For Current Fiji Peace Corps Volunteers
Stay in touch during your Peace Corps service and enjoy a complementary one-year membership in Friends of Fiji and the National Peace Corps Association upon your return: Information and forms here for Staging and Close of Service.
Congratulations on volunteering to serve with the Peace Corps in Fiji!
This page contains links that may be useful in your preparation for service. Additional information can be found on other pages of this website.
Check out the links listed down the left-hand side of the page. In particular, those listed under “Blogroll” link to volunteer blogs and other resources. Our Facebook page serves as a principle means of communication and will usually be more up-to-date than www.fofiji.org, which is updated monthly. Peace Corps Connect links to our Friends of Fiji group page.
If you have questions or concerns and would like to be contacted by a former Fiji Peace Corps Volunteer, send your name & address to Webmaster and I will notify Friends of Fiji who live in your area.
Several current and recently returned volunteers have written about their experiences in the Friends of Fiji newsletter. The link at the top of this page will direct you to the newsletter archive.
1993 Fiji Peace Corps Cookbook available here:Friends of Fiji has provided Peace Corps with a copy of the 1993 Cookbook as a resource for the new volunteers. It is also available here in PDF and Word formats for viewing or download.
Penina Moce, a woman from Udu, Vanua Levu was one of the “climate witnesses” at the UN Environmental Conference in Buenos Aires. She spoke about recent signs of climate change: shortened rainy seasons, eroding coastlines and dwindling fish stocks. More at http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_10/items/2944.php
Fiji Prime Minister Qarase Welcomes Fiji Re-entry Group 2 Volunteers
Read his speech at http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_3107.shtml
“Business Incubator Seeks to Reduce Retail Failure Rate in Fiji”
Read about this UN Development Program in http://www.undp.org/dpa/choices/2004/june/fiji.html
Indian indentured laborers arrived in Fiji 125 years ago. The life of the girmitiyas, as they were known, is documented on http://www.fijigirmit.org.
Fiji IV Handbook
The Fiji IV Peace Corps Handbook is available in four parts via the links below. It provides lots of good information. Thanks to Bob Graninger, the first APCD/Admin in Fiji, for sharing the Fiji IV Handbook with David Downes and Friends of Fiji.
- http://fofiji.org/Fiji-IV-Handbook-Part-1of4.pdf
- http://fofiji.org/Fiji-IV-Handbook-Part-2of4.pdf
- http://fofiji.org/Fiji-IV-Handbook-Part-3of4.pdf
- http://fofiji.org/Fiji-IV-Handbook-Part-4of4.pdf
You may find it interesting to compare the style and content of the Fiji IV Handbook (circa 1970) with more recent information:
Friends of Fiji Membership
Your family may be interested in joining Friends of Fiji (only $15 per year). First year is free for returning Peace Corps Volunteers. The Friends of Fiji News is mailed to all members. A membership application can be found here.
Friends of Fiji email contacts: