live & Learn Fiji. This is part of an initiative to enforce food security by empowering farmers at the household level. The farming tools have been given under Live & Learn’s Climate Resilient Islands Programme […]