🇫🇯 NDMO Director Vasiti Soko was one of only 25 senior crisis leaders chosen for FEMA's recent executive leadership cohort, focusing on disruptive changes in emergency management & crisis leadership. 🤝Kudos to U.S. Embassy Suva & USAID! ✅READ MORE 👉bit.ly/USA-FEMASenior…

Minister for Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Hon. Sakiasi Ditoka handed over a boat & engine to villagers of Nayavu in Wainibuka, Tailevu this week. 💰This investment by the #CoalitionGovt is expected to improve accessibility for more than 450 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 from 111 🏘️ ✅READ MORE 👇 ➡️bit.ly/NewBoatToImpro…

#FijiNDMO celebrates #WHD24 by honoring the contributions of women in #DRR through the Sautu Women in DRR & Climate Resilience Awards. Together with FCOSS,Women’s Resilience to Disasters,we're proud to announce the top 3 nominees in 4 categories, recognising outstanding leadership & 👩‍👧‍👧inclusion.

Min. for Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Hon. Sakiasi Ditoka & senior management were briefed by the Fiji Meteorological Service & Water Authority of Fiji on the ongoing dry spell.Div Comms also shared plans to current situation. Hon.Ditoka reaffirmed the Ministry's commitment to working with stakeholders to support national efforts.

Congratulations to all humanitarian actors & agencies honored for demonstrating exceptional resilience and leadership during times of crisis,at the Sautu Women in DRR & Climate Resilience Awards held in conjunction with the #WHD24 celebration. ✅Read more👉bit.ly/WomenCSOsInDRR

🇫🇯Minister Hon. Sakiasi Ditoka Sakiasi Ditoka setting the tone of #PIFLM53🇹🇴Side Event for advancing #AnticipatoryAction ‘before’ a disaster fully unfolds, rather than reacting ‘after’, organized with Fiji NDMO UNDRR Asia-Pacific WFP Pacific United Nations OCHA Office of the Pacific Islands @IFRC Green Climate Fund @SPREPchannel 👏🏻

Yalobi Village, in Fiji's Yasawa Group has a new evacuation centre, built by Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM and UNDP, and is now open and equipped with ramps, a kitchen, washrooms, and solar lighting for 200+ villagers. The project is supported by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺, KOICA Fiji, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Sida and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Minister for Disaster Management Hon.Sakiasi Ditoka met with Amy Pope along the margins of #PIFLM53🇹🇴 this week. They discussed ongoing projects w/ Fiji NDMO, future sustainable initiatives, & the importance of aligning donor support with host country strategic priorities. 🤝

Pacific leaders reached a landmark decision at #PIFLM53🇹🇴 this week by endorsing the Declaration from the 2022 inaugural Pacific DRM Ministerial Meeting, demonstrating their support to strengthen disaster resilience across the Pacific region. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3X7kZmW

🇫🇯🤝🇳🇿 Great meeting today in Suva with the NZ Partnerships Humanitarian Multilateral Div, National Emergency Management Agency & Fire and Emergency New Zealand, discussing ongoing projects,our warehousing facilities, & shared valuable insights to strengthen our disaster management & humanitarian response efforts.

🇫🇯🤝🇯🇵 The Fiji NDMO hosted a delegation from the 🇯🇵Parliament, strengthening d/management collaboration between the 2 countries. The meeting highlighted Fiji's achievements, challenges & ongoing partnership with Japan, while also exploring opportunities for enhanced cooperation.

A delegation led by Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Minister Hon. Sakiasi Ditoka arrived in Jakarta, 🇮🇩 yesterday for a week-long peer-to-peer exchange. Part of the 🇮🇩-🇦🇺-🇫🇯 Trilateral Cooperation Prog, the visit will focus on disaster management knowledge-sharing & more. Read more👉bit.ly/PeerToPeerExc

The 🇫🇯 team on a peer exchange in 🇮🇩 met with former ASEAN AHA Centre Exec. Dir. Said Faisal, to discuss the Centre’s set-up, challenges & opportunities. Like the AHA Centre, the Fiji NDMO focuses on disaster resilience, collaboration & coordination to mitigate disaster impacts.

Minister for Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Hon.Sakiasi Ditoka held a very fruitful discussion with reps from the Govts of Australia based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the National Disaster Management Authority of Indonesia (BNPB) during a trilateral meeting this week. READ MORE 👉bit.ly/4cXMSE4

The senior management team from Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM visited the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Centre AHA Centre & 🇮🇩's BNPB Emergency Ops Centre in Jakarta.The team gained insights into regional disaster management ops which will help enhance 🇫🇯’s disaster management efforts.

Key priorities for enhancing 🇫🇯’s disaster management efforts were high on the agenda during a meeting between Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Minister, Hon. Sakiasi Ditoka, and Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Retno Marsudi. ✅READ MORE 👉 bit.ly/3XpfArH

There is a need to promote and invest in disaster & climate resilient infrastructure & systems that enhance community preparedness & resilience, highlighted Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Minister Hon. Sakiasi Ditoka at #ADEXCO24 in Jakarta, 🇮🇩. ✅READ MORE 👉bit.ly/ADEXCO2024

A team from the Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM on a peer exchange programme in 🇮🇩 visited the community of Tanna Putih in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara last week to witness the demonstration & implementation of village level disaster management activities. ✅READ MORE 👉bit.ly/47xkc3B

Pleased to have supported a 🇫🇯 delegation, led by Minister Sakiasi Ditoka to travel to Indonesia for a Disaster Risk Management knowledge sharing visit, made possible through the 🇦🇺 + 🇮🇩 MOU on Trilateral Cooperation in the Pacific.

It's a relief for mothers to safely evacuate their children in the new evacuation centre in Yalobi village 🇫🇯. This work is supported by Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM via the #Gov4Res project. The project is supported by @dfat@dfat 🇦🇺, KOICA Fiji 🇰🇷 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade 🇳🇿 Sida 🇸🇪 and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office .