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Children of Fiji (registered no. 1082331) Declared objective To advance education, health and welfare and to relieve poverty of children in Fiji
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FUTURE PROJECTS
| Sunny Smiles Kindergarten at Nabukalevu, Kadavu | |||
| We have identified the location of our next Sunny Smiles Kindergarten and plans have been drawn up. We are dedicating this kindergarten to the memory of two very special people, Sera and her 3 year old grandaughter Iva who were both tragically killed in a road accident. | |||
| Bouma Nursing Station, Taveuni | ||
| Nursing stations often cover a very wide area. Bouma nursing station covers many rural villages and the one nurse is responsible for a population of over 3000 people. Although we have provided much basic equipment for baby monitoring, more is needed. We continue our campaign for this and other rural nursing stations | ||
| First Aid boxes for kindergartens and school | ||
| We continue to
provide First Aid boxes for schools and kindergartens. Many schools and
kindergartens do not have any basic first aid resources to deal with
minor ailments. Small injuries can often become infected and lead to
further complications. We have decided to produce 'Children of Fiji'
First Aid boxes (containing such things as plasters, bandage, antiseptic
cream, antiseptic wipes, eyewash).
If you would like to sponsor a box for a school for £20, please contact us. Contact |
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| Beqa School | ||
| Many of the children attending this school have a very arduous journey to get there. Often children arrive with no food for the day as their parents are not able to provide this. We are hoping to have a kitchen/dining area constructed where basic food can be provided. Children will become far more healthy and alert and this will do much to improve their school performance. | ||
| School Fees | ||
| Except in exceptional circumstances we do not pay individual school fees as it is hard to pick any particular student in preference to another. However, there are circumstances when we can carry out a particular fund-raising activity and use the funds for a school where there are a number of students struggling to meet the school fees. Money would be spread amongst a large number of students, bringing all of the fees down to a manageable level for the parents/guardians to be able to cope with. For a primary school, fees are in the region of £8 to £10 per year. |
| Easing the problems of getting to school | ||
| It never ceases to amaze us what incredible journeys children have to make to get to school. Many walk for hours barefoot across mountain tracks (often in the dark), or they have to scramble through creeks, wade through rivers and even swim across bays. So far, we have had two bridges built at two separate locations. We have also provided two boats with outboard motors (and life-jackets) : One of these (Navitilevu) means that children no longer have to swim across a wide bay to get to school and that, in the case of an emergency, they can be ferried to medical aid. The other one is used in the wide Rewa River delta and collects children from a variety of small islands to get them safely to school on the big island in the river (primary and secondary school sites). We hope to continue to provide these (the cost of a half-cabin fibre-glass boat (carrying around 25 children) plus out-board motor and life-jackets is around £5,000) |
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Approximate costing of some of these projects £60,000 will provide a mobile kindergarten £20,000 will pay for the building of a kindergarten for a school. £10,000 will provide sanitation facilities for a typical school £5,000 will provide a fibre glass boat and outboard motor £2,000 will refurbish the dining facilities at a typical rural school £2,000 will equip a kindergarten £2,500 will provide 2 x 5000 gallon water storage tanks £300 will provide a reading scheme for a school £200 will provide a 'teachers' pack for a school £50 will provide a school with 500 exercise books £30 will provide a school with 500 pencils £20 will provide a 'Children of Fiji' First Aid box for a school/ kindergarten £10 will provide games/toys for a children's ward
ANY OFFERS OF HELP IN KIND OR FINANCIAL, PLEASE CONTACT US CONSIDER SETTING UP A STANDING ORDER (ANY AMOUNT A MONTH) GIFT AID FORMS/BANKERS ORDER FORMS AVAILABLE Contact
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