Feature Stories

When Emosi Vivia saw Mere Tamoi, a stroke survivor, returning from the river, his heart sank as he walked her to her home because he saw the difficulty she encountered every day.

Road infrastructure can close gender gaps and the Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) is working towards supporting Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality.

A 34-year-old man in Ba who leads a group of young unemployed Fijians who trade work on the Barter for Fiji Facebook page has called on young Fijians not to wait around for Government assistance.

Ten youth from the District of Cawa on the island of Koro received certificates of Plantation Establishment after a one-week training from the Ministry of Forestry as part of the Ministry’s 30-Million-Trees-in- 15-Years initiative.

Students of Levuka Public School will no longer have to stay in makeshift dormitories after the construction of the state-of-the-art new boys’ dormitory.

It was a historic moment for the Yavusa Waidau of Navuloa village in Ovalau after they received their full lease title for 473 acres of land from Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama in Levuka earlier this month.

One of the key aims of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Youth Grant is to create more independent youth business operators who become job creators instead of job seekers.

“It is an honour to be part of the National Youth Program with the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, young people are having a hard time in finding employment,” - Seremaia Koroi

Nine affected leasing tenants and their families received a compensation payment of $620,000 from Government.

Planting more trees for the future generation will be the only possible solution for families residing on
Waqaitakea settlement in the district of Udu Point in Vanua Levu as coastal erosion erodes their living space.