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Siteri Sauvakacolo
15 May, 2021, 5:21 pm
Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) founder Sashi Kiran take stock of some of the items in Simla Lautoka. Picture: REINAL CHAND
The Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) Fiji attended to emergency calls from 43 needy families in Lautoka today.
Director Sashi Kiran 15 calls were from mothers who urgently needed baby formulas while the rest were from families who had nothing at all.
She said five teams continued their assessments on applications made to them.
The local NGO has been assisting hundreds of families in the Western Division when the COVID-19 pandemic second wave hit nearly a month ago
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Siteri Sauvakacolo
7 May, 2021, 1:00 pm
Sereana Chand and her husband
Dhirend Chand (left), nephew
Subhash Chand and son Divesh Daniel Chand at Daniel Rajesh Kumar’s (right) house in Naikabula, Lautoka. Picture: REINAL CHAND
In the midst of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 crisis, Fijians continue to open their hearts and doors to strangers in need.
Sigatoka resident Sereana Chand shared this week how she had been separated from her daughters, aged eight and six, for more than a month because she had to accompany a son who was admitted after surgery at the Lautoka Hospital.
They had just been discharged when she received news of the Nadi-Lautoka containment being enforced.
Repeka Nasiko
7 May, 2021, 6:00 pm
Daniel Rajesh Kumar (right) and Dhirend Chand received food assistance from Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) at their home in Naikabula Lautoka. Picture: REINAL CHAND
FORTY-four areas in Lautoka where families have been in lockdown for more than two weeks have been receiving food packs from FRIEND (Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development) Fiji.
The non-governmental organisation gave food packs to the Commissioner Western’s office for distribution to about 200 families presently in isolation.
FRIEND Fiji executive director Sashi Kiran said they were approached by the Commissioner Western’s office to supply food rations to families affected by the April 19 lockdown.