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GVI Fiji Dawasamu
Annual Report 2016
2016 Overview
The last year has been a year of hardship, hard work and great achievement not only
for GVI Fiji, but every community in Dawasamu District. On 20th February 2016, the Fiji
Islands, and including the regions in which GVI live and work, was struck by a severe
category 5 cyclone, Cyclone Winston. The strongest cyclone ever to pass through the
South Pacific, it left untold destruction and devastation in its wake. Forty four people
lost their lives across Fiji, and thousands of families lost possessions and in extreme
cases, were left homeless. As you can imagine, the majority of GVIs project work this
year has been dictated by the needs and demands of the communities we work with
throughout this traumatic and challenging time.
As this was the learning space that GVI utilised for literacy and phonics lessons, it
was with regret that GVI decided to temporarily step back from providing education
support at DDS. After discussing with the teachers at DDS, this was a mutual
decision reached with the teachers who appreciated that they needed the space and
time to find their feet without the added pressures of volunteers in their already
cramped school. GVI continued to make regular visits to DDS to check in with the
teachers and were able to assist by teaching WaSH lessons in the first few weeks
after the cyclone and by offering support for Sports Days and Awards Days at the
end of the school year.
One of the first projects that GVI undertook once they had returned to Dawasamu
District was this rebuild, which was completed entirely out of scrap wood and roofing
tin collected from the debris of Cyclone Winston. Over this time, a GVI volunteer
designed a mural to decorate the inside of the learning centre and in the Holiday
Programme during April, education volunteers were able to complete this as well as
repaint the inside and outside of the learning centre. GVI volunteers spent a
combined 200 hours working on the refurbishments to the learning centre.
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By the beginning of May 2016 education volunteers were back in NDS fulltime
teaching literacy, phonics, PEMAC and 1:1 lessons with targeted students.
Volunteers had limited resources during this time and were supported by Education
Project Leaders to design fun and interactive lessons which only required simple
materials and could be taught in improvised learning spaces if necessary. In these
initial few months, staff and volunteers had to be flexible and adaptable as aid
organisations as well as various government ministries, would make impromptu visits
to the school to provide counselling to the students, health check-ups or to drop off
donations.
480 hours of PEMAC lessons, nurturing the childrens creative development in PE, Music and
Art and Craft.
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As the academic year grew to a close in November, GVI were confident that the
Dawasamu Education Programme was ready to be implemented fully in January
2017 for a full 12 month run. Through trial and alteration during 2016, the
programme has become more specific, consistent and easier to maintain through
changing volunteers.
In 2016 GVI have ensured that each child receives the amount of teaching listed
below.
60 hours of literacy tuition.
or
80 hours of phonics tuition.
and
60 hours of PEMAC lessons, nurturing the childrens creative development in PE,
Music and Art and Craft (Class 1, 2, 3, 4)
or
120 hours of PEMAC lessons, nurturing the childrens creative development in PE,
Music and Art and Craft (Class 5, 6)
Rebuilt Frisby
Across 5 villages
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