It’s after 2 o’clock in the afternoon and a group of women from Etil (a village 20 minutes from Port Vila) gather around 54-year-old matriarch, Wakalani Alphonse.
Traditional Fijian voyaging bridges ancestral wisdom and renewable energy, inspires youth and proves carbon-neutral travel is possible
Education of the deaf children is crucial to give them the ability to fulfill their full potential.
The partnership sets the stage for stronger cooperation in accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Pageant has grown into a key platform for promoting LGBT rights and raising awareness of HIV in the remote Pacific island nation
The fund will support the low-lying atoll nation adapt to increasing climate risks, particularly more frequent and extreme droughts which impact the country’s freshwater supply.
BLOG | Mobilizing Urgent Action and Political Will For Ocean and Climate Change
There is an urgent need for action on the ocean and climate change nexus. Our oceans, which cover three quarters of the earth’s surface, is one of the greatest and most important resources of our planet. It provides food for four out of ten people in the world and is a source of income for billions of people, including those of us living in Pacific island Countries.
BLOG | Back in Time
It’s been 23 years since I last set foot on Ovalau, a lush volcanic island separated by a 20km wide channel from Viti Levu, Fiji’s mainland. Ovalau is the sixth largest island in Fiji and the main island of the Lomaiviti Province. We got off the sturdy “Spirit of Love” vessel after a 40-minute boat ride from Natovi Jetty on Viti Levu.
BLOG | Plastic habit: Reducing waste with behavioral insights in Solomon Islands
Baked food wrapped in banana leaves. Vegetables carted in cane baskets. Intricately woven string bags. Natural materials used to be the standard in Solomon Islands. Then plastic took the place of everything. Now it’s everywhere in the capital of Honiara — roadsides, markets, drains, the sea. It’s inundating the city.
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About the Pacific Office in Fiji
9,937,200
Population
31.4
Poverty rate
$2678.2
GNI per capita
0.645
Human Dev. Index
