Bouma Falls For Disaster Management Director
Ms Soko has worked to ensure effective inter-cluster coordination with a focus on resource mobilisation, leadership, reporting, information sharing, and inclusion of vulnerable groups.
Tuesday 09 August 2022 | 16:57
Vasiti Soko, Director for the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) of Fiji.
Vasiti Soko is a Fijian geographic information system (GIS) specialist and the Director of the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) of Fiji.
Mrs Soko has seen the worst of cyclones but the 37-year-old Natokalau, Matuku, Lau native believes that resilience always wins.
She was the recipient of the inaugural Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Award in October 2021, from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Re-duction (UNDRR).
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Since she was appointed director in 2019, Ms Soko coordinated Fiji’s response to seven tropical cyclones and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Ms Soko has worked to ensure effective inter-cluster coordination with a focus on resource mobilisation, leadership, reporting, information sharing, and inclusion of vulnerable groups.
Raising the bar in her field particularly in her role will enable women to achieve anything despite their gender.
How Many Places Have You Visited Around Fiji?
I have travelled to most parts of the country, I have gone as far as Ono-i-Lau, Kadavu, Levuka , interior of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu.
A beach front on the Island of Kadavu. Source: https://melandmary.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/field-trip-to-nadarivatu-fiji/
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