Joe from the PCN and I are busy preparing for the Lautoka city-wide meeting of members of squatter settlements, which is planned for Saturday the 25th of September. We visited the Lautoka District Officer today, who is very positive about the role the PCN is playing the city. She's giving support in helping to organise the city hall as a venue which is centrally located for the meeting, and in putting us in touch with community advisers already involved in some of the communities. So Joe and I will spend the rest of this week and the beginning of next week visiting all 31 of Lautoka's identified informal settlements, inviting women and youths as well as men to join the meeting. We've prepared a flier with the venue, time, date and information about the meeting in Fijian and English, and hopefully we'll get it translated into Hindi as well.
While we're doing this, the rest of the PCN, including new volunteers from Navutu, Nasoata, Nasinu and Natabua seaside, are surveying and mapping in Tomuka settlement, where there are more than 500 houses.
Here is the flier we've made to give the details of the meeting to community members:
Lautoka Citywide Forum
Networking and working together on common issues
Saturday 25th September 2010
10am – 3:30pm (lunch included)
Sugar Cane Growers Hall
1st floor, 75 Drasa Avenue, Lautoka
Veisureti raraba vei kemuni nai tabagone, marama keina turaga ena noda vei tikotiko sega ni vakadeitaki se squatter settlement e Lautoka.
Nai Naki ni Forum:
1. Noda veisoli tukutuku ena noda sasaga vata meda walia na veileqa e so
Leqa ni qele
Leqa vakai tikotiko
Veivakatorocaketaki (projects)
Kila e rawa ni vukei keda e noda toso eliu
2. Noda tara cake nai sema kaukauwa ena keda maliwa na veitikotiko (networking). Ka cakacakavata keina vei tokoni ena kena wali na veileqa eso e tarai keda. Sa tu vakarau tu na nomuni soqosoqo ni PCN (People’s Community Network) me da mai tu cake vata ka sotava vata na noda vei dredre se leqa.
Tucake taubale – Tucake ka vosa yani.
Ke so na vakatataro me baleta na forum qo, qai veitaratara mai ena naba ni mobile sa koto oqo era
And the English version:
Lautoka Citywide Forum
Networking and working together on common issues
Saturday 25th September 2010
10am – 3:30pm (lunch included)
Sugar Cane Growers Hall
1st floor, 75 Drasa Avenue, Lautoka
Men, women and youths of Lautoka squatter settlements welcome
Aims:
Share information about –
· Land issues
· Problems
· Projects
· Ideas
Build a citywide network –
Work together, support each other, and face issues together
Participate with the People’s Community Network of Fiji
Stand up and walk, stand up and talk
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