WAPA (Women in Action for Poverty Alleviation)

Gold Foundation aims to promote sustainable poverty reduction practices to rural communities surrounding Tavua and as we begun working with communities in micro finance awareness and undertaking workshops in self sustainability we became aware of the many women already undertaking income generating initiatives of their own.

The amount of knowledge and wisdom that was untapped and being kept isolated is what motivated Gold Foundation to facilitate for local rural women’s groups to come together to share their experiences and expertise and form WAPA.

For the collective empowerment of women, by promoting development through income generating activities, the increasing of skills, creating access to training and small business opportunities.

WAPA is now a program of Gold Foundation, where we promote for WAPA’s purpose to become a reality, through the provision of workshops and access to small business opportunities such as grants and markets we endeavor to collectively contribute to poverty alleviation in our local area of Fiji.

Members of WAPA with their income generating products ready to sell.

  
   
   
 
     
Members of WAPA in attendance at a Social Empowerment Workshop in Tavua hosted by the Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises ‘n’ Development (FRIEND) in September 08.

WAPA members from Yasi Yasi presenting their ideas on small business in a workshop held in July 08.
   
WAPA woman farming to sell organic vegetables
   
Small business in goat farming for one WAPA member


WAPA handicrafts workshop facilitated by Gold Foundation in Draunivi village October 2008. WAPA members were creating traditional handicrafts for an exhibition hosted by FRIEND in Latouka, in support of International Rural Women’s Day

   

WAPA members utilizing a local canteen to sell their homemade products.

 
WAPA Float for 2008 Carnival won second prize
   
   
   

WAPA collective market stall at the Tavua 2008 Gold Town Carnival
Carnival 2008 photos