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Country | Fiji |
Name | Joseva VEREVOU (Mr.) |
Occupation(1) | Rewa Branch Preident |
Group(1) | Forestry Department Fiji Disabled People’s Association |
Occupation(2) | Peer Educator |
Group(2) | Fiji Red Cross Society |
Have you utilized the knowledge obtained in the course in your activities / projects?
If answer is “Yes”, please describe your activities / projects briefly.
- Name of Activity / Project:
Housing adaptation for PWD
Period:
2003 – 2004
Your Responsibility:
Assist members in writing letters and establishing their individual house.
How did you utilize it:
Apply the social welfare grant scheme which is &5,000.00 and I and another member have received it.
- Name of Activity / Project:
Family assistance
Period:
2003 – 2004
Your Responsibility:
Gather information from individual members PWD and channel them to their right organizations.
How did you utilize it:
Information from individual PWD and apply to the social welfare for the family assistance grant which most of our members have received.
- Name of Activity / Project:
Small business
Period:
2003 – 2004
Your Responsibility:
Identify PWD who don’t have access to education, employment.
How did you utilize it:
Apply small business grant (&5,000.00) from social welfare which we found very difficult because of the limited funds the social welfare have.
Describe your needs and expectations for the follow-up program.
Right now we are trying our best to build an office for our members and also to establish income generating project for our individual members at the grass-root level who don’t have access to employment and education. We like the follow-up program to assist us in funding for our income generating project and a donor to build our new office to assist our members. Not only that, we also would like to build a small school to accommodate the unfortunate children at our grass-root level and this one the children who stay in rural area who are neglected from normal schools because of the disabilities they have.
Describe your future plans in the disability field if any.
My future plan is to build a centre office for our members and also a school for children with disabilities so that our members would have access to information education and employment. I am trying my best to establish income generating project.