Youth group assists struggling village, home

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Members of the YoBa Youth International at Loloma Home. Picture: SUPPLIED

A group of young aspiring Fijians with links to the Ba province has successfully undertaken two projects aimed at assisting communities affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The Yasana o Ba (YoBa) Youth International members assisted Abaca Village in Lautoka and Sabeto-based orphanage Loloma Home.

YoBa Youth International president Alfred Antonio said their first food drive generated a lot of interest and kind donations amounting to about $6000.

“We have been very fortunate that we have great support from our members especially from those overseas,” he said.

“We managed to support 31 households in Abaca with grocery packs.

“For Loloma Home there was a total of 35 residents, 10 adults and the rest were children.

“Our YoBa Taskforce team based in Lautoka assisted with packing and getting everything together and delivering these items to Abaca and Loloma Home.

“So far we are truly grateful to everyone that supported this initiative and we do have plans to continue assisting affected communities in the province.”

Loloma Home volunteer staff member Vaciseva Waqa said the assistance provided by the YoBa Youth International members was an answered prayer.

“We were really touched by their assistance because they came to us first to ask what we needed and they came with so much not only for the older children but our younger ones as well,” she said.

“The home is affected as well like everyone else and it’s a great feeling to know that there are people out there willing to help us.

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