In relation to community dedication I have shown great leadership for our community as I am
• Member of Rotary Club of Suva North as Director Club Admin and elect President
• Member of Leadership Fiji Alumni.
• Awarded the best Greenpeace Suva Local Group volunteer @ Annual Award Night
• Treasurer of Kabir Panth Sammelan Maha Sabha Fiji (Religious NGO)
• Volunteer of the Year by Fiji National Volunteer Steering Committee supported the United Nations in 2015 for the contribution in the Human Rights Sector
• Certificate of Fellowship for Leadership FIJI Program in recognition of outstanding contribution to Community Initiatives
I joined Joined the Greenpeace (Fiji) as a volunteer in 2004 taking part in lobbies, campaigns, protest, Petition Drive, fundraising, writing letters to daily publication on issue of concern, seminars, port watching, educating the public businesses about the upcoming issues affecting our society/oceans and our marine life and then being awarded the best Greenpeace Suva Local Group Volunteer at the Annual Awards Night for his volunteer services.
I then joined Leadership Fiji in 2012 (LF2012). LF2012 a group of young working professional who have a passion for community work and joined as a volunteer promising to ensure “By 2025 Fiji will be a united, democratic nation that upholds fundamental human rights and the rule of law. Our economy will be sustainable, vibrant and innovative. We will be healthy, educated and will celebrate our diversity and protect our heritage”
Brief community project included:
Work-a-thon by cleaning Nasese Foreshore on a Saturday morning served as a fundraising activity and a community project and from the money collected $1000 was donated to Save the Children Fiji to assist children in the Western Division who were affected by the floods. The money would be used in Save the Children Early Childhood Education program as part of distribution of free stationery to the affected Early Childhood Centres (ECE’s)
Navatu Primary School, Rakiraki – provided assistance to the school to access a regular supply of clean water by funding the connection from the borehole to the water tank and as Previously the school faced constant water supply problems because of the dry season and shared water supply with the nearby village, also donated library books and stationery to the school
Habitat For Humanity – partnered with Habitat for Humanity Fiji (HFHF) to build 2 houses for flood victims at Sovi Bay, Vatukarasa, near Sigatoka. The project was in line with the disaster recovery projects carried out by HFHF in areas affected by the flooding in March 2012. Day was spent at the site helping with painting and general construction work.
St. John’s Training Room – being the program coordinator of St Johns training room renovation works. I coordinated the overall project by having St Johns training room painted, doing repairs to windows, putting up curtains, and donating Book shelves, white board, notice boards, rubbish bin for making their training room a more conducive place for learning. This project allowed the revamp of facilities that provides first aid training and services to thousands of citizens from all walks of life since its inception and teaching them the essential
Cleanup up at the Fiji Society for the Blind. Organized a clean-up campaign at the Fiji Society for the Blind with partnership of Vinod Patel and Leadership Fiji. The whole day was spend by Vinod Patel Staffs by cleaning the classrooms, painting the building, cleaning the yard, cutting the grass and water blasting the whole building. The whole day was spent serving the under privilege and disadvantaged and putting smiles on their faces.
Book Drive for Vuci Methodist Primary school –conducted a book drive for the Library of Vuci Methodist Primary School and as believing that education has a key role to play in the lives of children and that they should have access to good educational material at all levels for their career development and that no information should be limited.
Toy Drive. For the three years initiated the toy drive which was a partnership with Save the Children Fiji and Vinod Patel to deliver Christmas cheers in the forms of gifts to sick children, children in local orphanages and homes. I helped in delivering these gifts to children in CWM hospital, ST Christopher’s home in Nakasi, hopes of homes in Wailoku, Dilkusha home in Nausori and bringing smiles and joys in the faces of children during the festive season and their Christmas more special.
A cleanup campaign at the Thurston gardens In line with protecting our heritage, I also spent the morning of Saturday cleaning up and planting trees at the Thurston Gardens.
Tavuni Hillfort Heritage Site Restoration – Currently working on site restoration of Tavuni Hillfort located at Sigatoka (Upper River). The partnership project is between Leadership Fiji 2012 and TOTAL Fiji with TOTAL Fiji injecting $18, 000 for this community project initiative. Tavuni Hillfort is a national heritage site which is neglected for past 20 years due to non-maintenance of this archeological site.
Cyclone Winston – I worked tirelessly of as part of cyclone Winston team relief team to provide relief assistance to those affected by cyclone Winston in Tailevu and Ra provision as main aim was to provide assistance to those areas who hadn’t been provided assistance of any sort which included the following Dakuivuna, Wailotua, Nasautoka, Nabouva, Nayavu, Naqia, Nasaibitu, Namoka, Naveiveiwali, Naituvatuvatuvatu, Nailega, Naibita, Wailevu, Nabulini, Manu.
Yat Sen Secondary School in conjunction The Rotary Club of Suva North as being was one of the career advisor to the students of Yat Sen in the field of Human Resources and OHS whereby advising all student who are about to finish their secondary life now start making choices about the career they want to pursue in together with the subject and units they would take to support their ambition
Plan a Tree. Participated in Protect. Prevent. Promote campaign was launched at my Suva Park. Event included planting new mangrove and mangrove associates forests including native coastal trees to complement the current species, Protecting mangrove and mangrove associates forests in My Suva Park area. Prevent and remove invasive plant species from the area And Promoting awareness on critical roles mangroves associated forests play in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Homes of Hope Project – As been a Rotarian and president of Rotary Club for two Rotary years, with my Leadership, we painted one of new built dormitories residents of Home of Hopes Fiji who provide a safe place for children and young mothers who are surviving victims of rape, severely abused and victimised, neglected by the society and even rescued from streets around Suva and placed in a safe, comforting shelter at HoH’s residential campus.
Waidradra (Navua) Sanitation Project – After the article that made national news in the newspaper on 23th January, 2019 titled “ One Pit Toilet for 55 People”. Also the criticisms and negatively posted on Facebook around the people of Waidrdra with nobody raising their hands to help. I again took this as my biggest challenge in my life , to ensure by 2020, the people of Waidradra would have proper sanitation including Proper Flushed Toilets, Showers and clean water. I started to look for partial funding and was blessed with support from oversea rotary club who also assisted us financially and with the local health ministries, we successfully constructed 2 Toilet and shower units for the people of Waidrradra and together with the Hon Minister of Health, the project was handed over to the people of Waidradra on 4th January, 2020.
I believe I have gained a valuable quality of life through aspects of community work as have learned how decisions about issues important to our lives are made, and ways to become involved in shaping our community’s future. In a supportive atmosphere, share ideas, develop and practice leadership skills, experience a day of outdoor adventure learning, and learn tools to help build stronger communities. I by changing lives of people of us Fijians believe that Community service is indispensable task and should be performed with pride and honor, because personally it can give you an imperative opening for his skills and talents that aren’t used in the workplace.
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