The Purpose of the Public Health Workshops
The Health Workshops on a Public Health Project aim to stimulate conversation on important topics at a grassroots level, in a country with the highest rates deaths related to NCDs in the world.
You will be joining this initiative which is in collaboration with and on behalf of Diabetes Fiji, striving to achieve a healthier environment and education for people with or at risk with diabetes. The vision for the project is that people living with or at risk of Diabetes are empowered to take ownership of their health and adapt a healthy lifestyle.
The discussions and activities themselves are taking place on behalf of our partners who are utilising international participants as a fantastic opportunity for these discussions to take place whilst also using the project itself as an outreach for existing initiatives, tailored to guide everyone involved to reflect on important topics and become leaders within their communities.
The focus of the project covers 6 main areas:
The Purpose
The purpose of these health workshops is to stimulate grassroots discussions on topics that are relevant and important to all young people today, often not regularly openly discussed in community settings and sometimes misunderstood. The themes that have been identified by our program partners were chosen as being directly relevant to youth in Fiji now. The workshops are a fantastic opportunity to facilitate an opportunity that is unique and exciting, through cultural exchange allowing for the development of all involved. No one needs to be an expert… positive participation is all we ask for to ensure tangible outcomes for all involved.
The initiative also comes with the overriding purpose of encouraging attributes and awareness amongst young people in rural areas of Fiji, the leaders of tomorrow, where future change is made real in the next generation.
Funding from your participation also not only funds the initiative itself but contributes to year-round support the Think Pacific Foundation provides to our local partners and the community you visit.
Hear from Viliame at Diabetes Fiji
Hear from Viliame, general manager of Diabetes Fiji. This is where the project originates and where all the aims are objectives are aligned.
Intended Learning Outcomes
For You
- Developing inter-cultural competence and ability to successfully communicate within a foreign cultural environment.
- Adaptability to changes in your own and foreign cultures.
- Tolerance: while working in teams, learn to listen more attentively, to respect each other’s opinion, team-work and team-spirit.
- Personal Skills: personability and set-up of sessions allows you to grow in confidence and communication.
- Appreciation of diversity: appreciation of the opinions and values of others, sensitivity to cultural diversity, and becoming more aware of your own context.
- Broader Perspective: Reconsider the cultural framework you have been brought up in and acquire skills that will enable you to observe and analyse encounters with diversity and to extend these beyond the framework of your own culture.
- Critical thinking.
- Soft skills: Presentation skills, time management, resilience, communication.
For Community Youth Members
- Engaging in topics that may be taboo subjects and coming to reflect on how they may be responded to on a community level.
- To encourage personal growth in the form of a boost in confidence, communication skills, team working, leadership, time management and presentation skills.
- Financial support for those involved and the youth group of the community.
- Any outstanding individuals can be highlighted for scholarship / employment opportunities.
- Appreciation of diversity: appreciation of the opinions and values of others, sensitivity to cultural diversity, and becoming more aware of their culture.
- Broader Perspective: Reconsider the cultural framework they have been brought up in and to acquire skills that will enable them to observe and analyse encounters with diversity and to extend these beyond the framework of their culture.
- Critical thinking.
- Greater awareness of NCD prevention and healthy lifestyle choices