ResponsibleTourism Awards 2010 Winner
Best in a Marine Environment
Fiji
Lodging
Matava
Project #1
Ratu Varani Memorial School (The Kadavu Primary School) in Kadavu Koro village - a primary school that is located 30 minutes away from Matava Resort and serves 180 children.
Needs
Children's books (in English please), coloured paper, notebooks, pens, pencils, coloured pencils, paint brushes for water colors, solar calculators, any arts and crafts materials, erasers, simple pencil sharpeners.
Project #2
The Kadavu Nursing Station in Kadavu Koro village. This is the primary healthcare centre for the village and surrounding areas and is located 30 minutes away from Matava Resort. It serves 400 people, and although it has government support, it runs low on the 'daily' disposable medical supplies every month.
Needs
Dressing materials (sterile gauze and bandages, all sizes), blood sugar machines and strips, pregnancy kits, antibiotic cream, hydrocortizone cream, Magnesium Sulphate Paste, bandaids (all sizes).
Project #3
Dental hygiene project for Ratu Varani Memorial Primary School, in Kadavu Koro village which serves 180 children. Matava aims to improve the oral health of the Fijian village communities by promoting oral health to prevent, appropriately treat, monitor and evaluate oral diseases. We have the goal of supplying every school child at Ratu Varani Memorial School with a new toothbrush every term/semester.
Needs
Children's toothbrushes and toothpaste.
