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delivery is undertaken by teams from the Ministry of
Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, the Legal Aid
Commission, the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination
Commission and UNDP. The Fiji Police Force has also
recently joined the team. The ‘REACH Mobile Service
Delivery Buses’ will support the team’s outreach across
Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, and for maritime areas the
teams will continue to travel by boats.
From September 2015 to March 2017, the mobile
teams conducted awareness and service delivery to
132 communities in 28 rural districts in 10 of the 15
provinces in Fiji throughout Eastern, Northern, Western
and Central Divisions. The mobile teams reached 3,138
people including 1,591 women, 1,379 men and 168
children. The mobile teams also delivered 2,388 services,
1,535 to women and 853 to men, that included advice on
eligibility for poverty alleviation schemes, information
on women’s empowerment, discussions on women and
child rights, and legal advisory services.
H. E. Takuji Hanatani, Ambassador of Japan said in his
Official Address, “The mobile service delivery by the
REACH Project will also lift the spirit of Fijians, when
they see that despite the remoteness of their dwelling
the Government cares for them and their rights. … these
buses will take the fight for women’s empowerment,
access to legal and social services, and awareness of
citizens’ rights preserved in the Constitution to all Fijians
in the far and remote areas of the country. I reaffirm
Japan’s commitment for providing continued assistance
for the sustainable development of Fiji.”
Osnat Lubrani, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP
Resident Representative said in her Official Address,
“Recently UNDP, in partnership with the Government of
Fiji, undertook the Pacific launch of the global Human
Development Report 2016, which is entitled ‘Human
Development for Everyone’. Human development is
all about human freedoms: freedoms to realize the full
potential of every human life, not just of a few, nor of
most, but of all lives. That is why as part of the Sustainable
Development Goals agenda there is the recognition
It is imperative that all
Fijians have access to
information on their
rights, have access to
government services, but
more importantly, they
must have access to these
services, regardless of
where they live. If they
cannot come to us, we
must go to them. We shall
leave no one behind.
Shahin Rafique Ali,
Acting Director,
Legal Aid Commission
that the global goals and targets must be met ‘…for all
nations and peoples and for all segments of society’, and
to endeavor ‘to reach the furthest behind first’.”
“The Project REACH is ground breaking in being aligned
with the Human Development Report 2016 strategy to
best care for those furthest behind. Through Project
REACH we look forward to supporting the delivery of
tangible and sustainable human development benefits
to Fijians around the country,” stated Lubrani.
IMPACT STORIES Rights, Empowerment and Cohesion (REACH) for Rural and Urban Fijians Project
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