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End of the Year Event - Empowering Communities for Wellness. The Viseisei Sai Health Centre celebrated its end of the year event on Monday 21st November 2016 at the Ratu Iloilovatu House in Viseisei. The celebration was held to mark the collaboration of Fiji Community Development Program (FCDP) and the Viseisei Sai Health Centre (VSHC) from 2013-2016. The event was held in the presence of Her Excellency the Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Ms. Margaret Twomey, National NCD Advisor Dr. Isimeli Tukana from the Ministry of Health, Tui Vuda Ratu… Read more >>

The following article was printed in the November/December edition of the City Star Lautoka community newspaper and was written by Sanjay Goundar. Violence against girls and women is a stark reality of our society and according to a University of Hawaii study 64% of women suffer sexual or physical violence in their lifetimes. This rippling effect worldwide has resulted in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and UN Women collaborating to form a co-educational program ‘Voices against Violence’ for young people to access when they come… Read more >>

The following article was printed in the November/December edition of the City Star Lautoka community newspaper and was written by Sanjay Goundar. CIVIL society organisations remain an important partner in helping Australia deliver its aid program in Fiji. Whilst speaking at the Viseisei Sai Health Centre "End of Program" Celebration in Vuda Lautoka on November 21, Australian High Commissioner to Fiji Margaret Twomey, stressed that civil society organisations play an active role in ensuring services reach the most vulnerable and marginalised in our communities. Ms Twomey stressed that Australia’s  partnership… Read more >>

VSHC has been working with the Community to avoid life style risk factors, which make one unhealthy. This work has been made possible with funding from the Fiji Community Development Program, an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) aid project. This funding comes to an end in November. A key strategy of the project was to train, deploy and support Community Health Officers. A stakeholder workshop was held on Friday 23rd September to identify strategies to sustain community gains after the current funding is exhausted. The meeting was… Read more >>

The video below was directed by the Fiji Community Development Program. They interviewed the FCDP staff from the Centre and also our Community Health Workers. Here is the introduction written by FCDP on their Facebook page: "The Fiji Community Development Program, managed by Coffey on behalf of the Australian Government, is working with the Viseisei Sai Health Centre to provide affordable health care to Fijian communities. With an FCDP grant, the Centre and the Ministry of Health have re-introduced Community Health Workers throughout Fiji, to help raise awareness about the… Read more >>