Prevalence of anaemia prompts intervention in communities
The prevalence of anaemia among children and women in Vanua Levu has prompted Live and Learn’s Drought Recovery and Climate Resilience Project to intervene in 29 communities in the Northern Division. According to the recent National Nutrition Survey, 63.1 percent of children under five years and 40 percent of expectant mothers suffer from anaemia in […]
Fiji’s first Indigenous-owned carbon credit project
LABASA, Fiji — No one finds their way to the village of Drawa by accident. To get there, you must first board a tiny plane to Labasa, the biggest town on Fiji’s Vanua Levu Island. Driving southwest past hectares of sugarcane plantations and forests riven with gashes of red earth, you’ll pass pickup trucks piled […]
Villagers undertake climate-smart agriculture training
Over 50 families of Suweni in Cakaudrove received climate-smart agriculture training from Live and Learn Fiji, through their Drought Recovery and Climate Resilience Project. This is one of the 29 villages selected for the project. Project Manager, Kolosa Matebalavu says the initiative aims to improve food security for people in communities vulnerable to climate change […]
Project to assist vulnerable communities
A Drought Recovery and Climate Resilient Project has been launched to build more adaptive and resilient communities in Fiji, particularly in the Northern Division. The United States has committed close to $1million for this project, which will be implemented in collaboration with Live and Learn Fiji. The project will help address the interlinked challenges of […]
Cabinet approves team
Cabinet has approved the formation of a National Emergency Response Team. National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) director Vasiti Soko confirmed this while delivering her closing remarks at a five-day emergency operation centre training at the Fiji Teachers Union Hall on Friday. “This is nothing new in the disaster space globally,” she said. “Solomon Islands is […]
Conserving forests: ‘High integrity carbon projects are important’
In a bid to assist landowners and communities, representatives of Plan Vivo, an internationally recognised Standard for the Voluntary Carbon Market(VCM), visited Fiji last week. The Scotland-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) certifies forest carbon projects that are led by local communities and are proud to certify several forest conservation projects within the Pacific Islands. Plan Vivo […]