{"id":3054,"date":"2022-03-16T23:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2022-03-16T23:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:49:54","slug":"case-study-%e2%94%82-kiniviliame-rewa-province-in-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/case-study-%e2%94%82-kiniviliame-rewa-province-in-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study \u2502 Kiniviliame, Rewa Province in Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Kiniviliame is a single dad to five children, all under 12. They live together in a single room in a public housing block on the outskirts of Suva, Fiji\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the pandemic, Kiniviliame worked as a bartender. \u201cWhen Covid-19 hit, we had to close down the nightclub,\u201d he says. \u201cUp until today there is nowhere else, and I am still looking for work,\u201d he explains. \u201cI have dropped my application everywhere, but no one has approved it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pressures of the pandemic also took their toll at home. Becoming emotional, Kiniviliame says, \u201cWhen I became unemployed, that\u2019s when my family broke up.\u201d The single dad has found it increasingly difficult to provide for his children since. \u201cThe struggle that we face every day is that we have no food at home,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n