Added: 03/05/2010 

 

 VOLUNTEERS will soon embark on a countrywide survey interviewing poor families to identify children that don't go to school and those who need educational assistance.

 

More than 35 volunteers from the Eastern and Western divisions gathered at the Parliament Complex in Suva for a training course to know the financial problems and their impact on families that can't afford education. The group was educated on past surveys results to prepare them on how to carry out their new assignment for Foundation for the Education of Needy Children (FENC).

 

The volunteers include school leavers, university students and graduates, professional and teachers.

 

FENC is a non-government organisation which helps fund the education of needy children in Fiji.

 

The survey is expected to be conducted at a wide range around the country including squatters settlements, rural areas and the families living in the urban community.

 

FENC is calling on more volunteers to help out and support a worthy course in helping poor children in Fiji who can't afford their education.

 

FENC relies on donors and a State grant of $200,000 to start its operations. FENC has only two permanent staff and the volunteer training is the first for this year.

 

(Fiji Times Report - Sunday, April 25, 2010)