Le Va leads New Zealand’s first national Pasifika Suicide Prevention Programme – ‘FLO: Pasifika for Life’. One component of our FLO programme is supporting local grass roots initiatives and leaders to deliver suicide prevention projects from within their own...
Two recently released studies were the focus of a ONE news story recently which highlighted high rates of suicide attempts for Pasifika youth but low rates of access to mental health services. You can view the news article below with our CEO, Dr Monique Faleafa...
Our young Pasifika leaders at the recent 2017 Pacific Youth Parliament, are lobbying for better mental health education in schools. Organised by Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation (PYLAT) Council, based in Christchurch, 100 Pasifika young people from all...
Largest cohort ever! 2017 marks the year for the highest volume of eligible applications we’ve ever seen for our mental health scholarships and support programme. The Futures that Work programme has awarded over 300 scholarships over the past 7 years and has...
The Ministry of Health is currently consulting on a draft strategy to prevent suicide in New Zealand and Le Va is hosting a Pacific fono on 24 May so your voices and views can be heard. The fono will be held at the Le Va Fale – Harakeke House, 15 Ronwood Ave,...
