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BERA NA SAURIVA! Last week we asked you to share your thoughts on the iTaukei idiom 'Bera na Sauriva'. Here is the explanation from our partners in the Vosavosa Vakaviti Campaign the Institute for iTaukei Language and Culture's Senior Language Officer Keasi Vatanitawake. Ena macawa sa oti keitou a keres yani vei kemuni mo ni vakamacalataka mai nai balebale ni vosavosa vakaviti na 'Bera na Sauriva.' E sa vakamacala kina o Keasi Vatanitawake mai na Tabana ni Vosa kei nai Tovo Vakaviti. Ni sarava mada yani na nona vakamacala. #VosavosaVakaviti #LanguageCulturePreservation #TTFB #MinistryofItaukeiAffairs

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐢𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐊𝐄𝐈 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐃 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟖 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛 - 𝐍𝐚 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐮 𝐧𝐢 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚 - 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧. 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞. “𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐕𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. #𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝐕𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐕𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢 #𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 #𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁

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H̲E̲A̲L̲I̲N̲G̲ ̲P̲L̲A̲N̲T̲S̲ ̲O̲F̲ ̲F̲I̲J̲I̲ ̲I̲S̲ ̲B̲A̲C̲K̲ ̲I̲N̲ ̲S̲T̲O̲C̲K̲!̲ 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬! 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐚, 𝐒𝐮𝐯𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 - 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐮, 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐕𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐚, 𝐒𝐮𝐯𝐚. #𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 #𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐎𝐟𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 #𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 #𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 #𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢

𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐈 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐀 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟔𝟎 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟔 𝐭𝐨 𝟖𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐚'𝐭𝐚𝐮, 𝐎𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐚, 𝐈𝐭𝐮'𝐭𝐢'𝐮, 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐣𝐮, 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐣𝐞𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐮'𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩. 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚'𝐨 (𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨), 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚 (𝐯𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚), 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐮'𝐢𝐟𝐢 (𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐮) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁’𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭. "𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭," 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟑𝟎 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯-𝟖 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. #𝐍𝐚𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐍𝐚𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚 #𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚 #𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐢 #𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 #𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 #𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝

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