Reverend Uesifili Unasa

by | May 25, 2023

Reverend Uesifili Unasa is of Samoan descent and is an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of New Zealand. He is a senior leader in the national Methodist mission and is currently an Ecumenical Chaplain at the North Shore Hospital. Uesifili is interested in...

John Apelu Crouch

by | Sep 19, 2022

Talofa lava, my name is John Apelu Crouch, and I joined Le Va in August of 2022 as a Project Coordinator for our Atu-Mai team. I am Samoa-born and raised in the village of Tufulele. I joined Le Va with the purpose to use its evidence-based resources to change the...

Jim Stretton

by | Sep 2, 2020

Talofa lava My name is Jim To’o Filiva’a Stretton and I joined Le Va in January 2022 as a Youth Project Coordinator for the youth wellbeing programme. I am of Samoan and European descent and I hail from the villages of Saleimoa, Iva and Salelologa. I am married to the...

Sipili-Niu Lal

by | Sep 12, 2022

Talofa lava! My name is Sipili-Niu Lal, known to many as Pili. I am a Youth Project Coordinator here at Le Va and I love that I am part of exuding their vision of unleashing the full potential of our Pasifika youth and communities, bringing about change and making a...

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