“It is my belief that every woman has the answers, instincts, skills and capabilities already within them to thrive in the workplace.”
How can people support A Girl and Her World?
Get to know us and see what resonates! Some people are generous monthly givers, others support us at Christmas time, others offer skills, talent and time, others like Rotary invite us to speak and sell raffle tickets for us. School students do presentations on educating Girls and then hold cake stalls. We always ask people how they would most enjoy getting involved as that’s what always brings the best out of them and serves both our Fiji community and our supporters.
At the She Leads International Women's Day Event in March, you can join us in supporting A Girl and Her World.
What have been the highlights so far for the organisation? And what have been some of the harder moments?
It's always the stories of change at the grassroots but also the willingness and generosity of people at home in supporting the work. We were blown away by the way people gave after the cyclone in 2016. Our community in Fiji was significantly affected and many still remain without adequate housing. Many were badly injured. We have been able to rebuild Urmila’s home and support other families to get back on their feet. In the days that followed the cyclone when help had not yet reached them, we were able to send money to people a few hours away who purchased food water, medicines, first aid supplies and torches for some of the families we work with who were sheltering in evacuation centres. We were also able to mobilise volunteers to go and assess our families quickly and even attracted a gorgeous English photographer who was travelling in New Zealand, she travelled over and captured some beautiful images. These connections are always very humbling. We had our hearts in our throats for days after the cyclone not knowing how people were, this was a distressing time and brought home that our Fiji community is home for us on so many levels, we are family now.
What is the plan for 2017?
We will likely send almost 70 Girls back to school in 2017. We also hope to support between 10 and 20 mums to establish income generating projects and will ask our supporters as well as corporate sponsors to help us achieve this.
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