Author: Kali Turagaiviu

2025 Corporate Awareness at Leadership Fiji

16/10/2025 / 16/10/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

In August 2025, the Lupus Foundation of Fiji conducted an awareness session with Leadership Fiji, an organization in the private sector that consists of Managers, Supervisors or Leaders from various corporate organizations, that advocate or build up people who see themselves or who aspire to be good future leaders in whatever field they’re in. One […]

2025 CAKAUDROVE LUPUS AWARENESS WEEK

07/10/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

The Lupus Foundation of Fiji would like to say ; Vinaka vakalevu to SDNM Rozina Simpson of the Savusavu Sub-Divisional Hospital for coordinating and supporting a successful four days of Lupus Awareness across the Province of Cakaudrove. Your dedication and leadership Madam were instrumental in making this possible. Special thanks to our main sponsors – […]

TEAM TILAPIA QUIZ NIGHT 2025

03/10/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

One of the LFF’s Supporters – “Team Tilapia”, which is a group of professionals employed in the private sector but are part of “Leadership Fiji”, organized a fundraiser “QUIZ NIGHT” on behalf of the Foundation and raised a little bit of cash and also Awareness about this ‘auto-immune disease’. Team Tilapia had reached out to […]

LUPUS AWARENESS TIKINA VITOGO

30/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

The Lupus Foundation of Fiji extends its heartfelt appreciation to the Radini Vitogo and the people of the district or ‘tikina’ of Vitogo – for graciously welcoming us into their community. Their support allowed us to hold lupus awareness sessions to the six villages within the tikina in one sitting, making a meaningful impact on […]

LFF and Fiji National Kidney Centre – Collaborate

30/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

In October 2024 – we embarked on a collaboration with the Fiji National Kidney Center. Establishing a formal partnership to improve care for Lupus Nephritis Patients together with the Director of the Kidney Centre – Dr Anis Ta’eed and his team. ‘Lupus nephritis’ is an inflammation of the kidneys caused by ‘systemic lupus erythematosus’ (SLE), […]

THANK YOU SMEC!

30/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

Through persistent advocacy and awareness – we were noticed by a Business in September 2024, that wanted to give back to the community. They chose the Lupus Foundation of Fiji. The LFF would like to thank the Executives and Staff of SMEC International Pty Ltd., for their donation towards our Awareness Campaign. Vinaka vakalevu for […]

2025 INTERNATIONAL LUPUS DAY!

25/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

International Lupus Day is universally celebrated in the Lupus Awareness month of May. The special day is May the 10th, which is also – the Lupus Foundation of Fiji’s birthday! This year, the LFF turned 6! Officiating at this year’s celebrations was the Assistant Minister for Health – the Honourable Penioni Ravunawa. The event was […]

2025 WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES

25/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

This year – “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” was a first of its kind. First in the sense that we had a ‘Chief Guest’ to share a few words and participate as well in our Awareness Walk! Also as a First – the 2025 “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” and “Dancing With Lupus” […]

2025 DANCING WITH LUPUS!

24/09/2025 / 24/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

In the final event to conclude our Lupus Awareness Month of May, the Foundation’s signature event dubbed “Dancing with Lupus”, which is a charity dinner – the Lupus Foundation of Fiji achieved a milestone, in that we had as our Chief Guest, the Prime Minister of Fiji – the Honourable Sitiveni Rabuka! The Prime Minister […]

2024 WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES!

23/09/2025 / 07/10/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

On the first Saturday of the Lupus Awareness month of May, 2024, the LFF held it’s first official event on it’s Awareness calendar – “Walk A Mile In My Shoes!”, an awareness walk that is slowly gaining traction in our official awareness events. Lupus Warriors, families, supporters of the Foundation, Organizations, members of other NGO’s, […]