Asia and the Pacific
Fiji ranks 93 out of 189 on the Human Development Index (HDI). CARE International works in Fiji through national partners with similar goals of achieving victories over widespread poverty.
CARE International's work in Fiji is mainly through national partners with similar goals of achieving victories over widespread poverty. One project is implemented through our strategic partner Live & Learn and focuses on responding to humanitarian needs caused by natural disasters, such as tropical cyclone Winston in February 2016.
Live & Learn has been working in Fiji since 1999, and CARE International has provided emergency response experts to support them with scaling up during crises.
With Live & Learn, we helped to ensure communities had access to clean water and sanitation immediately after the cyclone.
The aid agency CARE is warning that a Category 5 cyclone heading towards Fiji could be catastrophic for the island nation already grappling with the loss of tourism income.
Cyclone Gita is intensifying to a possible category five storm as Tonga braces for the worst tropical cyclone.
Fijians are bracing for another major cyclone, less than two months after surviving the biggest storm in their country’s history.
The strongest storm ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere swept through Fiji on Saturday 20 February, devastating the Pacific nation. Paulina Merama tells her story.
The strongest storm ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere swept through Fiji on Saturday 20 February, devastating the Pacific nation. Alumita Marisia tells her story.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
