Since 2008, Le Va has delivered Le Tautua – a unique leadership and management programme tailored for emerging Pacific mental health and addiction leaders. This year, the Le Tautua alumni programme has been refreshed to focus specifically on Pasifika cultural...
The Cook Island Health Network Association saw a gap in resources specific to Cook Islands communities to inform them on what works for preventing suicide. This community funded initiative project for suicide prevention builds on Le Va’s work creating pan-Pacific...
Founded in 1994 and led by Lorna Kanavatoa, Vakaola is a well-known Porirua community provider which has had a longstanding and dedicated journey in the space of mental wellbeing and suicide prevention. Vakaola has been driving a Suicide Prevention Community Fund...
For the Le Va team, GPS stands for Growing Pasifika Solutions – and is the name for our conference series, which began in 2012. Since that first GPS conference, it has grown and evolved its area of focus; from solutions for the whole of health approach to Pasifika, to...
In the early planning stages of GPS 2016, our Youth Action Komiti prioritised the inclusion of a Visual Arts space at the conference. Given the heavy issues addressed at the conference, being able to enter into a creative space is important, separate from the plenary...
