2021

  21st December | Empower Pacific receives 4,550 calls

23rd November | NGO provides support to 170

16th November | Empower Pacific receives 1,850 calls

26th October | Calls for Counselling

24th October | Empower Pacific attends to 60 calls to assist people

22nd October | Increased calls for counseling on toll free number

13th October | More effort needed to address mental health

12th October | Ongoing disruptions to routine affects children

7th October | Daurewa shaves hair to remember wife

29th September | Psychological support – Empower Pacific provides counselling and social services to affected Fijians

25th September | A COVID-19 special: Need for mental support

24th September | Suicide – A major public health concern in Fiji

18th September | Children running away from home

17th September | Counselling help – NGO notes increase in calls per day

11th September | Mental health and suicide has been a challenge for the country before the COVID-19 pandemic – Dr Waqainabete

30th August | Psychosocial support in maritime islands

20th August | MoH recruits in-house counsellor

7th July 2021 | ‘Focus on mental health’

4th July 2021 | 587 Fijians seek counselling

4th July 2021 | Pandemic affects livelihoods

2nd July 2021 | Counsellors treat patients under quarantine

2nd July 2021 | Counselling for Frontliners

21st May 2021 | Safe bubble created to support Counselors

14th May 2021 | Families adapt to ongoing challenges

13th May 2021 | Empower Pacific receives numerous calls from parents

13th May 2021 | At wits’ end – Loneliness, depression hurting our youths

11th May 2021 | Calls for counselling up amid pandemic

26th April 2021 | COVID-19: Psycho-social support provided for positive cases in quarantine – Dr Fong

26th April 2021 | Psychological support critical for those in isolation

24th April 2021 | Organisations like Empower Pacific are providing psycho-social support to people in quarantine – Dr. Fong

22nd April 2021 | Nadi and Lautoka citizens fear leaving their homes to avoid contracting or spreading the virus

16th March 2021 | Fijians urged to seek counselling support

16th March 2021 | Social issues major cause of suicide

9th January 2021 | Heads of households provided with trauma support uncertain about how to move forward

5th January 2021 | Empower Pacific provides psycho-social support to those affected by TC Yasa