In Introduction
After an introductory visit to Fiji earlier this year ACHR is beginning to work in supporting the PCN in Fiji in their aim to assist dwellers in informal settlements to upgrade their own communities.As...
View ArticlePreparing to go...
We're spending today at Hugo and Heidi's place preparing for our arrival in Fiji tomorrow night, and have had contact this morning from Semiti and Father Barr from the PCN in Fjij. Presently they're...
View ArticleCommunity Empowerment Workshop – Lautoka
Hugo and I joined Semiti of the PCN and spent today at Lautoka city in the north-west of Viti Levu, participating in the empowerment workshops that the PCN is running in Fiji’s squatter communities....
View ArticleAt the Western Commission Meeting
This morning Hugo and I accompanied Semiti to a meeting of the heads of department of the Western Commission of Fiji (the Western Commision includes Lautoka, Nadi, Ba, Sigatoka). Semiti made a...
View ArticleContinued work in Lautoka
Two common problems that the three communities of Navutu, Nasaota and Nasinu have identified are the need for a seawall, and their drainage system. They are very keen to get started tackling these...
View ArticleFrom Plan to Action
We spent today with the Navutu, Nasoata and Nasinu communities while they made their drainage and seawall plans more clear and ready to begin. Both teams and the whole community are very keen to get...
View ArticleMapping, Seawall and Drainage
Hugo and I have printed out maps (from google maps) of the three settlements, put them together and then drawn precise maps of the area from them. On Friday we took the map of Navutu, Nasoata and...
View ArticleLautoka city-wide network begins
On Saturday 21st August the first city-wide meeting of members of informal settlements in Lautoka was held in Navutu community. Representatives of three other squatter communites in Lautoka came, plus...
View ArticleThe next city-wide meeting...
As well as the community members who came to the meeting on Saturday passing on the information about the city-wide meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Hugo and I with a PCN member (Niko) and community...
View ArticleMapping and Surveying with the PCN
Yesterday morning Hugo and I joined Niko, Joe and Samu of the PCN when they went to an informal settlement called Veidogo to do mapping and surveying with the community. An extensive survey was done...
View ArticleUpgrading work in Navutu, Nasoata and Nasinu
Momentum in the upgrading projects of the seawall and the drainage in the villages has continued, with stones being moved from where they have been marking gardens and acting as decoration within the...
View ArticleIn Suva
Today Ana, a PCN member, and I visited Peter Rankin, president of the Fiji Architects Association and director of Aapi Design. We talked with Peter and his keen employees about projects involving...
View ArticleGround breaking at Lagilagi
Friday was the much-anticipated ground breaking ceremony for the Lagilagi housing project in Suva. Present were government ministers, PCN members, community members, people involved in the design and...
View ArticleThe Suva PCN office
I'm heading back to Lautoka tomorrow after spending the last week in Suva working on getting in contact with local technical professionals and the Fiji National University. During the time I've been...
View ArticleBack in Lautoka
Tuesday 8th SeptToday me and several of the PCN joined the Navutu-Nasoata-Nasinu Drain Squad in digging and clearing their drains. It's hard work, but the squad, made up mostly of women from the...
View ArticleCity-wide Forum Planning
Tuesday 14th SeptJoe from the PCN and I are busy preparing for the Lautoka city-wide meeting of members of squatter settlements, which is planned for Saturday the 25th of September. We visited the...
View ArticlePreparation for the Lautoka City-wide Forum
It was a busy week in preparation for the Lautoka city-wide forum working with the PCN in visiting settlements, organising sound system, food and stationary ready for the day. There was great support...
View ArticleLautoka City-wide Forum
Saturday 25th of September the forum took place at the Sugar Cane Growers Hall in Lautoka. Approximately 150 people attended from 30 of the 33 informal settlements identified in Lautoka. The forum...
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