iTaukei Trust Fund Board

F̳R̳O̳M̳ ̳A̳ ̳H̳O̳M̳E̳-̳B̳A̳S̳E̳D̳ ̳B̳U̳S̳I̳N̳E̳S̳S̳ ̳T̳O̳ ̳B̳I̳G̳G̳E̳R̳ ̳D̳R̳E̳A̳M̳S̳ For the past three years, Polinia Baleimago of Nawi Village, Buca Bay in Cakaudrove Province has been building her business from home. She resells clothes online, makes handcrafted iri (fans) and customised bags, and has recently ventured into her own design business, producing designs for T-shirts, sulu vakatoga and other products. Polinia was among the entrepreneurs who took part in the recent Access to Finance Training, delivered by Business Assistance Fiji (BAF) in partnership with the iTaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB). For her, the two days provided practical knowledge she can use as she works towards taking her home-based business to the next level. “Many of us want to start a business, but start-up capital is a challenge. Many of us don’t have it," she said. “I am happy I joined the training because it supports my dream of growing from a home-based business to one that is commercially based. Things I had been thinking about, I have now learnt more about through this training, including where I can access loans to enhance my business. So much learnt in two days!” The training strengthens the financial knowledge and skills of entrepreneurs and helps them understand how they can better position their businesses to access finance. For TTFB, this is part of the work of building the knowledge and capability of iTaukei and Rotuman entrepreneurs so they can strengthen and grow their businesses. #iTaukeiRotumanEconomicDevelopment #iTaukeiEntrepreneurs #AccessToFinance #BusinessDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #TTFB

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 More than 30 entrepreneurs and business owners took part in the two-day Access to Finance Training held from 25–26 August at the Talanoa Lounge, Great Council of Chiefs Complex in Draiba. The training was delivered by Business Assistance Fiji (BAF) in partnership with the iTaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB) to strengthen the financial knowledge and skills of entrepreneurs and help them better position their businesses to access finance. Participants were taken through practical areas including cash flow management and business planning - important foundations for running and growing a sustainable business. TTFB Senior Business Analyst Meli Bitu said the turnout was higher than expected, reflecting the strong demand for this type of training. With the level of interest received, TTFB and BAF are now considering another Access to Finance Training in November. The training supports TTFB’s work to strengthen iTaukei businesses by building the knowledge and capability entrepreneurs need to grow. E sivia na 30 na daunibisinisi kei ira na taukei ni bisinisi era a vakaitavi ena Access to Finance Training ka vakayacori mai na ika 25–26 ni Okosita, ena Talanoa Lounge, ena Great Council of Chiefs Complex mai Draiba. E cicivaka na vuli na Business Assistance Fiji (BAF) ena veitokoni ni iTaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB). Na kenai naki levu ga na kena vakalevutaki na nodra kila na daunibisinisi ena veika vakailavo. E na vukei ira talega ena kena vakarautaki na veivakaivola ena dodonu me tiko vei ira me rawa ni ra rawata na veivuke vakailavo. Era vulica na kena vakarautaki na cashflow statement se nai lavelavi ni kena qaravi na ilavo e curu mai kei na ilavo e lako yani ena bisinisi, kei na kena vakarautaki na ituvatuva ni bisinisi (business planning). Oqo e rua na ka bibi ena kena cicivaki kei na kena vakatorocaketaki e dua na bisinisi me rawa ni tudei ena veigauna mai muri. E vakaraitaka na Senior Business Analyst ni TTFB, o Meli Bitu, ni levu cake na iwiliwili era tiko ena vuli mai na kena a namaki, ka vakaraitaka na levu ni gagadre me baleta na mataqali vuli vakaoqo. Esa vakasamataka tiko na TTFB kei na BAF me vakayacori tale e dua na Access to Finance Training ena Noveba. Na veituberi oqo e tokona na sasaga ni TTFB me vakaukauwataka na bisinisi ni iTaukei, ena kena vakalevutaki na nodra kila kei na nodra rawa-ka na daunibisinisi me rawa ni ra vakatorocaketaka na nodra bisinisi. #iTaukeiTrustFundBoard #BusinessAssistanceFiji #AccessToFinance #iTaukeiBusiness #Entrepreneurship #BusinessDevelopment

𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦! 𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗩𝗔 𝗡𝗔 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗘? iTaukei Trust Fund Board, in partnership with the iTaukei Institute of Language and Culture, is beginning the Vosavosa Vakaviti Campaign, an initiative to promote and revitalise the iTaukei language. Our language is more than the words we speak. It is a repository of our knowledge, our indigenous wisdom and the way our people have understood and passed on lessons about life for generations. Vosavosa Vakaviti or iTaukei idioms carry much of this wisdom. Through this campaign, we will share these expressions, their meanings and the knowledge behind them. The campaign supports TTFB's mandate of Language and Culture Preservation, helping to keep our language alive, understood and used by future generations. E sa mai tavoca ni kua na nomuni Tabana ni Lavo Maroroi ni Itaukei (Itaukei Trust Fund Board) kei na Tabana ni Tovo kei na Vosa e dua na sasaga ni kena vakavabulabulataki na kena vakayagataki na noda vosa na iTaukei. Dua na kena sasaga oqo ena wasei yani na vosavosavaka Viti e so ka umani tu kina na noda vuku vakavanua kei na kilaka eso eda kilai kina na kawa iTaukei. Na noda vosa. Na noda kila. Na noda iYau. Interact with the post, define what this iTaukei idiom means. Ni vakaraitaka mai na nomuni nanuma me baleta nai balebale ni vosavosa vakaviti e tabaki toka qori. #VosavosaVakaviti #TTFB #iTaukeiLanguage #LanguageRevitalisation #iTaukeiCulture #OurLanguageOurHeritage

𝟒𝟏 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐋𝐀𝐁! A total of 41 short stories in Vosa Vakaviti were received and sorted today by the Editorial Team of the Talanoa BookLab Project. From the submissions, 20 stories will be selected for a Fijian Short Story Collection for Year 7 and 8 students. The Talanoa BookLab is a partnership between the iTaukei Trust Fund Board and the Ministry of Education to develop iTAukei reading materials for our students. TTFB Senior Programme Specialist for Language and Culture Preservation, Unaisi Manulevu, said authors whose stories are selected will take part in a workshop later this month, where they will work with mentors to further develop and refine their stories before publication. The aim is to have more stories in our classrooms that our children can read and relate to - stories written in their own language and reflecting our culture, values and everyday experiences. Our stories, in our language, for our children. #TalanoaBookLab #TTFB #VosaVakaviti #iTaukeiLanguage #FijianLiterature #Education

𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑠𝑎! 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐚𝐪𝐨𝐧𝐚, 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. #𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 #𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 #𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 #𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

𝐀 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢, 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. #𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 #𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 #𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 #𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 #𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲