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Hila’atu Tuli from the Tongan Catholic Chaplaincy shares how the chaplaincy has been blessed to support its members to foster and build stronger relationships between parents and children. 

Leona Notoa from the Pacific Islanders Advisory and Cultural Trust in Invercargill shares her team’s feedback and thoughts on Le Va’s recent presentation on FLO Pasifika suicide prevention.

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 800,000 people die by suicide each year – that’s one person every 40 seconds. ‘Connect, communicate, care’ is the theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 Septembter. Read about what we’re doing to support Pasfika communities to connect, communicate and care. 

Le Va’s digital and media presence is an important vehicle for ensuring our communities are equipped with the right knowledge and information in an appropriate way to address Pasifika wellbeing. In the past 12 months we’ve reached 3.6million people! Find out how we did it!
 

Le Va was recently invited to join a sector reference group contributing to the refresh of the Ministry of Health’s flagship public health plan Te Uru Kahikatea: the Public Health workforce Development Plan (TUK). The plan provides a national strategic approach to public health workforce development from 2007 to 2016. 

We’ve awarded 340 Pasifika Mental Health and Addiction Scholarships since 2009 and we are currently supporting a 2016 cohort of 47 people as part of the Futures that work programme. The results are also in for our 2015 recipients – with a 100% pass rate!