Suva, Fiji – Two years of training the children of Ra on the impacts of climate change has taken fruition as they are now taking a holistic approach in ensuring they contribute to reducing the impacts of climate change in their village.
Little Jacoro wants to be a civil engineer when he grows up. Either he wants to help his village by constructing a road to link it to the main highway, or else he wants to save his home from rising sea levels. Jacoro is from Nasau Village, one of four coastal villages located near Navitilevu Bay on the north shore of Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu. Wave surges over the years before Jacoro was even born had eroded some 10 to 15 metres of Nasau’s waterfront. In fact at king tides or stormy weather, waves enter the Nasau Community Hall, which now sits right on the beach.
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Source: The Jet Newspaper