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Community Outreach Activities in Fiji

Community Outreach Activities in Fiji. Joeli Veitayaki University of the South Pacific veitayaki_j@usp.ac.fj. Importance of Community Outreach. Management of resources is about managing human beings and their activities Importance of ocean, coast and islands resources not fully understood

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Community Outreach Activities in Fiji

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  1. Community Outreach Activities in Fiji Joeli Veitayaki University of the South Pacific veitayaki_j@usp.ac.fj

  2. Importance of Community Outreach • Management of resources is about managing human beings and their activities • Importance of ocean, coast and islands resources not fully understood • Capacity building is critical due to lack of resources and the challenges to be addressed • Community based initiatives are critical as their impact people’s lives • Partnerships - sum of our collective effort is more than sum of individual work • Activities to articulate sustainable use of ocean and island resources are required at all levels

  3. Community Outreach Activities • Chemistry Outreach to Schools (COTS) • Operated by Chemical Society of South Pacific • Organise open days and Science Clubs • Produce booklets, video and posters • Prepare students for seminar presentations • Schools Cloud Observation Online (SCOOL) • Green Schools Fiji – Live and Learn • Encourage teachers to provide sustainable environment through education • Promote local action to address environmental deterioration • University of the South Pacific Student Association and affiliates • Organise community visits during semester breaks • Assist with community development projects

  4. Community Outreach Activities • Ocean Future Society’s Sustainable Reefs initiative • promote culturally appropriate, multimedia educational resources that show value of coral reefs • show harmful human activities • Collaboration in community development by NGOs and education institutions • WWF set up Fiji’s one and only MPA • FSPI set up waste water treatment and Coral Gardens • USP collaborate with communities to set up marine reserves • Coral Cay conduct coral reef monitoring • Green Force assist with community development

  5. Community Outreach Activities • Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network – established community managed marine areas • IOI-PI’s Women and Sea initiative • assist with alternative sources of livelihood for coastal communities • support development of women and youth (workshops on leadership, project planning, compost toilet, smokeless stoves) • assist alternative sources of livelihood that include cattle farming, recording of music, mat marketing, bee keeping, copra purchase, benzene outlet, outboard punts • IOI-PI assist women activities in Samoa (workshop on MDG), Solomon Islands (women souvenir outlet, Vanuatu (micro finance)

  6. Future of Community Outreach • Community development is critical • Awareness has been created sufficiently • Action is being undertaken but more is required at all levels • Financial support is required • Mindful of failures • Partnership is more effective • Use of school and university students has huge potential • Youths need to be engaged for future is theirs

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