Feature Stories

Yasawa village in the district of Udu, Vanua Levu is among the most exposed communities to these risks and according to village elder Waisea Marawa they are directly affected by climate change.

Minister Naiqamu calls for support from all Fijian in efforts to revive the forest sector.

Farmers from Naivorati, Naitasiri, will have a secure future and worry less after signing a contract with the Agriculture Marketing Authority.

In the last 38 years living on the island, a lot has changed for Maria Batiwale as she recounts the changes that climate change has brought about in their village.

A parent of three children attending school applauds the initiative of the Government in ensuring that her children’s time is spent wisely while they are at home.

It is in the stories of individual Girmityas that we gain the best insight into what life was like for them. And in the early 1970s, some of the survivors of the era gave interviews to the academic and author, Dr Ahmed Ali. Here are some of the accounts they gave from his book, “Girmit. The Indian Indenture Experience in Fiji”: 

From humble beginnings, come great things.

‘Life will always move on and we should never give up on trying to achieve our dreams.’ - Ms. Vitila Vuniwaqa