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FLO: Pasifika for Life
Equipping Pasifika families and communities to prevent suicide.
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Evidence-informed national suicide prevention training
Supporting those who may be at risk of suicide to get the help they need.
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Mental Wealth
Learning how to look after your mental health creates “Mental Wealth”.
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Engaging Pasifika
New Zealand’s national Pasifika cultural competency training programme.
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Futures that Work Scholarships
Growing Pasifika talent in the mental health and addiction workforce.
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Supporting communities to have respectful relationships in times of distress.
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Reducing inequity in health outcomes through workforce development.
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Atu-Mai is committed to standing together with our community to support and empower efforts to prevent sexual violence and stop sexual abuse. Together, we are charting a course for a safer and brighter future for our children, families, and communities.
At our recent “Boarding the Vaka” Community Mobilisation Fono, Pelea Fruean and Anthony Apelu shared their invaluable insights into our work.
🌺 Pelea emphasized the importance of shedding light on this critical issue, saying, “Unfortunately, a lot of people are in the dark and suffering from it, so it’s crucial to spread awareness, education, and create a safety net for our people.”
🤝 Anthony highlighted the cultural context, noting that the issue is often considered taboo within Pasifika communities, yet our strong sense of unity, pride, and deep love for our families compel us to take action and protect our children and loved ones.
If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out to Safe to Talk on 0800 044 334 or text 4334. You are not alone. ❤️
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Le Va and Te Hiringa Mahara will co-host a webinar on supporting Pacific people’s mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa on Thursday 8 August at 12pm.
Register here: bit.ly/pacificwellbeing
Our chief executive, Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave, will share insights from Le Va, with a particular focus on what we have learned about reaching and supporting Pacific young people. She will also talk about how we can better work with young people to reduce the impacts of trauma and violence on future wellbeing.
Matt Bloomer will share and expand on the findings of Te Hiringa Mahara's Pacific wellbeing report released in May 2024. He'll bring a particular focus to how we can better support Pacific wellbeing by understanding and supporting the ambitions and needs of Pacific families. He will also share examples of successful community and government initiatives that have demonstrated positive outcomes.
#LeVa #TeHiringaMahara #PacificWellbeing
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Te Hiringa Mahara and Le Va will co-host a webinar on supporting Pacific people's wellbeing in Aotearoa. The webinar will share and expand on the findings of our Pacific wellbeing report which was released in May 2024. The report brought together an assessment of Pacific peoples mental health and we...Rebecca Koopu
Trauma causes brain damage and at times physical injury that limits neuroplasticity which would make it nearly impossible for some to overcome everything. Depression and anxiety affected my health until i came across Claire_spores on instagram whom recommended me with some psychedelics products and mushrooms and all thanks to him that am getting physical strong again
Le Tautua 2024 may be over, but our Pasifika mental health and addiction leaders are now empowered to continue their leadership journeys beyond today.
Fa'afetai tele lava, malo 'aupito and vinaka vaka levu to our inspiring speakers from today - Epenesa Olo-Whaanga, Tagaloa Dr Taima Fagaloa and our own general manager, Dr Elizabeth Mati. We are grateful to you for sharing your wisdom with us.
We extend our gratitude to participants Liva Ulugia, Arona Aloaina, and Melesaini Evile for sharing their cultural legacy statements with us in the video. We will cherish them deeply.
Our parting message to the Le Tautua 2024 cohort is the Samoan proverb, “Tautua nei mo sou manuia a taeao” – “Serve now for a better tomorrow”.
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Wonderful to see a focus on addictions this year, and wonderful to see my stunning peers 🌺
So greatful to be in this space . Thank you all 🙏 hope to reconnect soon . Mad love 🤝🏾❤️
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We had a great turnout for our very first Niu Wave tertiary workshop tonight.
The Talanoa was powerful and we were encouraged by all the different students that are going to represent our Pasifika communities in STEAM careers in the near future. Our future is in beautiful hands with Pasifika representation on the rise. Malo
Niu Wave is funded by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples as part of the Toloa scholarships program
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Futures that Work Scholarships
Applications are now closed for the 2022 Futures that Work Scholarships. Find out how these scholarships can help you study for a qualification in mental health or addiction support services.
Supporting our Pasifika GPs
Le Va is proud to be partnering with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Pasifika Chapter to bring to life Fatu o le Ola, a Pasifika approach to wellbeing for our Pasifika GPs.
Fathers Fono workshops open
Registrations are now open for our next Fathers Fono parenting workshop, aimed at bringing our Pasifika fathers together and supporting each other to be the best Dads we can be.
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