Villagers In Maritime Zone Will Soon Have Decent And Affordable Homes

Communities within our provinces of the Maritime Zone including Rotuma will soon have an opportunity to own simple, decent and affordable housing.

This is thanks to the New Zealand government and generosity from Habitat for Humanity NZ, through its Fijian counterpart.

Habitat Fiji’s national director Masi Latianara said: “There is another project called ‘Stand Strong’ that is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from the New Zealand Government.

“It embodies a new strategic approach by Habitat for Humanity to focus on increasing the access to technical expertise to disaster threatened Fijian communities  through shelter specific training in disaster risk reduction.”

The Stand Strong project is a five-year project (2018-2022), which came to conception after the 2016 Category Five TC Winston caused significant loss of life and destruction of houses near and in the path of the cyclone in Fiji.

“It will be focused on rural communities through Kadavu, Lomaiviti, Lau, and Yasawas and all the way to Rotuma.”

Volunteers from the Habitat for Humanity Fiji work on their various home building projects at sites around Fiji. Photos: Habitat for Humanity Fiji

Training programme

He has released their schedule to the provinces and Yasawa islands.

Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit Christian organisation that brings families, volunteers and resources together to build simple, decent, and affordable housing in low-income areas.

Houses are sold at no profit and owners provide hard work, a down payment, and ongoing interest-free payments.

Edited by Percy Kean

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