Empower Pacific Putting
People First
Our aim is to:
Enhance the quality of life with programs that support people to cope with the challenges of life and achieve their personal potential.
Enhance physical and mental health with targeted programs both treating and preventing illnesses.
Enhance learning by providing access to professional training, and contributing to research about the issues relevant to our communities
Enhance the quality of life by providing opportunities for earning an income, accessing training and making a fresh start in life.
What We Do
Empower Pacific seeks to enhance the full potential of communities by working in partnership with government and other community agencies to ensure a holistic model of professional health service.
We offer a variety of programs aimed at enhancing the health and well-being of our clients as well as facilitating opportunities for learning, income generation and personal growth. Empower Pacific’s programs include:
Professional Counselling
Social Work
Employee Assistance Program
Targeted interventions to reduce Gender-Based Violence
Specialized Counselling and Voluntary HIV testing program
Capacity Development
Training
Who We Help
Empower Pacific is committed to providing free and confidential, professional services to all those in need, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, background, income, health status, or disability.
Empower Pacific helps men, women, children, teenagers, mothers, fathers, individuals, couples, families, communities, sex workers, people living with HIV (PLHIV), (former) prisoners, farmers, business owners, unemployed, homeless, mentally ill, those living with a disability, students, professionals, government departments, schools, health care workers, community groups, the marginalized, the sick, to anyone who requires a helping hand, to those looking for support to achieve their full potential.
How We Do It
Empower Pacific works in a variety of settings in collaboration with Government Departments to offer a network of professional counselling services when and where people need it most. By working in consultation with the government, NGOs and community groups, Empower Pacific provides relevant psychological, social and economic services to the people of Fiji and the Pacific. Empower Pacific’s approach to holistic service provision ensures that social work interventions, income-generating initiatives, and commitment to upholding the MDGS ensure that our clients receive the type of service most appropriate to their needs.
Empower Pacific is a resourceful, pro-active, innovative, technical skills-based, learning organization seeking to deliver and promote good practice and high-quality services. We are committed to partnerships to avoid duplication of services and to ensure our services adequately meet the human development goals of our Pacific Region, in the interests of Human Rights and gender equity. Empower Pacific is efficient, transparent, accountable, evidence-based and focused on putting people first.
Where we do it
We have offices based in Suva, Lautoka, Nadi, and Labasa in addition to Satellite Centers in Nausori, Valelevu, Tavua Hospital and Ba Mission Hospital. Our counsellors are located within all major hospitals in Fiji and we have counselling service centres based in Suva and the West. Our counsellors and social work teams offer community support to targeted areas of the Western Division, including counsellors who are able to be quickly mobilized to respond to natural disasters and crisis throughout the country.
We work with schools in the Western Division and our MOU with the Department of Social Welfare allows us to receive referrals Fiji-wide.
Why we do it
Empower Pacific’s mission is to empower individuals and communities to reach their full potential by providing access to professional holistic health and social development services.
Our vision is to be an organization of integrity that is committed to promoting sustainable personal and professional development to enhance the well-being of all people.
We value:
Care and Compassion
Dignity and Respect
Honesty and Integrity
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Accountability and Transparency
Opportunity and Optimism
Innovation and Proactivity
Self-reflection and Planned Action