Suva-04/09/20 – On 1st September, 2020, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) released the Rape and Sexual Offences Statistics for August 2020. Save the Children Fiji commends the ODPP for acting swiftly and filing formal indictments...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Suva, March 30th, 2020 – With the ongoing restrictions and school break in place due to the Pandemic COVID-19, protection of children must be a top priority for everybody. Save the Children Fiji’s Chief Executive Officer,...
Press Release 03-03-2020 * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* “Children must be protected from all forms of violence including incidences where they are bullied and physically beaten up by their peers or those in authority.” These are the words of Save...
Press Release – 12 December 2019. Shairana Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children Fiji commends the Judiciary for imposing harsher penalties for those who commit heinous crimes against children particularly trafficking of children for servitude and sex...
To: The Editor From: Save the Children Fiji Date: 21 June 2019 Save the Children Fiji (SC-Fiji) is deeply concerned by the recent figures on the acts of violence against children highlighted in the media for the past months....
Yesterday, the Bank of the South Pacific (BSP) generously donated cash and kind to Save the Children Fiji’s TC Winston relief response. Board members Lenora Qereqeretabua and Nowen Low received a cheque worth $22,250 and 400 school bags from...
Save the Children in Fiji is bracing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Winston, a destructive Category 5 Cyclone, which is expected to affect the Fiji group from today, Saturday 20 February.
Save the Children Fiji is very saddened by the recent and increasingly alarming rise of sexual abuses against children, including the recent reported case of a baby who was sexually abused from two months of age. Whilst we urge...
February 4 marks World Cancer Day, an initiative driven by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), which aims to unite the world’s population in the fight against cancer. The theme for World Cancer Day 2016 —“We Can. I...
The new Assistant Health Minister, Honorable Veena Bhatnagar will launch an event focused on improving children’s health across the country in Labasa tomorrow (Friday 17th October).