Children of Fiji 

      (registered no. 1082331)

Declared objective To advance education, health and welfare and to 

                              relieve poverty of children in Fiji

 

  Ongoing projects

1. To continue to provide basic resources for schools, children's homes and hospitals throughout the islands of Fiji

2. To provide kindergarten facilities throughout Fiji

3. To provide medical equipment for hospital children's wards and nursing stations

4. To provide fresh water and sanitation for children

5. To give children safe access to school

 

   
       

FUTURE PROJECTS

Sunny Smiles Kindergarten at Vanuakula on Viti Levu      
We have identified a likely location for our next Sunny Smiles Kindergarten . It is in the heart of the sugar growing region in the west of Viti Levu      
       
Reconstructive surgery for Pooja    
.We have become aware of a 3 year old in need of re-constructive surgery and we are currently seeking a way of achieving this. Please click Pooja for more details

 

 
   
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

   
     
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)    

 

 

 

 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.

            £15,000 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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