Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation gives over $104,000 in social investment
24th December, 2004
24th December, 2004
The Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation has brought joy to six organisations this Christmas by giving them $104,840.34 in social investment grants.
The organisations include: Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprise N Development $16,500; Marie Stopes International Fiji $30,150; United Blind Persons of Fiji $12,120, Fiji Disabled People's Association $8,980; Spinal Injuries Association of Fiji $12,889.34, and the Virtues Project Fiji $24,191.
The Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprise N Development will use the funding for community empowerment projects in marginalised communities while Marie Stopes International Fiji will use the funding for AIDS awareness.
The United Blind Persons of Fiji will use its grant to provide funds to its members to undertake small income generation projects to enable them to live independently while the Fiji Disabled People's Association will use its funds for community awareness forums.
The Spinal Injuries Association of Fiji will use their funds on medical supplies for their members and the Virtues Project Fiji to promote virtues throughout Fiji.
Last week, the Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation donated $833.33 each to the St Christopher and Dilkusha homes, the Suva Blind School, the Lautoka Old People's Home, the Father Law Home, and the Labasa Old People's Home.
The Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation is a charitable trust that acts as a donor agency for charitable social investments that the foundation believes will benefit and enable the people and communities in Fiji to have fuller lives.
There are two channels for charitable social investments from the foundation:
" For charitable projects - around health, education, the environment and sustainable development practices and the community
" For disaster relief.
Among other projects, the foundation is assisting the Fiji School of Medicine in offering 10 overseas elective scholarships. It also partners with the Save the Children Fund in funding the Mobile Playgroup Project which takes early childhood education into disadvantaged communities in Suva and Labasa as well as provides relief aid during times of natural disasters.
The organisations include: Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprise N Development $16,500; Marie Stopes International Fiji $30,150; United Blind Persons of Fiji $12,120, Fiji Disabled People's Association $8,980; Spinal Injuries Association of Fiji $12,889.34, and the Virtues Project Fiji $24,191.
The Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprise N Development will use the funding for community empowerment projects in marginalised communities while Marie Stopes International Fiji will use the funding for AIDS awareness.
The United Blind Persons of Fiji will use its grant to provide funds to its members to undertake small income generation projects to enable them to live independently while the Fiji Disabled People's Association will use its funds for community awareness forums.
The Spinal Injuries Association of Fiji will use their funds on medical supplies for their members and the Virtues Project Fiji to promote virtues throughout Fiji.
Last week, the Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation donated $833.33 each to the St Christopher and Dilkusha homes, the Suva Blind School, the Lautoka Old People's Home, the Father Law Home, and the Labasa Old People's Home.
The Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation is a charitable trust that acts as a donor agency for charitable social investments that the foundation believes will benefit and enable the people and communities in Fiji to have fuller lives.
There are two channels for charitable social investments from the foundation:
" For charitable projects - around health, education, the environment and sustainable development practices and the community
" For disaster relief.
Among other projects, the foundation is assisting the Fiji School of Medicine in offering 10 overseas elective scholarships. It also partners with the Save the Children Fund in funding the Mobile Playgroup Project which takes early childhood education into disadvantaged communities in Suva and Labasa as well as provides relief aid during times of natural disasters.
