Josaia, the Head teacher for Yadua Primary School describes his experience during TC Yasa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWe had prepared well for the cyclone but my quarters were not strong enough to withstand the strong winds. We lost 95% of our belongings when the winds lifted the building and flung it away. It was a traumatizing experience for the entire village. My family along with some other villagers sheltered underneath the flooring of my quarters. Among them were 4 babies who were wet and cold and the adults were helpless as the only thing they had was clothes on their back. I asked them to pray and keep hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the winds tamed a bit, I did a headcount and found one person to be missing. Upon searching for him, we found him partially buried in debris and we checked his pulse. He had died because a partition fell on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter the cyclone, I took a vacation with my family to the mainland and my relatives were kind enough to buy us new clothes, blankets and mattresses. We stayed in a hotel for a few days to get some decent sleep before returning to Yadua Island.\u201d Josaia, 38 years old<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAid came from AusAid, MOE and many other NGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflections from the training:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLusiana said she felt happy to know the rights of children but felt those were not respected by parents. This was a change needed for them to practise their rights. For instance, children were called to help with chores when they wanted to play or relax. She also mentioned that parents were the best decision-makers for children and that they need to seek permission before leaving the house. She said there need to be more educational resources available for them to keep them occupied after disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Josaia relayed that nowadays homes were not such a safe place for children and unlike overseas countries, Fiji did not have care homes for children where these abused children could shelter. He said the training was a point of realization for many as they ponder upon the major issues surrounding children and the gravity of matters at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
These case studies are part of the evaluation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) \u2013 funded Disaster Response Partnership (DRP) Project. The entire DRP project was implemented between April to December with the main activities conducted between October to December 2021. The main objective of the project is to provide early recovery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,69,67,66,45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.fj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}