The Fijian Women's Society, Na I SoqosoqoVamkamarama I Taukei, comprises all indigenous Fijian women over age 16 and was formed in 1924.

General Secretary Adi Finau advises the Society would be pleased to receive and distribute donations of:

Cloth Nappies and pins/closures

New nappies are expensive, so people buy a few disposables at a time. The disposables end up in village rubbish dumps, and cost lots over the life of the child.

Hand sewing needles and thread

You can't repair clothes without them!

Sewing machines and tables

Cooking utensils

Linen

Water tanks

Bras (of course)
Swimming costumes

Women stand in the ocean and fish with hand lines, or dive for octopus and beche de mere.

Items may be posted directly to Soqosoqo Vakamarama, if it suits you, or forwarded to Uplift for shipping.

At present a letter or parcel can take 20 days between Melbourne and Suva.

Contact details for Soqosoqo Vakamarama / Fijian Women's Society. Street address: Sukanaivalu Rd, Nabua, Suva, Fiji Is. Ph: (679) 338 1408 Fax: (679) 338 6195 Postal Address: Soqosoqo Vakamarama i Taukei PO Box 505 Nabua Suva Fiji Is.

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