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“We are grateful to the Government that despite our geographical location, we have a team visiting our communities so our voices could be heard which tells us that the Government is there for us and we are cared for as people of this country,” Mr St John said.

This was the testimony from 78-year-old Maata Katia of Qalikarua Village in Matuku who lives alone with her elderly husband on the island.

Initially engaged in crafting items like pillowcases, crochet bedspreads and table covers she extended her skills to fulfilling orders on a personalised scale.

SHELVIN Permal has been running Rey’s Hair Dressing & Beauty Salon for the past eight years
and notes it to be something that comes naturally to him.

Led by the passionate beekeeper, Ismail Malawiya, this humble bee farm has transformed
into a prosperous hub for farm-fresh honey supplies.

The idiom “straight from the horse’s mouth” is one that comes from the British horse
racing circles which pointed out that the ideal source for racing tips would be the horse rather than the spectators.

One of which was to reduce the burden of traditional cooking methods which has a bearing on their health as well as the environmental risks associated with it, which culminated in the commissioning of their biogas project recently.

“This was like a miracle for us as after COVID-19 we had no way to finance us and we were struggling,” she added.

“When my Rishav continuously got sick, I told my husband that we needed to take him to hospital. The fever would come and go which was not normal. When the doctors advised us that they needed to carry out more tests for my Rishav I was scared because I knew there was something wrong with him.”

A few months after Filipe Baleitavuki was born, his mother Vinaina Tadulala noticed that his pupil- the centre of the iris- was dilated.